Problem solved. Thanks for the help. On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Daniel L. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, I found some solutions while perusing through various forums and > googling. Some peoples' problems were fixed by simply enabling the driver > while in failsafe mode (not so for me unfortunately). So I looked around a > bit more and found that I can download an updated driver from ATI for my > hardware (ATI RADEON Xpress 200 Integrated Graphics), so after half an hour > and downloading the 61 mb installation file, I found that I need extra > packages in order to use the installation file! What a nightmare... > Anyway, I also found some forums stating you can get 2D hardware > acceleration fairly easily, but 3D acceleration requires installing the > driver mentioned above and jumping through all the hoops. Does the fix > you're pointing me to here allow both 2D and 3D? I don't forsee needing 3D > at this point, but I'd like to know in the future. Oh, and what's a good > resource for teaching myself all about linux. I haven't had time to look > around too much so far to familiarize myself with it, but if you know of a > good place to start it'd be much appreciated! Thanks by the way! > > > > On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 2:34 PM, Esteve Olm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I had the same problem and found a solution in this bug: >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mesa/+bug/148902 >> Start a failure safe session and follow the steps described here: >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/RadeonXpress >> >> -- >> Ubuntu won't login >> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252767 >> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber >> of the bug. >> >> Status in "xorg" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete >> >> Bug description: >> After a clean install of Ubuntu 8.04.1, the system will present the login >> screen on first boot. The login information is entered in correctly. The >> login music plays, the busy wheels spins and then the screen flashes and >> dumps right back to the login screen with the little drum beat. >> >> This happens over and over no matter how many times it's tried. Updates >> were installed through the alt f2 terminal screen where a text base login >> works. >> >> Updates didn't help... >> >> Also, booting from the LiveCD results in a infinate loop of login screen >> countdown (which I shouldn't even see on a LiveCD), attempt to load desktop, >> then dumping back to the login screen. >> >> Systems specs. >> eMachines w3410 (MSI MS-7145 motherboard) >> AMD 64 3200+ >> 1GB Memory >> 100GB IDE HD >> ATI RADEON Xpress 200 Intergrated video >> Ubuntu Hardy 32-bit 8.04.1 >> Linksys 54g wireless >> > > > > -- > Daniel C. Levings > -- Daniel C. Levings -- Ubuntu won't login https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/252767 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
