Hi, I haven't tried this but have a look at http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=766683&highlight=Comprehensive+Multimedia+Video+Howtoon the Ubuntu forums. The relevant section is at the beginning of section 5/5. I'm not sure how to use this when the live cd gets stuck at this point. Russ
2008/11/17 amcecil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > i'm on an asus f8p (radeon hd2400) and when i try to use ubuntu 8.10 it > gives me the same "checking battery state" stall. i have tried > everything i could find but nothing works. > > -- > Hangs on boot at "* Checking battery state..." > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277587 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Upgrade from 8.04 to 8.10 functioned properly in terms of downloading > packages and installing them. But upon reboot the GNOME desktop progress > bar completes, then halts with the above message. > -- Hangs on boot at "* Checking battery state..." https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277587 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
