Thanks Fabio.
On 31 July 2010 21:42, Fabio Marconi <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the reply > In accord with reporter's reply I mark as Invalid > :)Fabio > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: New => Incomplete > > ** Changed in: ubuntu > Status: Incomplete => Invalid > > -- > Switchable Graphics : Ubuntu won't configure any video card > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386911 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in Ubuntu: Invalid > > Bug description: > GPU1 : Intel GM45 Express > GPU2 : ATI Mobility FireGL v5700 > Trouble : Xorg does not yet support switchable graphics. There may be > workarounds via a script such as the one used for this Sony laptop : > http://www.land-of-kain.de/docs/sony_vaio_sz61_mnb/. (Source : > http://www.linlap.com/wiki/lenovo+thinkpad+w500) > > ---- > > I'm having a weird problem. What happens is this: I turn on my laptop and > choose the kernel (or wait for the default to be chosen), and the startup > begins, but it interrupted with the message "kinit: no resume image, doing > normal boot..." It then says "ubuntu 8.10 richard-laptop tty1" and gives a > login prompt. I can login, but cannot get to the GUI. > > I then login and, knowing that I can't get to the GUI (and not being > capable to do my internet browsing without it), I shut it down "sudo > shutdown now". However, the shutdown stalls just before the graphical > progress bar gets to the end. I then wait a minute or more (I left it for > 30 minutes once, to see if it would manage anything, but no progress) and > then hit Ctrl-Alt-Del. The laptop then restarts with a completed shutdown. > If I let Ubuntu restart at that point, I have the same error. > > HOWEVER... If after that restart I remove the external HDD on which Ubuntu > is installed before bootup, Windows loads. I login to Windows, and shut it > down. Then I plug in the external HDD again, turn on the laptop, and > voila... no problem. It loads normally, without display issues. > > Perhaps tellingly, when I load Windows after Ubuntu, the Found New Hardware > Wizard pops up as the video card is no longer found, and the drivers have > vanished. I can then either reinstall those, or, more easily, restart > Windows -- then they reappear. > > To me, as a novice, it looks very much like Ubuntu is doing something which > affects my video card, and then Windows fixes it. Whenever I load either OS > after Ubuntu, I get the above error(s). The only way around is to load > Windows and then restart to load whichever OS I want. > > So, what's causing this? And what can I do to remedy it? > > Additional info and background: > > I have looked at a few ways to resolve this from other reports of the same > (Linux)error message, including reconfiguring xserver and the video > configuration. When I type "startx" I get "fatal server error: no screens > found. I also had an error at one point that said "could not start the x > server (your graphical environment) due to some internal error", and > suggested restarting GDM when corrected. But I couldn't correct it. > Restarting GDM alone doesn't help. > > I'm using Ubuntu 8.10 on a Lenovo ThinkPad W500, which has an ATI video > card. > > I installed Ubuntu to an external HDD, and have the laptop load from that > (via USB) when it's there. > > I recently upgraded from a ThinkPad T43. When I migrated to the new > system, I just plugged in the HDD, setup the BIOS to load from it if it's > there, and carried on as usual. It was a pretty clean migration; I expected > driver issues but had none I could identify from within Ubuntu (other than > this). > > I load from the external HDD as this is my work laptop, owned by my > employers, and I don't want to do anything that our IT guys would get too > pissed at, or that would leave too much of a footprint... > > I've been having other problems with my video drivers in Windows, but this > isn't really the place for those. Just let me add that the video card is > works properly when the ATI drivers are there (in both Ubuntu and Windows) > but sometimes the drivers go AWOL -- I think it's related to the docking > station I use at work, though given this issue I wouldn't be surprised if > Ubuntu might be contributing to the issue. > > > > To unsubscribe from this bug, go to: > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/386911/+subscribe > -- http://rickphillipsuk.blogspot.com -- Switchable Graphics : Ubuntu won't configure any video card https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386911 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
