"I will try your suggestions..." Thanks. In addition to attaching your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /home/ubuntu/.xsession-errors files, please also attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old and /home/ubuntu/.xsession-errors.old, if they exist (they may very well not, and that is OK).
Please also provide the output of "ps ax | grep -v grep | grep lxdm- binary" as described above. 'I have only attempted to "Try Lubuntu without installing" and not "Install Lubuntu". I do not want to lose the underlying Ubuntu 11.10 installation on the HP desktop.' That is not a concern, unless you actually go through with the installation after booting into the installer. (Even then, you would have to tell the installer to use the whole disk, or select manual partitioning and manually clobber your Ubuntu system.) Please select "Install Lubuntu". If the installer does come up, you can cancel it rather than proceeding with it. If it does not come up, please provide the output of "ps ax | grep -v grep | grep ubiquity-dm" as described above. "I find it very strange that 3 random machines all fail in exactly the same way." Yes, that is very strange. It is also strange that Lubuntu continues booting after you do "Check disc for defects" -- can you describe what happens in greater detail (since I do not believe this is intended behavior--it does not happen on my machines)? Can you provide information about the make and model of all three machines (as well as which of the two are yours and which is your friend's)? If that is inapplicable, then please provide information about the make and model of the machines' motherboards and video cards instead. (And if it is applicable, providing the video card information would still be beneficial.) Were all three machines booted from the same USB flash drive, or from the same physical CD/DVD, or from a CD/DVD in the same attached external USB CD/DVD drive? You said that it is *not* possible that you had allowed the menu to time out and the default option to be selected. Can you try that, and see if the problem still occurs? Finally, when you boot from the Lubuntu live CD, before the menu with options like "Try Lubuntu without installing", "Install Lubuntu", and "Check disc for defects" appear, there is first a menu where you select your language. What language have you been selecting at this menu? What language has your friend been selecting? If you select a different language, does the problem still occur? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/878210 Title: LUbuntu 11.10 liveCD boots to console To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-meta/+bug/878210/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
