[PLUG] Ubuntu 11.04 Not Starting

Tim Wescott tim at wescottdesign.com
Tue Jul 19 07:37:55 UTC 2011


I got that far, then I got stuck for quite a while on exactly what to 
_do_ with it.

Eventually I found a bug (in the release notes -- who ever reads 
those??) that mentioned Unity not starting up correctly with some 
graphics hardware.  Per that bug report, I set my desktop to start as 
Ubuntu Classic, and all is now working smoothly.

I think I need a new graphics card if I want Unity, but I can live without.

On 07/18/2011 05:37 PM, Jason Barnett wrote:
> If you can get to the GRUB screen, you can select 'recovery mode' then when
> the next menu comes up, you'll have the option to run in 'failsafeX' mode.
> If you don't have the recovery option in grub, just highlight the line for
> ubuntu and hit 'e' wich will allow you to edit it. Then simply find the line
> that has 'quiet splash' and replace those words with 'single' and you should
> be good to go.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Jason
> On Jul 18, 2011 12:31 PM, "Tim Wescott"<tim at wescottdesign.com>  wrote:
>> The scene:
>>
>> My office, lunchtime.
>>
>> The props:
>>
>> My old Dell Inspiron 8300, with a hot new copy of Ubuntu 11.04 still
>> warm in its CD reader. It's got an ACER x223w LCD display.
>>
>> The player:
>>
>> Me, frustrated.
>>
>> I just installed Ubuntu 11.04 onto my machine, using the usual Ubuntu
>> "We'll do everything for you" install. Everything went nicely until the
>> last part, where I actually tried to _use_ Ubuntu. The log in screen
>> came up just fine, I selected me and entered my password, then it went
>> to the 'real' screen, but never got far beyond painting the background.
>> I get little rectangles that randomly flash on the screen, as if the
>> computer is trying to do something but failing. When I push the power
>> button some of these rectangles become the shut-down screen, and if I'm
>> quick I can push the "power off" button and the computer will power down
>> normally.
>>
>> Thankfully, I did not blow away my 10.04 installation -- that's what I'm
>> writing this missive on.
>>
>> I get various messages in various log files. The pertinent ones seem to
>> be this set, from both syslog and kern.log:
>>
>> Jul 18 12:05:22 servo kernel: [ 443.158652] compiz[1325]: segfault at
>> 34 ip 0137dd75 sp bfcc8110 error 4 in
>> libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[12e4000+cd000]
>> Jul 18 12:05:28 servo kernel: [ 448.911420] compiz[1473]: segfault at
>> 34 ip 05e7bd75 sp bfdecd70 error 4 in
>> libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[5de2000+cd000]
>> Jul 18 12:05:33 servo kernel: [ 453.326184] compiz[1534]: segfault at
>> 34 ip 0544ed75 sp bfa16e40 error 4 in
>> libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[53b5000+cd000]
>> Jul 18 12:05:37 servo kernel: [ 457.442759] compiz[1550]: segfault at
>> 34 ip 0732ed75 sp bff463b0 error 4 in
>> libnux-graphics-0.9.so.0.942.4[7295000+cd000]
>>
>> Accompanied by this set, from Xorg.0.log:
>>
>> [ 431.479] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of
>> memory: 0 bytes.
>> [ 443.246] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of
>> memory: 0 bytes.
>> [ 444.234] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of
>> memory: 0 bytes.
>> [ 449.064] Warning: Xalloc: requesting unpleasantly large amount of
>> memory: 0 bytes.
>>
>> I've done just a bit of web searching, and I did run into complaints (on
>> a Fedora forum) that this may have something to do with the monitor not
>> properly communicating its size.
>>
>> I assume that what's happening is that the install CD and the login
>> screen both use some sort of safe graphics mode, but that the real
>> screen tries to switch to some nifty cool-o 'way-best' mode and causes
>> the hemi-hang.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> Anyone know what's going on? Failing that, does anyone know how I can
>> configure 11.04 to come up in safe mode when I log on? They've worked
>> so hard to make it safe for grandma to use that when something they
>> didn't expect happens, it don't work at all!
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> --
>> Tim Wescott
>> Wescott Design Services
>> Voice: 503-631-7815
>> Cell: 503-349-8432
>> http://www.wescottdesign.com
>>
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