Black screen on booting Ubuntu 7.04

Nikumba

Nikumba

Nikumba

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Right got Ubuntu reinstalled and grub working. However when i run the normal mode I just get a black screen with the hdd doing stuff and the desktop never pops up. However if I use recovering mode then run StartX i can get to the desktop.

I have used Envy and the drivers are all installed and nvidia settings program works and set the display up and saved them to the X config. However it does not work

Any ideas?

Kimbie
 
Ever tried actually posting or searching on the Ubuntu forums?

There are about 8 million people using Ubuntu and helping each other. Compared to that, this is a small forum.
 
Yes I have and all I get oh it works on mine, no one on any of the ubunutu forums or irc have been able to help me

Kimbie
 
What's the URL of the ubuntu forum post? Also in order for anyone to help you you have to be more specific tbh. What graphics card is installed in your laptop? What make/model of laptop is it? Can you drop to a shell by pressing Ctrl + Alt + F2? If so, whats the output from /var/log/Xorg.0.log (in particular any lines marked with (!!) or (EE) as these are warning and errors respectively.
 
When u insert the CD and comp boots froms it, before it goes into liveCD there is a menu, there should be an option to check CD for defects

Try the alternate CD, my guess is there was a problem with the GRUB boot loader which has happened to me before but fixed itself when installed using the alternate CD

Let us know how u get on
 
Just to empathize what gumbald said :)
If you can post your xorg.conf file (found in /etc/X11)
and both your X log files (found in /var/log)
 
At the terminal, do this:

Code: 
grep "(EE)" /var/Xorg.0.log && grep "(WW)" /var/Xorg.0.log

and then paste the output here.

Also, as LizardKing said, paste your /etc/xorg.conf file.

How did you install your video card drivers?
 
Well i had a problem where it installed, grub worked, tried to load up ubuntu and jus never booted, like kimbie is having

Fixed using alternate CD - Worst case scenario is it just doesn't work again
 
I got grub working fine, and if i use the recovery mode it will boot to prompt and from there i can run "startx" and the gui will load up fine.

If i boot normally i just get a black screen and the HDD works etc so i assume it is booting.

Using the livecd i had to boot it in VGA mode to get it to work

Kimbie
 
Well i had another look into this, and found buried in an obscure corner of the internet that on some systems there can be issues with Casper which they use to load the kernel and the splash screen.

If you pres F6 on the livecd and take out "quiet splash" it will then work, but you have to remeber to take it out of the grub menu also

Kimbie
 
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