Sorry, I hadn't understood that graphics were failing before X was starting.
I know booting in safe graphics is sometimes ignored. However I found this: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EdgyKnownIssues/59618 I just tried it with my EMC2 8.04 disc and I am able to open the xorg.conf (so you can at least play with the settings), but I don't know if your graphics problem will allow you to get this far. Richard Chris Epicier wrote: > Dear Richard > > I guess many of you good guys are getting me wrong somehow: > > >>>>> The part that lets me stay unsatisfied is, >>>>> >> that I >> >>>>> cannot boot or install ubuntu past 7.10. >>>>> >> 8.04 emc live cd >> >>>>> boots but the screen is garbled >>>>> > > I cannot *work* with the live cd in any way! > > >> I have found Midnight Commander (a visual file manager) to >> be a very >> useful tool. It doesn't need x to run. >> > > I know mc and appreciate it as you do, every where I go it gets installed, > but I cannot install. So thanks for the hint. > > The tip I will be testing next, is to use a serial console, which will > hopefully get more light into this. > > best regards chris > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Sie sind Spam leid? Yahoo! Mail verfügt über einen herausragenden Schutz > gegen Massenmails. > http://mail.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
