I have a computer with a bad graphics processor on the motherboard. It
boots fine in text mode, and I can install Windows XP on it. As long
as it stays in VGA or text mode, and does not access the graphics
processor, it runs fine. It's a nice little machine, relatively fast
and small. Perfect to put in a corner and use as a file server, video
conversion processor, etc. It can not be fixed.
When I tried to install UBUNTU 10.04, which I did because I have 2
other UBUNTU systems and don't want to hassle with something else,
including the alternate (text installer), or server (text only)
versions, it installs fine, but crashes on reboot. If I boot into
single user mode it crashes, if I boot into just a kernel, e.g. "init=/
bin/bash" it's fine.
So it is not a linux problem per se, but a problem with UBUNTU
accessing the graphics processor.
Is there another distro that does not do this? One that I could
install for example on a computer with a serial console?
I don't want to spend a lot of time going through the startup maze to
find the one command that kills the system. It causes an instant
reboot, so there is no log, and no way to see it happen, by the time
it has happened, the computer is rebooting. :-(
Thanks in advance,
Geoff.
--
Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM
To help restaurants, as part of the "stimulus package", everyone must
order dessert. As part of the socialized health plan, you are
forbidden to eat it. :-)
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