On Mon, Aug 23, 2010 at 10:18 AM, geoffrey mendelson < geoffreymendel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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, > > I think most distro's have 'nox' and/or 'nofb' or equivalent... -- Shimi
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