Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-03-03 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 03/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think your problems stem from the non-standard hardware that is > > used in most laptops, which is not fully supported in Ubuntu (and > > probably not in most Linux distros). > > So what is different with ubuntu 6.06, suse 10, knoppix - (and mayb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-03-03 Thread alan c
Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 01/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks, it shows some promise and the boot up image (kubuntu logo >> and graphic progress bar) although after the session has started >> it is apparent that the text is very poor. (is the 256 an >> indication of small graphic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-03-02 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 01/03/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, it shows some promise and the boot up image (kubuntu logo and > graphic progress bar) although after the session has started it is > apparent that the text is very poor. (is the 256 an indication of > small graphic depth?) > I searched furthe

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-03-01 Thread Tony Arnold
Alan, alan c wrote: > Thanks, it shows some promise and the boot up image (kubuntu logo and > graphic progress bar) although after the session has started it is > apparent that the text is very poor. (is the 256 an indication of > small graphic depth?) > I searched further and found a number o

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-03-01 Thread alan c
Neil Greenwood wrote: > On 28/02/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I installed Kubuntu 6.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop recently, and >> the boot up screens - kubuntu splash logo and the running text(?) >> (progress bar?) - cannot be seen. >> >> The live CD for 6.10 has problems with scre

Re: [ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-02-28 Thread Neil Greenwood
On 28/02/07, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I installed Kubuntu 6.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop recently, and > the boot up screens - kubuntu splash logo and the running text(?) > (progress bar?) - cannot be seen. > > The live CD for 6.10 has problems with screen resolution and does not >

[ubuntu-uk] (K)ubuntu 6.10 Inspiron 1100 boot up screen not visible

2007-02-28 Thread alan c
I installed Kubuntu 6.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop recently, and the boot up screens - kubuntu splash logo and the running text(?) (progress bar?) - cannot be seen. The live CD for 6.10 has problems with screen resolution and does not seem to complete even with the Safe graphics mode, I h