Yep, your workaround finally lets GNOME start on my screen. Thanks! Here's the complete How-To for those who might have the same problem:
1) Start your Live-CD and press F6 (Further Options) 2) Delete the commands splash and quiet (they're at the end of the line) 3) Replace them with "break=bottom" (without the quotation marks), Press ENTER 4) Let the Live-CD boot up to a command saying "(initramfs)" (booting might take a while!) 5) now enter "chroot /root" (without the quotation marks) next to (intramfs), Press ENTER 6) enter "sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf" (might work without sudo too), Press ENTER 7) scroll down to Section "Monitor" and add an extra line: Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, NONE" (with quot. marks) 8) press ctrl+o to save, then exit with ctrl+x 9) enter exit to leave chroot /root, Press ENTER 10) enter exit again to leave initramfs, Press ENTER 11) drivers should load automatically now and GNOME display manger (or KDE) should start on your screen I hope I could remember everything right and it helps those with same problem (the issue seems to be that ubuntu sends the GDM signal through the wrong line - the one going to a second monitor - and not to the connected screen; LVDS, none activates dual screen support so that a graphics signal is sent through both lines) I had exactly the same problem with Edgy, it was gone with Feisty but Gutsy seems to have brought it up again. Hope this changes in upcoming releases! :-) -- Gutsy Gibbon Live-CD boots to black screen (ATI Mobility Radeon X700) https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/140922 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
