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On Sat, 2009-11-21 at 17:13 +0000, Henry Bremridge wrote: > Was going to reinstall Ubuntu on her desktop and before going for > installation decided to run the CD as a live CD first and had the > following problems > > 1/ If I left the CD in and accepted all defaults then I was left with a > grey screen Have you got the old Xorg.conf file from the previous install? when you get to the grey screen do a "Ctrl Alt F1" and login at the prompt. Xserver is still running but broke find the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and use vi or vim or whatever to make it look like this extract. Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" ModelName "LCD Panel 1280x1024" HorizSync 31.5 - 64.0 VertRefresh 56.0 - 65.0 Option "dpms" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Videocard0" Driver "nv" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Videocard0" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" Viewport 0 0 Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection then use startx at the commad line ( you will need to remove lock file first) This works on most LCD screens for me. > > 2/ If I select either noapic or select "safe display" drivers then I got > an orange working screen but could not run firefox or software update. But from a > terminal I could ping www.google.com > > Her desktop is a dual boot with windows xp, and I have to keep windows > xp to update various other electronic devices > > When I check out the ubuntu forums, there appears to be a bug with nvidia drivers > and there is also a warning with booting wth grub2 with more than 2 operating > systems > > Question > > 1/ Any suggestions on how I can get the Live CD working? > > 2/ Any suggestions on how I should go about upgrading ubuntu, once the > Live CD works? In particular should I use the install ubuntu option from > the desktop or should I install from the mini.iso (I presume the latter) > > 3/ Has anyone had any trouble with upgrading to 9.10 with a dual boot > > 4/ (PS am also sorely tempted to switch her to debian and install KDE) > > any assistance gratefully received > > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved repressed(possibly!Definitely!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html