Re: acer | ubuntu?

Michael Adams <[email protected]> Fri, 07 May 2010 17:29:52 +1200
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.hawkes-bay
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Friday 07 May 2010 07:19, chris morris wrote:
> Have you tried running the LiveCD in safe-graphics mode.
> This should at least get you into a GUI (800x600) so you can see if the
> rest of the hardware works or not.
[snip]

Aw, Chris... now you know you gonna have to tell him how!

> >
> > Tested live CD -> Ubuntu 9.10 & 10.4. I don't get past a blank screen,
> > on either version. After some(plenty of) googling) it appears maybe a
> > graphics issue & to alter  xorg.conf. Has anyone had any similar
> > experience or can they recommend a different flavour of Linux I should
> > test.

-- 
Michael