Problem: Kubuntu Dapper + Acer Aspire 1692

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I had installed Kubuntu breezy in my Acer Aspire 1692. I upgraded to Dapper buy sistem crash so I decided to format and reinstall from Kubuntu Dapper Drake CD Flight 5.

I boot the instalation (noapic and hw-detect/stat_pcmcia=false) without problems. But qhen X starts the screen is black.

I have edited the /etx/X11/xorg.conf adding at "Device" the following:
Option "MonitorLayout" "LVDS, TMDS"
as I used to do with Brezzy but X starts wrong. I see 8 equals desktops in my monitor. xorg seems to be well, but KDE don't start

[askrieger]

Re: Problem: Kubuntu Dapper + Acer Aspire 1692

Was that the only change that you made? If not, why not comment out that line, restart X and see how your system responds.

[h4ns]

Re: Problem: Kubuntu Dapper + Acer Aspire 1692

I have the same problem with my Aspire 5025.
The main prob is not getting a command line.
I upgraded from breezy and with my first reboot the
screen went blank. (black, actually )
I was afraid it had something to do with Baghira,
since that didn't seem to work after ugrading.
Downloading the x64 DVD and trying to install that
didn't help either. It won't even boot Live.
lowering the res. at boot helps, but X still won't start.
It shows component errors en then halts.

I'm typing in XP now, help me!

[askrieger]

Re: Problem: Kubuntu Dapper + Acer Aspire 1692

All is not lost. When you say that you end up at a black screen, is it a completely black or is it a black and white terminal with a prompt that says "login:"? If it is the former, then you will have to reinstall. If it is the latter, login and then run the command "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg". Remember that the xserver will always choose the maximum color depth at lousy resolution if you give it that choice. Personally, I'd rather have 16 bit color at full resolution than 24 bit color at resolution that doesn't match the native rewsolution of my panel. How did you lower the resolution at boot? Did you use a vga cheat code?

[h4ns]

Re: Problem: Kubuntu Dapper + Acer Aspire 1692

I'm afraid I'll have to reinstall, then.
I get no login.