LiveCD[BAD] atl-text-install[GOOD] Standard Boot[BAD] Recovery Boot[GOOD]

[Blitzed Penguin]

Hey Everyone,
THE PROBLEM:
     I tried to install Kubuntu 6.06 i386 using the Live CD. At the load screen I selected "Start or Install" and after the splash screen with the progress bar completed to load text started scrolling indicating install of hardware and software and all followed by "[OK]'s". Then the screen would clear with a cursor at the top left and then my computer would lock up (I waited for 30 min). ALT-F#'s and ALT-CTRL-DEL didn't work, no response in anyway from anything. I tried several boot paramiters all ending with the same result.
     I then downloaded the Alternate Text install version 6.06 i386. That installed with no problems then ejected the disc and rebooted. At GRUB I selected the default kernal at the top and the splash screen "same as the Live CD" popped up and the start-up text scrolls with the progress bar under the splash. Then the screen clears and a white watch icon (the busy cursor) pops up in the middle of the screen and then my computer locks up again with no response from any input.

WHAT WORKS:
     I "hard" shut down the computer and start it back up. At GRUB I select the 2nd Kernal (the one for recovery) and it loads me to root in command line. I can start KDE with "startx"

WHAT I HAVE DONE TO TROUBLESHOOT:
     The original display driver in my "xorg.conf" was "ati". I then installed the "fglrx" driver following the Desktop Manual intructions from the Kubuntu.org DOCUMENTS page. I got an error messege on the second step (sudo depmod -a ; sudo modprobe fglrx) but don't remeber what it was. I am still having the same problem. Here is a portion of my xorg.conf ...

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Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
Option "VendorName" "ATI Proprietary Driver"
Option "ModelName" "Generic Autodetecting Monitor"
Option "DPMS" "true"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200M (RS480)"
Driver "ati"
BusID "PCI:1:5:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Driver "fglrx"
Option "VideoOverlay" "on"
Option "OpenGLOverlay" "off"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. Radeon Xpress 200M (RS480)"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1280x768"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "aticonfig-Screen[0]"
Device "aticonfig-Device[0]"
Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection


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HARDWARE:
Compaq Presario V2000
CPU: AMD Turion64 MT-30
Video: ATI X200M with 128MB shared
Screen: 14" WXGA
RAM: 2GB
Chipset: ATI X200M

If you need more details just ask. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Please forgive any ignorance.

[Redis]

Re: LiveCD[BAD] atl-text-install[GOOD] Standard Boot[BAD] Recovery Boot[GOOD]

It seems that the live CD does not start... I guess it is a notebook so you can try to pass the option vga=791 at boot if not, just try to install using the alternate cd

[Phirax]

Re: LiveCD[BAD] atl-text-install[GOOD] Standard Boot[BAD] Recovery Boot[GOOD]

Hi seems to be an issue with ati and the default drivers, though I thought it was only a problem with the X800 series, see my thread http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=7950.0

[Blitzed Penguin]

Re: LiveCD[BAD] atl-text-install[GOOD] Standard Boot[BAD] Recovery Boot[GOOD]

Thanks for the suggestions. As I stated in the 1st post, I did install the alternate text CD after all attemps to load from the Live CD (including the VGA=771 and 791) failed. The alternate text CD installed all the way but will not start from the normal default mode, I have to boot from the recovery mode and start my KDE useing startx as root. And as I said in my 1st post I already installed the "fglrx" driver.

Thanks for your suggestions though.

P.S. It is a laptop.