Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

[geek]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

Ok guys, reinstalled using safe graphics and it is working now.

Should I lookk into updating video driver, how please?

[Snowhog]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

First, to ensure stability with your graphics controller:

Disable desktop effects via System Settings -> Desktop -> Desktop Effects, and un-checking "Enable desktop effects" if it is checked.

[geek]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

it is already disabled.

[Snowhog]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

Open a console and type:

sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg-video-intel

If this package is already installed you will see:

xserver-xorg-video-intel is already the newest version.

otherwise it will be installed. This will ensure that you have the Intel drivers for the xserver-xorg-video server. That will be a start.

[geek]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

ok, it was already installed, next ?

[Snowhog]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

No guarantee this next step will help, but it won't hurt. Open a console and type:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

This will ask you a number of questions about your video card and display options.

[geek]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

when I run that command it prompts for a password and then it returns the following and nothing else:

xserver-xorg postinst warning: overwriting possibly-customised configuration
file; backup in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.20081119092823

[andreasj64]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

here's the fix. I had the exact same problem here, and someone gave it to me.

add the following line to the Xorg.conf file.

In the
Section "Screen"

Add the following line last

Defaultdepth 16


To edit the xorg.conf file, do this;

hit the escape key on boot, and go the the CL from the recovery mode.

type this to edit

sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

I have the exact same board with a built in Intel graphics card.

[andreasj64]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

One thing bad about this chip is that I cannot get a higher color depth then 16. What's weird though, and I've noticed this on another machine, is the boot screen has better resolution and color depth then the log screen and desktop.

Apparently, the boot screen grabs the highest resolution, and highest depth possible, instead of a safer res and depth. I think Kubuntu is grabbing the maximum determined configuration from the monitor, and using those values in the adapter. I put a monitor on another machine, and found the boot screen was utilizing a 1600x1200 resolution, and I had to make my desktop the same resolution in order to keep my menu bar from compressing left to right in a lower resolution of 1280x1024. That was an entirely different system though, but the problem was similar in that the boot screen was high res.

Tons of video problems in Kubuntu.

[andreasj64]

Re: Just installed v8.10, PC locks up after logging in...

Snowhog,

What is this supposed to do?

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

It just rewrote my xorg.conf, without asking me any questions. I was hoping to reconfigure my card to increase the color depth, and was erroneously excited for a moment...