Boot Problems

[JimmyJam]

I'm having an issue when I boot my Laptop running Kubuntu. When it's booting, I get some colored lines on the screen and the mouse pointer appears, but then the screen goes blank. My only choice is to boot into recovery mode, launch kdm, and then change the init level. Any ideas of what could be causing this and what I can do to fix it?

Thanks,
~ JimmyJam

[Snowhog]

Re: Boot Problems

Look at How to get started with no GUI.

[JimmyJam]

Re: Boot Problems

Thanks for the help, but when I boot into normal mode, I can't get to a text prompt. My only option appears to be to boot into recovery mode. I tried what the tutorial suggested, but that just made things even worse. I actually had to restore my xorg.conf file after following the tutorial because I couldn't get xserver to start at all. When I'm in recovery mode and type kdm it will launch KDE. I still get the colored lines, but then it loads fine. Any other ideas?

~ JimmyJam

[Rog131]

Re: Boot Problems


Check what is wrong:
Xorg.0.log is log file for X Windowing Server. It is in /var/log/.

In text mode:

:~$ nano /var/log/Xorg.0.log

"nano is a small, free and friendly editor".

Markers in the Xorg.0.log

Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.

Just looking errors:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"

Just looking warnings:

:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(WW)"

That is from:
Topic: HOWTO : Repairing xorg.conf
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...opic=3082808.0

[JimmyJam]

Re: Boot Problems

This is the results I get from the previous reply, but I have no idea what any of it means

For errors:

jarmes@jarmes-laptop:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(EE)"
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom
(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom

For warnings:

jarmes@jarmes-laptop:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep "(WW)"
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
(WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f11 not supported.
(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(WW) I810(0): config file hsync range 28-51kHz not within DDC hsync range 30-95kHz
(WW) I810(0): config file vrefresh range 43-60Hz not within DDC vrefresh range 50-160Hz
(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum
(WW) I810(0): Extended BIOS function 0x5f05 failed.
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x23
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x24
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x25
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x26
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x27
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x28
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x29
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2a
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2b
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2c
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2d
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2e
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x2f
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x30
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x31
(WW) AIGLX: 3D driver claims to not support visual 0x32

~ JimmyJam

[Rog131]

Re: Boot Problems

That "(EE) xf86OpenSerial: Cannot open device /dev/input/wacom" error is probably this:

Topic: X Error: BadDevice, invalid or uninitialized input device 168
http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/index.php?topic=7964.0

(WW) I810(0): Bad V_BIOS checksum

Sounds bad.

(WW) I810(0): config file hsync range 28-51kHz not within DDC hsync range 30-95kHz
(WW) I810(0): config file vrefresh range 43-60Hz not within DDC vrefresh range 50-160Hz

Hmm- check your manual. Are xorg.conf HorizSync and VertRefresh OK ?


Links (if you have Intel i8xx or i9xx):

i810
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/i810

FixVideoResolutionHowto
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Fi...esolutionHowto

Bugs in xserver-xorg-video-i810 in ubuntu
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source...deo-i810/+bugs