Ubuntu Linux install

I installed “Ubuntu Linux”:http://ubuntulinux.org/ on both a laptop and my AMD64 FrankenDawg machine. There were no issues at all with the laptop. The one CD install is a little misleading because you need to spend a lot of time updating afterwards, but I think most people would rather do that than download and burn 3-6 CDs. I installed the AMD64 version on my desktop machine, but ended up installing the regular version as some of the packages I wanted to install appeared not to be available in 64-bit versions.

My ATI All-In-Wonder X600 gave me trouble. I couldn’t get to the login screen. I had to use the instructions below to install a different drivers, then go to ATI’s site and install the proper driver

These instructions came from the “Ubuntu forums”:http://ubuntuforums.org/:

Reboot, but don’t log in to the graphical screen (GDM).

Switch to a console (CTRL+ALT+F1 say)
Login as yourself


cd /etc/X11
sudo cp -p xorg.cong xorg.conf.bak


edit xorg.conf e.g. with vi

sudo vi xorg.conf


Find the line that has “Driver …” (e.g. for “ati”)
Change the driver to “vesa”

In “vi” :
“x” will delete a char
“i” to go to insert mode
type the change
ESC back to command mode
:wq (i.e. colon,w,q) to quit

restart GDM by going :

CTRL+ALT+F7 – back to login screen GDM
CTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE – to restart GDM/X

Try and log in

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