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Post any problems with Ultimate Edition 1.5 here.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 11:15 am
by TheeMahn
Post any problems with Ultimate Edition 1.5 here.

Nvidia 7050PV chipsets wont install without modification xor

PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 4:33 pm
by DaddyX3
Don't know if this is a problem with just Ultimate Edition or all Ubuntu, but if you have a Nvidia 7050PV chipset Mother Board, upon booting from either the Live CD/ DVD or installing once in the GNOME desktop (or other options) you will get a "No X server" screen - which can be kinda scary for the first time user of any Ubuntu distro! Is there any way to "tune" this distro to utilize "vesa" automatically for Nvidia chipsets - instead of "nv" or "nvidia"? (just to get them rolling with a working desktop) I think that is crazy that somebody with the 7050PV chipset can not even play with Ubuntu off of the Live CD/ DVD because of this "fatal error" type screen. It tells you to install X then try again. I have posted this in the "Hardware" section of this forum - see: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=46#p90
I hope that this will not deter people from experiancing all that Ultimate has to offer, It is an amazing distro once up and going. :roll:

Re: Post any problems with Ultimate Edition 1.5 here.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 2:49 am
by antedd
well, hello, first i wanna say that this looks like a really nice dist!

but I can't say for sure, because I can't install it :D

the thing is that my computer totally blocks (no mouse/keyboard, CD isn't spinning, HDD led off) (just to mention i have laptop)
, on the first thing that happens after the "7 step" installation config. it blocks on "building partition tables", on 15%

i have win xp there, and want to make dual boot, which work 4 me on standard ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 (and suse and etc, but that isn't important)
so i got:
(60 gb hdd ~~ 57 GB)

1. ntfs 10gb-->windows prim
2. ntfs 30gb-->data hdd
3. ext3 16bg-->linux /
4. swap 2gb


any ideas on solving this issue?


i would like if i could get an answer fast, because i need some linux to work on, and i would like it to be Ultimate 1.5


tnx in front, antedd

Re: Nvidia 7050PV chipsets wont install without modification xor

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 8:58 am
by TheeMahn
DaddyX3 wrote:Don't know if this is a problem with just Ultimate Edition or all Ubuntu, but if you have a Nvidia 7050PV chipset Mother Board, upon booting from either the Live CD/ DVD or installing once in the GNOME desktop (or other options) you will get a "No X server" screen - which can be kinda scary for the first time user of any Ubuntu distro! Is there any way to "tune" this distro to utilize "vesa" automatically for Nvidia chipsets - instead of "nv" or "nvidia"? (just to get them rolling with a working desktop) I think that is crazy that somebody with the 7050PV chipset can not even play with Ubuntu off of the Live CD/ DVD because of this "fatal error" type screen. It tells you to install X then try again. I have posted this in the "Hardware" section of this forum - see: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=46#p90
I hope that this will not deter people from experiancing all that Ultimate has to offer, It is an amazing distro once up and going. :roll:



I think you can run a custom kernel command and add the option VGA to the end, Ill look into it further and modify this post.

EDIT: it is option vesa=force

Let me know if that does not work for you.

Re: Post any problems with Ultimate Edition 1.5 here.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 9:42 am
by TheeMahn
antedd wrote:well, hello, first i wanna say that this looks like a really nice dist!

but I can't say for sure, because I can't install it :D

the thing is that my computer totally blocks (no mouse/keyboard, CD isn't spinning, HDD led off) (just to mention i have laptop)
, on the first thing that happens after the "7 step" installation config. it blocks on "building partition tables", on 15%

i have win xp there, and want to make dual boot, which work 4 me on standard ubuntu 7.04 and 7.10 (and suse and etc, but that isn't important)
so i got:
(60 gb hdd ~~ 57 GB)

1. ntfs 10gb-->windows prim
2. ntfs 30gb-->data hdd
3. ext3 16bg-->linux /
4. swap 2gb


any ideas on solving this issue?


i would like if i could get an answer fast, because i need some linux to work on, and i would like it to be Ultimate 1.5


tnx in front, antedd



Does it do that after installation? Or from the Live Disk?

Re: Nvidia 7050PV chipsets wont install without modification xor

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:52 pm
by DaddyX3
TheeMahn wrote:
DaddyX3 wrote:Don't know if this is a problem with just Ultimate Edition or all Ubuntu, but if you have a Nvidia 7050PV chipset Mother Board, upon booting from either the Live CD/ DVD or installing once in the GNOME desktop (or other options) you will get a "No X server" screen - which can be kinda scary for the first time user of any Ubuntu distro! Is there any way to "tune" this distro to utilize "vesa" automatically for Nvidia chipsets - instead of "nv" or "nvidia"? (just to get them rolling with a working desktop) I think that is crazy that somebody with the 7050PV chipset can not even play with Ubuntu off of the Live CD/ DVD because of this "fatal error" type screen. It tells you to install X then try again. I have posted this in the "Hardware" section of this forum - see: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=46#p90
I hope that this will not deter people from experiancing all that Ultimate has to offer, It is an amazing distro once up and going. :roll:



I think you can run a custom kernel command and add the option VGA to the end, Ill look into it further and modify this post.

EDIT: it is option vesa=force

Let me know if that does not work for you.


I'm assuming that you are talking about editing from grub menu kernel? I'm sure I'll be able to find the correct spot for the edit if that is where it is at. Like I said before, I've allready taken care of this issue - through banging my head on the monitor and keyboard several times :twisted: but, I was just mentioning it for a built-in feature in the 1.5 release DVD ISO to detect the nvidia 7050PV chipset and then "vesa=force". Maybe this is allready fixed in Gusty Gibbon and therefor a 'moot' point for Ultimate Edition 1.6, if so just ignore my ramblings, and thanks for the help! :P

Re: Post any problems with Ultimate Edition 1.5 here.

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:03 pm
by antedd
TheeMahn wrote:
antedd wrote:.......

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Does it do that after installation? Or from the Live Disk?



i boot live disk, and start instalation.

i fill all of the 7 pages of instalation config etc, and then "checking partition tables" starts, and counts only to 15%, then it does things (CDrom and hdd led) and after 4-5 minutes stops, mouse and keyboard blocks, CD stops, hdd led goes off, i left it over night, thinking it will resume at some point, but it doesnt

Re: Nvidia 7050PV chipsets wont install without modification xor

PostPosted: Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:48 pm
by DaddyX3
DaddyX3 wrote:
TheeMahn wrote:
DaddyX3 wrote:Don't know if this is a problem with just Ultimate Edition or all Ubuntu, but if you have a Nvidia 7050PV chipset Mother Board, upon booting from either the Live CD/ DVD or installing once in the GNOME desktop (or other options) you will get a "No X server" screen - which can be kinda scary for the first time user of any Ubuntu distro! Is there any way to "tune" this distro to utilize "vesa" automatically for Nvidia chipsets - instead of "nv" or "nvidia"? (just to get them rolling with a working desktop) I think that is crazy that somebody with the 7050PV chipset can not even play with Ubuntu off of the Live CD/ DVD because of this "fatal error" type screen. It tells you to install X then try again. I have posted this in the "Hardware" section of this forum - see: viewtopic.php?f=20&t=46#p90
I hope that this will not deter people from experiancing all that Ultimate has to offer, It is an amazing distro once up and going. :roll:



I think you can run a custom kernel command and add the option VGA to the end, Ill look into it further and modify this post.

EDIT: it is option vesa=force

Let me know if that does not work for you.


I'm assuming that you are talking about editing from grub menu kernel? I'm sure I'll be able to find the correct spot for the edit if that is where it is at. Like I said before, I've allready taken care of this issue - through banging my head on the monitor and keyboard several times :twisted: but, I was just mentioning it for a built-in feature in the 1.5 release DVD ISO to detect the nvidia 7050PV chipset and then "vesa=force". Maybe this is allready fixed in Gusty Gibbon and therefor a 'moot' point for Ultimate Edition 1.6, if so just ignore my ramblings, and thanks for the help! :P


I just found confirmation that Gusty has the same issues while installing to a Nvidia 7050PV chipset! Found it here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=3561777 post#7. So a fix to automate install on this chipset with "vesa=force" would be sweet. Don't know, sounds like a tall order.

Re: Post any problems with Ultimate Edition 1.5 here.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:20 am
by nima352000
hi , im dual booting Ultimate 1.5 with vista ultimate , i have use envy to install latest video card driver , i used beryl for a day but now when im using beryl specially when im dragging window from desktop to desk top my computer freeze :( any solution ?

Re: Post any problems with Ultimate Edition 1.5 here.

PostPosted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:50 am
by betrion
nima352000 wrote:hi , im dual booting Ultimate 1.5 with vista ultimate , i have use envy to install latest video card driver , i used beryl for a day but now when im using beryl specially when im dragging window from desktop to desk top my computer freeze :( any solution ?


hehe you probably use ATI card like me :D
Damn i hate ati..