[AuckLUG] CAN'T GET A SCREEN IMAGE IN EDUBUNTU

[David Bowen]

Alan Nicholson wrote:
> On  19 November David wrote
>
>   
>> Hi Alan
>>
>> I had the same trouble with Edgy. At the boot before going to "boot from
>> CD" press F4 and set the screen resolution suitable for the graphics
>> card and monitor. Edgy seems to have trouble detecting the correct
>> resolution for some card/monitors. It worked on one of my computers but
>> not the other.
>>
>>
>> Regards    David Bowen
>>
>>     
>
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for your advice,
>
> My Monitor is a Compaq V500 and seems to support a range of resolutions 
> from640x350 thru to 1800 x 1440 with most of the more common 1024 x 768 
> (87,60.75, & 85 Hz) 800 x 600 (111, 60.75 & 85 hz) 640 x 480 (136, 60.75 & 
> 85Hz).
>
> Tried stepping thru all of the options at F4 but none seem to work.. The 640 
> res options give me a splash screen that runs off the side of the monitor, 
> the 1024 gives an ideal splash screen but then all options turn off the 
> display on the monitor and leave me with a blank screen although I can hear 
> the CD operating.
>
> Its almost like once it is past the splash screen it resets the resolution to 
> something not compatible with my monitor.
>
> I have an S3 Virge 3D card and have thought of throwing that in to see if I 
> can connect thru that.
>
> I am now stumped as Kubuntu seems to load properly. I don't know if it a 
> problem in Edgy or if my CD burn was faulty
>
> Alan
>
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Hi Alan

This time I am guessing. There is a disc test in the boot options to 
check the CD. You could also try it in another computer just as a live 
CD to see if it works on another computer. I have found a graphics card 
that worked on on version of Mandrake but not on the next, so trying 
another card may be worth while.
I had the same problem with both Ubuntu and Kubuntu, so it is 
interesting that Kubuntu works.
Try also looking here.   http://www.edubuntu.org/GettingStarted.
It looks like a good place to start.

Good luck

David