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d4damage:

--- Quote from: Louis Tully on April 29, 2014, 02:32:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: d4damage on April 16, 2014, 06:23:30 pm ---Hi,

When I try to boot the latest Lubuntu live cd from usb, it gets as far as showing the mouse pointer just before the desktop would normally load but then the screen flickers/flashes without end and never finishes loading.

Anyone know how to resolve this ?

Thanks

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Try setting NOMODESET to the boot option.

This will give you some info on it.
 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

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Thanks Louis.

It's now got a box floating around the screen saying the refresh rate is out of sync (black background).

What should I try next ?

Louis Tully:
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General_Faliure:
What videochip do you have?
Try to use the latest Lubuntu (i just updated my cab to it)
Maybe you can add a dedicated videocard, it doesn't have to be expensive, in my previous setup i used a geforce 5200, which worked fine.

d4damage:
Not sure, it's a prebuild bartop cab.

General_Faliure:
Can you try  "ctrl-alt-F1" which should give you a black screen with a cursor.
Then type "lspci" which should give you a lot of info about your hardware, including your graphics chip.
The latest (L)ubuntu should work with almost anything if it's not too old.

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