ubuntu upgrade

[gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org (Jerry Feldman)]

After the R&R did you update the system, or just boot into what was
installed from the CD.
We really need more information as to what graphic chip is on the MB. It
is very possible that the driver being used is the incorrect driver.
Looks like the chip is and AIT radeon mobility 7500. You may want to
install the latest fglrx driver. The following web site is not 100% what
you are describing, but worth a try:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/compiz/+bug/197135

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/ATI

You should be able to use apt-get from the command line.

On 07/30/2010 03:34 PM, j. daniel moylan wrote:
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>> On 07/28/2010 06:06 PM, edwardp-mh2Nk+tgbQM at public.gmane.org wrote:
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>>> Dan Ritter wrote:
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>>>> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:58:47AM -0400, j. daniel moylan wrote:
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>>>>> some months ago i did an on-line upgrade on my asus netbook
>>>>> from ubuntu 9.10 to 10.04.  it went smoothly with zero
>>>>> problems.
>>>>>
>>>>> yesterday i did the same upgrade on my panasonic cf-50.
>>>>> the login screen looked fine, but when i went to log in,
>>>>> gnome wouldn't come up -- just a blank screen with a bit
>>>>> of flicker.  logging in remotely works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>> what are my options?  how would i best reinstall just gnome?
>>>>> any suggestions welcome.
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>>>> I would guess that you have a new X driver that doesn't work
>>>> well with your video hardware. Try ALT-F1 to get to a console
>>>> screen and then reconfigure X.
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>>> Had an eventual video problem with Ubuntu 9.04 -> 10.04 upgrade, it w=
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>>> ATi related.  Couldn't fix the problem after changing resolution, so =
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>>> did an R&R (reformat and reinstall) on it.
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>> Did that fix the problem
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> not knowing how to reconfigure X, i did an R&R -- it did NOT
> fix the problem.  the login gui looks fine but when i log
> in, i get the blank screen with a bit of twitching at the
> top.
>
> i need some help in reconfiguring X, if indeed that's the
> next thing to try, or another suggestion if it isn't.
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