laptop rover partner w500 hangup on boot

Bug #298843 reported by bonkers
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu)
Invalid
High
Unassigned
Nominated for Hardy by bonkers
Nominated for Intrepid by bonkers

Bug Description

I'll try to install (X)Ubuntu 8.10 on my old laptop, but time to time it may hangup on loading system and after successful installation. Ubuntu 8.04 installed well, but сan't find video driver(same with me, I not found it), it run in safe graphic mode -after i press "next" it do nothing...only console, X's not starting.
Ubuntu 8.10, installed well but hang up on loading.

need more information from me to fix this bug?

some hardware spec, old but popular
CPU: VIA C7®-M 754 1.5
Chipset: VIA VN800 + VIA VT8237R+
screen: 15.4” TFT (1280x800)
build'in video: VIA VN800 (UniChrome Pro)
Memory: DDRII 533 - 768Mb
HDD: SATA Hitachi 120gb
buildin: modem 56k and ethernet lan 10/100

New Mandriva2009 with new 'linux core' works fine for me, but i want use Ubuntu.

Revision history for this message
Bartosz Kosiorek (gang65) wrote :

Please attach your Xorg.0.log file.
It is located at /var/log/Xorg.0.log

Please also add output of the "lspci -vvn" command

affects: ubuntu → xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu)
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
Changed in xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

We're closing this bug since it is has been some time with no response from the original reporter. However, if the issue still exists please feel free to reopen with the requested information. Also, if you could, please test against the latest development version of Ubuntu, since this confirms the bug is one we may be able to pass upstream for help.

Changed in xserver-xorg-video-openchrome (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Invalid
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