Thinkpad E525 - X doesn't start by default until fgrlx is downloaded via apt-get and installed.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
New
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High
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Booting the distro Live via USB - When the E525 (Thinkpad EDGE) starts Ubuntu - X fails to start - to resolve this issue: (at boot time) Press F6 - Turn on all "EXTRAS" - Boots to a VT then after execute - apt-get install fgrlx - then run startx.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Wed Jan 25 18:13:47 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
description: | updated |
summary: |
- Thinkpad E525 VIdeo not working by default without fgrlx module loaded. + Thinkpad E525 - X doesn't start by default until fgrlx is downloaded via + apt-get and installed. |
Would it be possible fot you to save the Xorg.0.log before you install fglrx and start X? (or use the Xorg.1.log, whichever log shows X not starting with open-source ati driver)