GUI doesn't appear on startup, ATI X300 not recognised?

[Lieven]

After getting the Kubuntu logo and a progress bar, the graphical login screen doesn't show up.
Instead I get the following message:

Starting up...
Ubuntu edgy (development branch) <computer name> tty1

where <computer name> is the name I gave the computer during installation.

Any idea what could be wrong?

From what I think myself, the videocard ATI Radeon X300 is simply not recognised.
For further details, see below.

[Adrien Cunin (adri2000)]

Is it a fresh install?
Look at the log file /var/log/Xorg.0.log to see what is wrong.

[Lieven (lieven-debels)]

I have looked at the log-file and this is the output (partially):

(**) |--> Screen "Default Screen" (0)
           |--> Monitor "DELL E193FP"
           |--> Device "ATI Technologies, Inc. RV370 5B60 [Radeon X300 (PCIE)]

(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/misc" does not exist.
          Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/cyrillic" does not exist.
          Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi/" does not exist.
          Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi/" does not exist.
          Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
          Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
          Entry deleted from font path.
(WW) The directory "/usr/share/X11/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
          Entry deleted from font path.

(WW) 'fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.$
          Entry deleted form font path.
          (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType").

(**) Font path set to:
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/misc/,
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/TTF/,
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/OTF,
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1/,
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/CID/,
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/,
      /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/

(WW) ATI: PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:0 could not be detected!
(WW) ATI: PCI Mach64 in slot 1:0:1 could not be detected!

(EE) No devices detected.

Fatal server error:
no screens found

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

changed this to package xserver-xorg-video-ati. It looks like the drivers are not installed properly or config properly can you please attach /var/log/Xorg.0.log and /etc/X11/xorg.conf files Thank you.

[Lieven (lieven-debels)]

Sorry, but i don't know how to attach the files. I can't get to my linux partition from Windows, and I can't get to the GUI of Linux. Could you please tell me how I can attach the files? Thank you.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

click on Comment/attach files on the upper left side of page than you will see a comment area where you would normally type below it you will see include attachment put a check int he box and browse for your file than write a sicription like
Xorg log something like that.

[Lieven (lieven-debels)]

Sorry, but I think you misunderstood my question.
It's a bit more complicated.
I can't see my Linux files in Windows, so when I click browse, there's no way to find that log and conf file.
Is there a way to copy those files from Linux to Windows (because in Linux, without GUI, I can't browse and attach a file). Sorry for the inconvenience, but this would be really interesting to know. Thanks a lot.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

you should beable to boot linux and cp the file to a media device (usb stick cdrom) and than load it into windows. you might even beable to use teh livecd ubuntu has to access it and attach it here..

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

or a windows program that will allow you to read and write but you only need read access (maybe putty)

[Lieven (lieven-debels)]

It took me a while to figure out how to mount my usb-stick in terminal.
Here are the conf and log file.

[Lieven (lieven-debels)]

Solved: changed the driver from "ati" to "vesa", and now it works.

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

assuming you had installed xserver-xorg-video-all or xserver-xorg-video-ati

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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