Ubuntu
xserver-xorg-video-ati package

  1. Bug #67487
  2. Comment #21

Comment 21 for bug 67487

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greg_h (gjhanna) wrote : Re: Install 6:10 Failure: Black screen at Live Desktop Stage (MS Virtual PC)

I think I struck a similar issue under a slightly different situation:

Running the 6.10 desktop CD under MS Virtual PC.

It does most of the boot as above, flickers, then changes to a very very strange resolution that Virtual PC complains is too big for my monitor (but ubuntu thinks is 800x640, I think).

I tried most of the options from the vga menu (F4) and played with framebuffer and fb advanced options to see if that made any difference (some but not adequate).

I found that with sufficient squinting and cursing you could just about read what was on screen, and run through the installation process (with a few restarts because you can't see the install buttons at all).
Once it's installed I could boot in recovery mode and edit xorg.conf - the only change I needed to do was set the default color depth to 16 bit and it boots up beautifully.

From the documentation:
"Virtual PC emulates the S3 Trio 32/64 PCI video card. Virtual PC also supports VESA 2.0. Specify one of the two supported video cards when programs require manual configuration."