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why is my ubuntu 12.04 live cd running in low graphic mode ?the graphic card is radeon graphics hd8670m

Asked by christina

I am trying to install ubuntu 12.04 alongside windows 8.I followed the instruction given in : http://www.everydaylinuxuser.com/2013/09/install-ubuntu-linux-alongside-windows.html
.I also changed my uefi secure boot to legacy boot.I was able to do all the installation but at the end when i rebooted, windows 8 was running directly.so, to do the boot repair I wanted to run the live cd of ubuntu, but then i got the error message that system is running in low graphics mode.then also i proceeded and tried giving the command in the command console kind of ubuntu:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yannubuntu/boot-repair && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y boot-repair && (boot-repair &)
the commands were running (internet connection was there) but got some error and was not able to launch boot repair application. I think the problem is because of my graphic card, it is AMD Radeon HD 8670M that the ubuntu is not able to run normally.
 my laptop specification :
Aspire E1-572G
Intel core i5-4200U 1.6Ghz
AMD Radeon HD 8670M
8GB DDR3 L memory

now I want to run the ubuntu alongside windows, is there any way I can get it done.the sub problem is to make ubuntu run normally instead of low graphic mode when using a live cd of ubuntu 12.04
please answer soon , and thank you so much :)

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

sudo lshw -C display; lsb_release -a; uname -a; dpkg -l | grep fgl

Thanks

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Daniel Letzeisen (dtl131) said : 		#2

A RadeonHD 8670 is a very recent card, so expecting it to work "out of the box" with 12.04 is sort of like expecting it to work with Windows Vista...

You'll probably have more luck with Ubuntu 13.10, especially if you use this PPA: https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/graphics-drivers/

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christina (christina062) said : 		#3

Thank you guys for your time and suggestion. I was able to solve it by editing the boot options in grub and using "nomodeset" .The boot repair ran successfully and Now ubuntu 12.04 is installed alongside windows 8.