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xserver-xorg-video-ati package

not able to run 12.10

Asked by Charles Reece

I installed ubantu 12.10 with the windows installer. I
Computer will boot up and I get a red screen with very small pointer and icons. When I move mouse it is all garbled, leaves a trail. Mu system is old Pentium 3 - 450 with 768 mgs of ram. Maybe not good enough for this version? what version should I try? Should I uninstall 12.10 first?

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Ada Wah (ailurius) said : 		#1

This sounds like a graphics related issue. 768MB RAM sould be enough for Ubuntu, so I don`t think that`s the problem.

Could you post some more info about your system? Which graphics adapter do you have?

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Ada Wah (ailurius) said : 		#2

Missed the information request button.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Yes that's enough :)

What video chip do you use?

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Charles Reece (the-reeces) said : 		#4

ATT Technologies - Magnum/Xpert 128/ Xpert99/Xpert 2000

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

Add the boot option:

nomodeset

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions

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