[GLLUG] Ubuntu question

Karl Schuttler rexykik at gmail.com
Wed Jan 27 23:32:05 EST 2010


There is a command line argument for X to start using an arbitrary
xorg.conf. X -config will test the config. You might have better luck with
the cricket bat.

On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 11:20 PM, Frank Dolinar
<frank.dolinar at comcast.net>wrote:

>  Hi, Stan (and everyone else),
>     Yup, Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10 attempt to boot from the CD...
>     but have a problem when they get to setting up the X Window driver...
>     and I can't make the changes to Xorg.conf that are documented in a
> number of web posts because..
>     I can't write the changes back to the CD...
>     so I never see the icon on the desktop that I never get to.
>
>     This seems like the kind of deadly embrace (to use a database term) or,
> if you prefer, a Catch-22 of which Joseph Heller would be proud.
>
>     On the other hand I'll be happy to get together with you.  Maybe I'll
> borrow a Cricket bat from friend Ed, for use in getting the computer's
> attention.
>
> Frank
>
>
> Stanley C. Mortel wrote:
>
> Frank,
>
> If you install 6.06 it will boot live from the CD but have an icon on the
> desktop to install.  In that version there was no other option, for the
> desktop install disk anyway.  You can double click on the icon and it will
> install everything to the hard drive.  If you want, you can then upgrade
> from there.  Bring it over sometime if you want to do it together.
>
> Stan
>
> Frank Dolinar wrote:
>
> Hi, folks,
>     I'm trying to install Ubuntu on a Dell Inspiron 2600 laptop.
>     There is nothing on this system's HD that needs to be kept.
>     I have over time downloaded versions of Ubuntu from 6.06 through 9.10
> and created CDs from the ISO images.
>     In all cases I believe these to be installation disks.
>     Booting the computer with the CD in the drive brings up the LiveCD
> functions, but I'm not finding a way to actually initiate the installation
> process.
>     Any suggestions will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Frank
>
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