Colonel Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I keep trying to use Ubuntu on my iMac G5. It installs fine, but as soon as it gets to the Ubuntu login screen, it freezes. Has anyone else had this problem or does anyone know how to fix it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
declan Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 I had a similar problem on my pc, needed correct gfx drivers to boot login, does it boot to a grey screen. If i remember it had something to do with changing the driver part in /etc/X11/xorg.conf to vesa, i know for nvidia owners its "nv" to "vesa" that you change, as its booting in use the keys to match <Ctrl><Alt>F2, not sure how that works on a mac, but that should get you to a terminal window to sudo pco the above config Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted March 24, 2006 Author Share Posted March 24, 2006 the screen is in color though, so i think i found the graphics driver. it freezes as soon as the COLOR Ubuntu login screen shows to type in my user name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Make sure your system time is correct and maybe the font installation got corrupt during the install process. You might also try to reconfigure the xserver. log in with CTRL+ALT+F1 then do the following: sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg The default answers are usually correct, but you might want to try other options. Do take notes so you don't repete the same options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
declan Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 Try this thread http://www.ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-89712.html , could be similar to your problem. Three issues i have seen related to this problem are video, date and time and sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
domino Posted March 24, 2006 Share Posted March 24, 2006 What might be the problem with Mac and Ubuntu is that Alsa is started during the boot stage and again another sound server during user login. I personally have never had a problem with how the sound server starts under PC dual but it looks like Mac users do. Just follow link declan posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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