GUI Not Running to perform Install

[TigzAU]

Hi All,

Have an old laptop that has been through the wars a bit, its known as a clevo m121w series laptop (32bit only).
It loads up the live cd fine and enters into the text modes fine - the os in terminal is working flawlessly.
when i try to run startx, I get a harddrive read for 5 seconds and a cursor that stops flashing and black screen (seems to halt)
regardles of how long i leave it, no change.

i also tried running ubiquity or sh -c ubiquity from the command-line

the laptop thinks for a 30 seconds and then i get a prompt with no other action if i run the command again it goes straight to a prompt without any thought.

would like to get this installed on the laptop, is their any commands that i can run to complete this or get some indication on what is causing the issue - any commands to find either would be helpful.

have downloaded checked the hash and did 2 burns one fast and one slow - no difference.
the version is BT5r3 Gnome 32bit

Also completed the x wont start commands under basic usage in the wiki - the commands there made no difference either.

thanks

[maverik35]

Please, type the hardware in your laptop (Video card, memory, etc..)..

[TigzAU]

The Specs of the laptop are as follows:
Intel celeron M 1.4GHZ cpu
Intel 855GME and 82801DBM chipsets
Intel 855GME Accelerated graphics
Realtek AC97 v2.2 compliant audio
ENE Type 2 PCMCIA Cardbus
Realtek gigabit fast ethernet network adapter
Wireless Intel Proset 2915ABG series adapter
smartlink 56k modem
KTP Ware touchpad for mouse
supports ACPI v 1.0b and 2.0
Kingston 512 ram

Hope that helps

[maverik35]

It seems to me like a video issue...Post the output of:
lspci | grep -i vga
lspci -vvs xx:xx.x (the xx:xx.x is at the beginning of output in the command above)
dmesg

Need that info..In text mode it is working fine as you said..Could be the modset, but need the info...

[TigzAU]

It seems to me like a video issue...Post the output of:
lspci | grep -i vga
lspci -vvs xx:xx.x (the xx:xx.x is at the beginning of output in the command above)
dmesg

Need that info..In text mode it is working fine as you said..Could be the modset, but need the info...

completed the above as requested and got the following information:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: intel corporation 82852/855GM Integrated graphics device (rev 02)

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: intel corporation 82852/855GM Integrated graphics device (rev 02)
subsystem: clevo/kapok computer device 0120
control: i/o+ mem+ busmaster- speccycle- memwinv- vgasnoop- parerr- stepping- serr- fastb2b- disintx-
status: cap+ 66mhz- udf- fastb2b+ parerr- devsel=fast >tabort- <tabort- <mabort- >serr- <perr- intx-
interrupt: pin a routed to irq 10
region 0: memory at e8000000 (32bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
region 1: memory at e0000000 (32bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512k]
region 2: i/o ports at 1800 [size=8]
capabilities: [d0] power management version 1
flags: pmeclk- dsi+ d1+ d2- auxcurrent=0ma pme(d0-,d1-,d2-,d3hot-,d3cold-)
status: d0 pme-enable- dsel=0 dscale=0 pme-
kernel modules: intelfb


Hope thats the information that you were after, dmesg command output in attachments.