I just upgraded (not clean install) my Ubuntu 7.10 Laptop to 8.04 both 64-bit editions. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 5100-5973 (Turion TL50 CPU, ATI Radeon Xpress 1100, 1GB DDR2).
When I boot up normaly, either the hard drive indicator starts to blink really fast (as it normally does), then goes dark and nothing happens (even after 5 minutes), or the HD indicator stays a solid "on", but I can't hear the hard drive being accessed and the system hangs also. In either situation, the screen goes from being blank to progressively becoming random shades of grey.
However, if I choose to boot in recovery mode, everything boots normally as soon as I go into a window where it gives me 3 options(by memory):
- NTPD (network time protocol daemon) (Which is what I have to click to keep booting)
- push to bring me to a prompt with root privileges
- Some sort of Xorg reconfiguration. (which I have selected a few times. It reconfigures a default version of Xorg and brings me to the same three options)
So if I press the first option, it boots up the system "in recovery mode."
Question: While I do not see any performance difference and I seem to have access to everything, am I somehow missing out on anything while in "Recovery mode"?
I'm fine with booting in recovery mode, until some permanent fix is found.
Things that have changed with this Upgrade:
- In my previous installation, the ATI restricted driver did not work in the 64-bit edition and I now have it working;
- Since I never had access to a graphics card in my last installation, I Had "visual effects" turned off (they are now on full).
Any idea how to get it to boot normally, (preferably with the ATI driver active)? or
Do I suffer (other than the mild inconvenience of clicking an extra few buttons at boot up) a performance or functionality loss for being in "recovery mode"?
Thank you for any help or information.
PS: I'll be tinkering with settings to try to find a work around on my own, so if I'm offline during that period, it doesn't mean I wont get around to your request for additional details. (This will be the case for the next half hour or so.)
EDIT: I booted using a slightly earlier Kernel, and it booted the GUI normally, then Gnome would report an error. I assume gnome requires the later version of the Kernel. So I think that when the Kernel is updated, my situation should be solved.
Goodnight. (Any addition to this thread will have to wait until tomorrow.)
