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[Geir Ove Myhr <gomyhr@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Mark Ellse wrote:
> 1. Running the installer in "Safe graphics mode" seems not only to run
> the installer in safe graphics mode, but also to install either karmic
> or lucid alpha in a safe graphics mode in which the freezes don't occur.
> Some packages, like Gnometris (Quatropassel in Luicd) behave strangely
> in safe graphics mode, to an extent that makes them unuseable. Other are
> hardly affected.

You can use the alternate CD to install, so that the installer doesn't
start X at all.

> 2. Anyone know of a way, with Karmic or Luicid, to invoke safe graphics
> mode on bootup of an installed system so that the system is live long
> enough to do the kernal testing suggested by Geir?

You can boot into recovery mode from the Grub boot menu. If you
already have downloaded the files you can choose root shell from the
recovery menu. If you need to download them, you may choose netroot
(but then you may need ethernet instead of wireless).

The easiest way to test is probably to use Jaunty. It should not have
these freeze problems with the standard kernel. You can then install
the kernels without problems and then boot the test kernels to check
if the system freezes.

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