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[ian <question77516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Question #77516 on xorg in ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+question/77516

    Status: Answered => Open

ian is still having a problem:
Tom wrote:
> Your question #77516 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/77516
>
>     Status: Open => Answered
>
> Tom proposed the following answer:
> The first thing is to try a LiveCd session of Ubuntu - so, put the Ubuntu cd in the cd/dvd-drive and reboot the machine. It should take you to a menu saying "Try ubuntu without changes to this machine", if not here's a guide to help
> https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ BootFromCD
> choosing that default option to try Ubuntu should get you to a working desktop that we call a LiveCd session, if it works. This LiveCd session should have firefox on the top taskbar able to surf the internet into here.  
>
> Please go up to the top taskbar and click on
>
> Applications - Accessories - Terminal
>
> and into the terminal/command window/console try typing
>
> free -m
>
> and copy&paste the results into here.  I think maybe your Ram is less
> than your swap size so i think we may need to increase the size of your
> swap.  I think the display crashes may either be caused by a loose cable
> or by something wrong with xorg.conf or something wrong with your
> x-server.
>
> Good luck and regards from
> Tom 
>
>   
ian@Gaia:~$ free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          1011        536        474          0         13        316
-/+ buffers/cache:        206        804
Swap:         2957          0       2957
I was able to get out of suspend using the live 8.04 cd. I had to come 
back to the hard drive to access this email. I did suspect the gstreamer 
because on past version upgrades it would fail my install on all but 
9.04 but I gave up on that after a display crash. I prefer LTS anyway so 
I can get Longer support and not worry about failed installs as 
downloading disc images was the only way I could think of to get around 
it. Above, please note the info that you asked me to provide from terminal.
I think you are right about it being xorg or the x-server but I don`t 
know how to fix.

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