Can't run Live CD


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I cannot start up any of the Shift 0.6.2 distros. The problem always occurs when loading start-up scripts, just after loading most of the drivers. I think it happens when starting x, so it's probably a graphics issue. The screen goes black, as if it was starting Gnome (or KDE or Flux), flickers, displays some weird artifacts, and then goes to a blue screen telling me it was not able to launch after failing a few times, and it it would try again in two minutes. When retrying, it crashes again.

I am using an ATI x1400 mobility, if that helps. Also, launching the live CDs in a virtual machine works fine. Does anybody know a solution to this issue?

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I think there should be an option on the main screen, before you boot the kernel, where you can select a "safe graphics mode" or something? Not too sure what the term was. I remember seeing it on Ubuntu. Should be there on Shift as well.

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Yeah it's there... it didn't work either. Sorry I forgot to mention it in the first post. It's weird because I didn't have booting problems in previous versions of Shift... I'll try running regular Ubuntu.

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Maybe the CD is corrupt? Try downloading a fresh copy.

Before automatically trying re-downloading you can save yourself bandwidth and time by just checking the md5sum or sha1sum of the iso you downloaded. If you have a good download, why bother re-downloading? If it is a bad burn, just re-burn (possibly at a slower speed). If the burn is good, then you have other issues not related to downloading or burn.

That said, if you are willing to download a different distro, I have always had good luck with Knoppix, and it has several options (called "cheat codes" for some reason) that you can modify your boot process at the grub command prompt.

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If it's working fine in a VM, I wouldn't think the CD would be bad. Should be a hardware issue. I have not been able to run LiveCDs on my P4 with Asus P4P800, several different ATI cards. Been they all run great on my AMD 2500+, A7N8X, with different ATI cards. I can't tell you where to start looking to fix your issue, but thought I'd throw my hardware experiences in there. Good luck.

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Alright, I've checked the md5, it's correct. I'm sure it's a hardware issue, but I wonder if it can be corrected via a software correction. I'll try Ubuntu soon, burning it now.

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Ubuntu and Shift won't be different enough to make a difference at this point.

If you get around to Knoppix, I am more familiar with its "cheat codes" for troubleshooting and modifying its boot actions.

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Yeah, didn't work for Ubuntu either, still got stuck at boot scripts. I'll try knoppix and maybe look around the Ubuntu forums too...

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