[Gllug] Kubuntu live CD requires mains power?

Christopher Currie ccurrie at usa.net
Fri Oct 20 19:53:29 UTC 2006


On Friday 20 Oct 2006 01:20:24 +0100 "Pete Ryland" <pdr at pdr.cx> wrote:

> On 11/10/06, Christopher Currie <ccurrie at usa.net> wrote:
> > [T22 IBM Thinkpad won't boot Kubuntu 6.06.1-desktop-i386 live
> > CD on battery-only power]
>
> This seems to be a known bug (or at least related to this bug):
>
> https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-savage/+bug
>/33617
>
> As suggested there, try booting into "safe mode" which will use the VESA
> video driver instead.
>
> Pete

Many thanks. Will try that next time I experiment with the live CD, if it lets 
me. 

Reading the bug reports has decided me not to try to install Kubuntu on the 
machine instead of SuSE! 

Christopher
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