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WUBI and XP

  • 07-07-2012 06:01PM
    #1
    stecleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭


    Hi all i have had a bit of an issue using wubi on my laptop here,
    It installs and boots without a problem but it looks like my graphics card aint up to the job.
    The laptop is about 10 years old id say
    Laptop: Sony Vaio, 1gb ram NVIDIA geforce go 6400.

    I'd have thought the graphics card is up to the job so just wondering if this is a common problem with using wubi or is it in fact my graphics card?


    i have done a quick search but cant find anything


Comments

  • #2
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Need more specific information. Error messages, visual symptoms, we're not mind readers y'know!


  • #3
    stecleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭stecleary


    I'm not getting any error message

    the screen looks like this sometimes
    images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRny9RWqpkSK4Zj47KojipoG46oPIRjn5N3-JnUPWwfhSbcHOGNv1Rfx8O2LQ

    and other times it would be the normal ubuntu purple desktop with some black lines.

    The track pad moves the courser around but it's very laggy.
    As I said it installs and boots no problem sometimes I can log in but after that as a whole it is unresponsive


  • #4
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    When it's working you could try(in a terminal):
    the command dmesg to see kernel messages
    or
    have a look in /var/log/messages for system log messages.

    More here:
    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LinuxLogFiles

    On Gentoo there is /var/log/Xorg.0.log but I don't know if it exists for Ubuntu. It is the log from the display system (X org).

    Could be a monitor sync issue, i.e., a configuration problem but Ubuntu and modern Xorg is usually very good at automatic detection.

    Hopefully there is something useful in the logs!


    *Oh and I'd be shocked if any laptop with a dedicated graphics card was insufficient.


  • #5
    stecleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭stecleary


    when its working as soon as I try do anything the graphics go to mush again so cant really do anything with it. I have downloaded, un/reinstalled a few times just to make sure it wasn't the file.

    Thats what has me thinking its a graphic card issue


  • #6
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Seems you can kill the X server with
    Alt + PrtScn/SysReq + K

    From here:
    http://askubuntu.com/questions/65856/how-does-one-exit-the-x-server

    Might allow you to check the logs before things go fubar.


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  • #7
    stecleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭stecleary


    Think i may have worked out the issue, RAM??
    This laptop only has 512mb of ram and Ubuntu need at least 512mb.


  • #8
    humbert
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,238 ✭✭✭humbert


    Assuming it created a swap partition it would just start 'thrashing the disk', i.e., using the harddisk when ram became full. Would slow down very badly but wouldn't cause a crash.

    If you've got the patience and have no particular reason to us Ubuntu you could try another flavour of linux from a live cd (or even just try Ubuntu from the cd).

    I'd still say the logs are your best bet to find a conclusive answer.


  • #9
    PrzemoF
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,929 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    OP,
    can you switch to console (Alt_Ctrl+F1 F2 ..)?

    If you have only 512MB of ram the system might be swapping itself to the death.

    Post what you get after "free" command.


  • #10
    stecleary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,114 ✭✭✭stecleary


    got a live cd today and it runs fine, must just be something in the wubi file


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