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    Black screen after 13.10 upgrade on my desktop

    Hello

    On an old hardware I'm not able to start Kubuntu 13.10
    History
    I was running 13.04 without issue then:
    1st step : Upgrade to 13.10 by standard procedure is OK but after reboot the screen is black with label Kubuntu in white caracters and blue shadow
    2nd step : New system installation from DVD on same Hard disk but other partitions (/ and /home) of Kubuntu 13.10. Installation OK and after reboot ==> Same problem !
    3rd step : Installation of Kubuntu 12.10 (quetzal) from DVD (replacement of preceeding installation) Installation and reboot OK
    4st step : upgrade to 13.04 by standard procedure. System runs perfectly
    5st step : upgarde to 13.10 by standard procedure OK and after reboot ==> Same problem !

    NB : I'm running 13.10 on my laptop after upgrade by standard procedure and every things run perfectly

    Any idea to solve my problem on my old desktop ?
    I apologize for my poor english

    Thanks : TuxMario

    #2
    How old?
    Some system info might help

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      #3
      I've read somewhere that the upstream developers had dropped support for some older video hardware. Have you tried booting with the 'nomodeset' option?

      cheers,
      bill
      sigpic
      A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new. --Albert Einstein

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        #4
        Hello

        Thanks for your answers and apologize for my late reply

        I'd test option "nomodeset" and the problem is still present

        From recovery mode on 13.10 I detected that Internet is not set up (no inet add but one inet6)
        NB : Inet add is set up on older kubuntu release (13.04)
        ifconfig eth0 answer from 13.04 here after
        eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1b:fc:20:72:32
        inet adr:192.168.1.18 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Masque:255.255.255.0
        adr inet6: fe80::21b:fcff:fe20:7232/64 Scope:Lien
        UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
        Packets reçus:184 erreurs:0 :0 overruns:0 frame:0
        TX packets:120 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
        collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000
        Octets reçus:22875 (22.8 KB) Octets transmis:16849 (16.8 KB)

        ANy other sugestions ?

        Cheeres : TuxMario

        PS : Some hardware informations here after

        description: Desktop Computer
        product: System Product Name (To Be Filled By O.E.M.)
        vendor: System manufacturer
        version: System Version
        serial: System Serial Number
        width: 32 bits
        capabilities: smbios-2.3 dmi-2.3 smp-1.4 smp
        configuration: boot=normal chassis=desktop cpus=2 family=To Be Filled By O.E.M. sku=To Be Filled By O.E.M. uuid=6448E4EE-9511-DC11-ADC5-285BEDA7ACAB
        *-core
        description: Motherboard
        product: P5VD2-MX SE
        vendor: ASUSTeK Computer INC.
        physical id: 0
        version: Rev 1.xx
        serial: MB-1234567890
        slot: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
        *-firmware
        description: BIOS
        vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
        physical id: 0
        version: 0602
        date: 05/08/2007
        size: 64KiB
        capacity: 448KiB
        capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
        *-cpu:0
        description: CPU
        product: Genuine Intel(R) CPU 2140 @ 1.60GHz
        vendor: Intel Corp.
        physical id: 4
        bus info: cpu@0
        version: 6.15.2
        serial: 0000-06F2-0000-0000-0000-0000
        slot: CPU 1
        size: 1600MHz
        capacity: 1600MHz
        width: 64 bits
        clock: 200MHz
        capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx x86-64 constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm lahf_lm dtherm
        configuration: id=1
        *-network
        description: Ethernet interface
        product: VT6102 [Rhine-II]
        vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
        physical id: 12
        bus info: pci@0000:00:12.0
        logical name: eth0
        version: 7c
        serial: 00:1b:fc:20:72:32
        size: 100Mbit/s
        capacity: 100Mbit/s
        width: 32 bits
        clock: 33MHz
        capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
        configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=via-rhine driverversion=1.5.0 duplex=full ip=192.168.1.17 latency=64 link=yes maxlatency=8 mingnt=3 multicast=yes port=MII speed=100Mbit/s
        resources: irq:23 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:f9fff800-f9fff8ff

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          #5
          Wow, so many "To Be Filled By O.E.M." suggests that Asus is a pirated clone. Where did you buy it from?
          "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
          – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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            #6
            Hello GreyGeek

            This PC belongs to my best friend and I don't know him as a receiver of stolen goods !
            The PC was running Windows (XP as far as i remember) and i replaced Windows by Kubuntu 6 months ago. It was running properly until i migrated to release 13.10
            Any sugestion to make it running last release of Kubuntu ? (today it's dual boot with Kubuntu 13.04 and 13.10)
            NB : I'll ask my friend for the way used to buy the PC

            Cheers : TuxMario

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              #7
              Just askin'

              That mobo ID (P5VD2-MX SE) came with a variety of video chips. I don't understand why you supplied a lot of networking info for a video problem? I must be blind because I didn't see in any of your posts a line identifying the video chip that mobo has. It would be helpful to know. In googling that mobo ID I saw S3, SIS, VIA, NVIDA and other video chips listed for several with that model ID.

              What does
              sudo lshw
              show in a konsole?

              Mine contains the following:
              *-display UNCLAIMED
              description: VGA compatible controller
              product: GK107 [GeForce GT 650M]
              vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
              physical id: 0
              bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
              version: a1
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vga_controller bus_master cap_list
              configuration: latency=0
              resources: memory:d2000000-d2ffffff memory:a0000000-afffffff memory:b0000000-b1ffffff ioport:4000(size=128) memory:b2000000-b207ffff
              *-display
              description: VGA compatible controller
              product: 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
              vendor: Intel Corporation
              physical id: 2
              bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
              version: 09
              width: 64 bits
              clock: 33MHz
              capabilities: msi pm vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
              configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
              resources: irq:46 memory:d3000000-d33fffff memory:c0000000-cfffffff ioport:5000(size=64)
              "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
              – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                #8
                Hello GreyGeek

                I have DISPLAY problem but also Internet connection problem (When i start Kubuntu 13.10 in recovery mode the Inet address is not set up)

                Here after the informations about DISPLAY
                *-display UNCLAIMED
                description: VGA compatible controller
                product: P4M890 [S3 UniChrome Pro]
                vendor: VIA Technologies, Inc.
                physical id: 0
                bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
                version: 01
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 66MHz
                capabilities: pm agp agp-3.0 vga_controller bus_master cap_list
                configuration: latency=64 mingnt=2
                resources: memory:c0000000-dfffffff memory:fa000000-faffffff memory:fbef0000-fbefffff
                HAve a nice week end : TuxMario

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                  #9
                  As a quickie fix for your video problem open a konsole and use sudo to issue
                  rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf
                  restart Xorg


                  If that doesn't give you a login screen then my next recommendation would be to revert to Kubuntu 13.04 to restore both your video and network, because the Linux window has moved beyond your machine and any subsequent manual installation may or may not work.

                  You could play with the via.ko driver or, if it is on your system, the s3.ko driver. First, do
                  sudo lsmod
                  to see what video driver, if any, is being used. If either is listed and removing the xorg.conf file didn't help then try the other, and issue
                  sudo startkde
                  to see if the KDE login screen starts up.

                  As far as your eth0 driver is concerned does
                  locate vt6102.ko
                  show anything . I doubt it will. The only VT6* drivers I see are the vt6655_stage.ko and the vt6656_stage.ko.

                  You might be stuck with 13.04 for a long time as the kernel/driver window moves farther into the future.
                  "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                  – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                    #10
                    Hello GreyGeek

                    In recovery mode i tried to read /etc/X11/xorg.conf but no such file.
                    After googleing I read that in Ubuntu this file is /usr/share/X11/xorgconf.d/xorg.conf . I didn't found it too

                    I noticed that the / FS is mounted in read mode !
                    From my other system (13.04) I check by fsck /dev/sda2 and no problem . Only (0.3% not contiguous)

                    From recovery mode on 13.10 the read mode is still present.
                    NB : /etc/fstab looks rights
                    UUID=....... / ext4 errors=remount,ro 0 1

                    I noticed only one strange thing in my HD partitions (sda3 is before sda2 ?
                    Primary sda1 Kubuntu 13.04
                    Primary sda3 swap
                    Primary sda2 Kubuntu 13.10 /
                    Extended sda4
                    sd5 Kubuntu /home

                    Any sugestion?

                    NB : FYI : PC was, in fact, built from pieces bought in small shops in Paris. May be not official pieces

                    Have a nice week end : TuxMario


                    PS : This PC is not important for me because it's ony for tests and no important data on it

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                      #11
                      It's looks like the "compatibility window" has slid into the future, away from your video and network hardware, probably because of the newer kernel drivers. Your best solution would be to install an earlier version of Kubuntu. Try the LiveCD first to see if you get both video and networking.
                      "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”
                      – John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962.

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                        #12
                        Hello GreyGeek

                        Yesterday I tried to install Trusty alpha 1 (14.04) on my old hardware. Jackpot
                        The system is running without problem (neither video nor Internet connection)
                        I don't know what is wrong in Saucy (13.10) for my hardware

                        Problem is closed but not explained

                        I wish you happy new year : TuxMario

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