[Tfug] Need help finding a distro

[erich]

OK,
      Please explain. What do you mean by "Good looking desktop but it 
doesn't
work"? Does this have something to do with the cursor or keyboard?

                                                                    Erich
earljviolet at deserthowler.com wrote:
> I work at World Care checking out III computers for the store.  We sold
> some computers with Ubuntu 7.10 installed.  Things were working fine.  The
> 7.10 repositories are now closed.
>
> I went to Ubuntu 8.04 because it is LTS.  It worked great.  I set up a few
> with a Cisco Wireless card and they worked fine too.  These machines are
> PIII 800+ with 385 MB memory.
>
> In going to 8.04 we encountered a problem.  Plugging a different monitor
> brings the video down.  Not just to 800x600 but to totally unusable.  OK,
> switch to a console and run 'sudo dpkg -reconfigure -phigh xserver -xorg';
> that always works.  Then run sudo startx.  Good looking desktop but it
> doesn't work.  Gasp!!  Reboot.
>
> Go to recovery mode in Grub.  Run XFIX.  Same messed up screen ... go to
> console but keyboard is dead.  Can't shutdown.  Pull plug.
>
> Restart and can get into root in recovery mode.  Use Ubuntu 8.04 Live CD. 
> Check xorg.config on live cd and open xorg.config on hard drive.  They are
> the same.
>
> Decide that this isn't a workable situation for computers for the public. 
> Most people want some kind of desk top.
>
> Ubuntu 9.04 gives the same problem.
>
> Does anyone know of a distro we can use that will work for the general
> public and not have this problem?
>
> Earl
>
>
>
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