[00:15] superm1, mrand and anyone else listening to my ramblings - I added a user via the tty console, and was able to log in with that. The ubuntu user will NOT let me log in (apart from via tty) [00:17] but only after adding the user to a group called nopasswdlogin [00:17] now I'm in, there is no way of configuring the network. Honestly, was this disk ever tested??? [00:46] fluvvell: when safe graphics mode kicks in (X server crashing) all bets are off on how things work [00:46] unfortunately [00:46] but it sounds like you are hitting more problems than most people would when this would happen [00:47] on the disk, at the boot menu, have you tried to just pick "Install Mythbuntu"? It boots to a special X session that if the standard driver can't handle your hardware will fall back to VESA to let you install [00:47] usually that works for most people who hit issues [00:53] it does sound like you must have some fairly modern hardware if X is crashing and you can't seem to connect to the network at all [00:58] superm1, I don't actually want to install, just boot and test some hardware. I can get into an x session with all the mucking around I've done but still it seems broken, no access to Network tools on the desktop. I need this to work to support a myth user who is 240Km away from me whose new card doesn't work properly in his 20.04 myth install [00:59] sorry 10.04 [01:00] I have dual core AMD hardware and Nvidia 9600GT graphics card, its only a couple of years old [01:42] 9600 should work just fine [01:42] thats what I have [01:42] fluvvell: try the "install" option just to see if it goes through [01:43] also if he upgrades its a bit of a different process than what you are testing [01:44] rhpot1991, yeah nothing wrong with hardware. I would but thats not the point, I am trying to solve an issue with a running 10.04 install that had a Tiivii 420 card added that did not show up. Our card supplier said "try booting with a newer distro to see if it detects it correctly" [01:44] unfortunately the machine is about 240Km away from me, I support by remote connection. But not with a live cd, with out a few tweaks and with this live cd? Yeah I'm in a bind [01:45] yeah its a different process, I agree. But if the upgrade goes wrong [01:46] Oh I'm repeating myself all over sorry. [01:50] fluvvell: yep remote is hardthat way [01:50] upgrade over ssh and hope [01:52] That is of course an option, I have done that a number of times. The plan was to test the card, then if it works on the newer os and kernel, do the upgrade. I might just try a different live myth disk [01:52] Does anyone feel like downloading the cd and test booting it somewhere? [12:01] hi guys - at some point my mythbuntu box stopped automatically starting X and mythfrontend - now I'm trying to get it going again. Is the fronted normally run by the mythtv user? [12:09] Huh - thanks to the link to the forums, autologin now works, but mythfrontend isn't starting. [12:17] Looks like lightdm isn't starting mythfrontend - any tips? [12:33] sshing in and "export DISPLAY=:0.0 ; mythfrontend &" does the job - but how do I get mythfrontend to start by itself?