Acer Aspire One Boot issues

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DiscoStu replied

12 May 2010, 19:47
Originally posted by Normie View Post

I installed Ubuntu NBR on my Aspire One - much better IMHO.

Just google for it and you'll find details on how to put the ISO on a USB stick using unetbootin and boot/install from there.

WHS

(But first I ditched the SSD and replaced it with an HDD from an iPod )
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Normie replied

12 May 2010, 10:11
I installed Ubuntu NBR on my Aspire One - much better IMHO.

Just google for it and you'll find details on how to put the ISO on a USB stick using unetbootin and boot/install from there.
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FiveTimes replied

11 May 2010, 14:55
Sorted it

I removed ~/.config. This has settings for the xfce.
Reboot and bingo - all back to normal.
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FiveTimes replied

11 May 2010, 14:12
State of play is that the machine boots now, however the desktop (xfce) is not being displayed, just stiped lines.

I can launch a terminal and use xfce commands, but can't get it to a stable desktop after startup.

I just want to get back to the custom version of xfce desktop
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FiveTimes replied

10 May 2010, 16:06
Originally posted by administrator View Post

Could well be display config mangled somehow. Do you see the BIOS on boot or is that when the dispay goes wonky? If you get clear BIOS screen then mangled O/S and we may be able to help you. If mangled pre-BIOS then machine mangled and a bit harder to sort...

I can see the BIOS settings fine, although I am going to try and update the bios tonight to a new version.
The current one doesn't charge the battery - so I have downloaded the latest version and will try booting from usb this evening.
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administrator replied

10 May 2010, 15:49
Could well be display config mangled somehow. Do you see the BIOS on boot or is that when the dispay goes wonky? If you get clear BIOS screen then mangled O/S and we may be able to help you. If mangled pre-BIOS then machine mangled and a bit harder to sort...
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xoggoth replied

10 May 2010, 14:17
Got problems like that on an ancient laptop that seem to be temperature related. Stripey screen when cold ok when warm.
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FiveTimes replied

10 May 2010, 13:52
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

was it left in the car boot over night? might have picked up some condensation

No, it was working fine upto the point of me powering it on at friends house !
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Spacecadet replied

10 May 2010, 13:25
Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post

Not yet.

I did see it booting fine on Friday as I had to do several live updates to it in order to get messenger to work.
After the updates everything was fine.

It was only when I was taking it back to friends last night that the issue with striped display happened.

was it left in the car boot over night? might have picked up some condensation
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fullyautomatix replied

10 May 2010, 10:19
Have you tried bleeding the radiator ?
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Churchill replied

10 May 2010, 10:05
Originally posted by FiveTimes View Post

Not yet.

I did see it booting fine on Friday as I had to do several live updates to it in order to get messenger to work.
After the updates everything was fine.

It was only when I was taking it back to friends last night that the issue with striped display happened.

Drop it again, you may just "fix" it...
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FiveTimes replied

10 May 2010, 07:43
Originally posted by Spacecadet View Post

have you tried attaching an external monitor?

Not yet.

I did see it booting fine on Friday as I had to do several live updates to it in order to get messenger to work.
After the updates everything was fine.

It was only when I was taking it back to friends last night that the issue with striped display happened.
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Spacecadet replied

10 May 2010, 07:32
have you tried attaching an external monitor?
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FiveTimes started a topic Acer Aspire One Boot issues

10 May 2010, 07:28
Acer Aspire One Boot issues

I've been handed an acer aspire by a friend as it "doesn't work".

It has a linux distro on it - Linpus I think

However after booting up the display is just thickish black and white horizontal lines and nothing else.

Any clues on best way to rectify this ?

Last edited by FiveTimes; 10 May 2010, 07:50.
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