i am trying to install Ubuntu using WUbi but its says "Failed to start the x server (your graphical interface)

Question

It is likely it is not set up correctly." how do i fix this is it something to do with the video card my video card is ati radeon 9250...?

Answer 1

I recognized that problem, it took a little research to find the info I have seen about it. (I'm a novice with Linux myself.)

First off, I am not at all familar with installing with Wubi. I have an ATI card as well and know that the support for ATI is poor (for Linux in general -- not just Ubuntu).

The problem is that the driver included with Ubuntu for our cards is a proprietary driver and not enabled by default. The default open-source driver apparently doesn't work for everyone.

try what it says in the here: http://www.ubuntux.org/x-server-problem-during-install#comment-736

(Note: for the step 2 -- I have seen this elsewhere: "After booting into the CD X won't start. Hit Enter to say OK to the error messages and get back to the black screen. You may need to switch to ALT-F4 to get an "ubuntu" user." -- so which ever way works to get to the command prompt.)

if all of that works and you selected the vesa (generic driver) instead of the ATI one and it works then do this (that's old you shouldn't need to install the ATI fglrx driver - just enable it.

do this from the Gnome panel (at the top of screen):
System>Administration>Enable Restricted Drivers Manager. Check the unchecked graphic driver. You need to restart Ubuntu (however you do that) and hopefully the driver will automatically configure your xorg.conf.

--- hopefully that will help. let me know the results.
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Answer 2

ok i dont see a version of ubuntu so im gonna tell you how i installed as well as what version i am using
i installed ubuntu fisty 7.04 using knoppix to preparition space (dualboot) and downloaded the ISO image using a bittorent
now sometimes the live cds have trouble starting x server so using a nongrapical installer is the answer using it then it will isntall ubuntu and then there will be more drivers installed then it will work at some leval but theres some proggies you need from the package manager to make ati work well

Answer 3

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