What do I need to do when installing old version of ubuntu on new arch platform?

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Published on 2014-05-29T03:20:23Z Indexed on 2014/05/29 4:00 UTC
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I got a board with aptio cpu which is said to be of new platform and may have driver problems while using old version of ubuntu, and it do have.

After installing my customized Live ubuntu server with X(the system runs as a liveCD), X starts but failed to get right resolution.

If I run ubiquity in the live system to install the system to my disk, I can't start X and the whole console was a mess.Tried connect from ssh and upgrade, failed to solve the problem.

Install ubuntu 12.04.2 desktop, at bootup the text was a mess, X starts and still could not get the right resolution.

Install ubuntu 14.04 server, at bootup the text was also a mess, but it turned clear and the resolution is right.

So what else do I need to provide? CPUInfo ? lspci -nn | grep VGA ? anything else?

And what's the problem? What can I do to support the newest arch in my customized system?

Thanks

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