Fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 won't boot on Asus X101CH Eee PC
- by Najdmie
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 in my Asus X101CH Eee PC, using a live usb which I made using startup disk creator, replacing Ubuntu 12.04. The installation ran smoothly, but when I boot, it goes to a purple screen for a second, then a lot of text like the following shows up in sequence:
Starting crash report submission daemon [OK]
Starting CPU interrupts balancing daemon [OK]
Stopping save kernel messages [OK]
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And the cursor just keeps blinking for hours. I can't log in. Pressing Alt + F2 did not bring me to console mode.
I thought it might be a partition problem so I formatted the whole disk, by creating a new partition table using gparted in Ubuntu 12.04 live USB. I noticed that I can't try Ubuntu using 12.10 live USB either; it just went to a blank screen when I hit the 'try ubuntu' button.
But the same problem arose. I even changed the pen drive for the live USB a couple of times.
I happened to know that the Intel Atom N2600 Cedar Trail CPU in my computer is not well supported in Linux, I managed to install its drivers in Ubuntu 12.04, although the computer went blank during the installation.