Live DVD will not boot

[Ocean]

Hello, wonderful people.
I'd really like to test AV Linux for music production, but the Live DVD will not boot. It stops giving me this:
Xhost: unable to open display ""

I've tried both "live nomodeset" and "live.radeon.modeset=0" to no avail.

My graphics card is a Sapphire Radeon HD6670, please help.
I'm a fairly new Linux user, so be gentle.

Thanks.

[RickBrock]

hi there, welcome to linux.
please don't let this hick-up stop you from moving forward in the world of open source.

i don't know specifically what the error was for you. but i would suggest downloading again and burning a new DVD disk. it is possible you got a bad burn.

God bless and all the best.

Rick

[Ocean]

Thank you, RickBrock.

I've been running Kubuntu and KxStudio for the last year or so (Windows just constantly crashes on my machine, while Linux runs fine) ... But I thought I'd check out other options as well.
I've already burnt two dvd's and the md5's match.

Wish you the best also.

[GMaq]

Hi,

Try booting with the 'failsafe' option and let me know if that works, also do you have another computer available to you to try booting the LiveDVD from? That would at least narrow things down to whether this is an issue with the LiveDVD itself or an incompatibility with one particular computer and it's hardware.

[Ocean]

Hi,

Try booting with the 'failsafe' option and let me know if that works, also do you have another computer available to you to try booting the LiveDVD from? That would at least narrow things down to whether this is an issue with the LiveDVD itself or an incompatibility with one particular computer and it's hardware.

Failsafe does not work either. Same output. Unfortunately I don't have access to any other computer. I'll list what 'lshw' outputs, see if it helps:

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    product: Dell XPS430 ()
    vendor: Dell Inc.
    serial: 9S0LJ4J
    width: 64 bits
    capabilities: smbios-2.5 dmi-2.5 vsyscall32
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  *-core
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       vendor: Dell Inc.
       physical id: 0
       version: A00
       serial: ..CN7082196K702O.
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          description: BIOS
          vendor: Dell Inc.
          physical id: 0
          version: A01
          date: 02/20/2009
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          capacity: 960KiB
          capabilities: pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect edd int13floppytoshiba int13floppy720 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer acpi usb biosbootspecification netboot
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          slot: System board or motherboard
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        *-usb:2
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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        *-usb:3
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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        *-pci:2
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        *-pci:3
             description: PCI bridge
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
             physical id: 1c.1
             bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
             version: 02
             width: 32 bits
             clock: 33MHz
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             configuration: driver=pcieport
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        *-pci:4
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             width: 32 bits
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        *-pci:5
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             configuration: driver=pcieport
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        *-usb:4
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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             capabilities: uhci bus_master cap_list
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        *-usb:5
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        *-usb:6
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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        *-serial UNCLAIMED
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        *-ide:1
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             vendor: Intel Corporation
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          logical name: scsi0
          capabilities: emulated
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             vendor: Seagate
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             version: CC44
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           *-volume:0
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                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
                logical name: /dev/sda1
                logical name: /
                version: 1.0
                serial: 3c298254-0372-4e09-aeb1-ac021653ffb9
                size: 927GiB
                capacity: 927GiB
                capabilities: primary bootable journaled extended_attributes large_files huge_files dir_nlink extents ext4 ext2 initialized
                configuration: created=2013-03-31 15:52:24 filesystem=ext4 lastmountpoint=/ modified=2013-04-26 01:39:42 mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered mounted=2013-04-26 01:39:42 state=mounted
           *-volume:1
                description: Extended partition
                physical id: 2
                bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
                logical name: /dev/sda2
                size: 4028MiB
                capacity: 4028MiB
                capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
              *-logicalvolume
                   description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
                   physical id: 5
                   logical name: /dev/sda5
                   capacity: 4028MiB
                   capabilities: nofs
     *-scsi:1
          physical id: 2
          logical name: scsi1
          capabilities: emulated
        *-cdrom
             description: DVD-RAM writer
             product: DVD+-RW TS-H653G
             vendor: TSSTcorp
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@1:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/cdrom
             logical name: /dev/cdrw
             logical name: /dev/dvd
             logical name: /dev/dvdrw
             logical name: /dev/sr0
             version: DW10
             capabilities: removable audio cd-r cd-rw dvd dvd-r dvd-ram
             configuration: ansiversion=5 status=nodisc
     *-scsi:2
          physical id: 3
          bus info: usb@1:2
          logical name: scsi4
          capabilities: emulated scsi-host
          configuration: driver=usb-storage
        *-disk
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: Photosmart C4180
             vendor: HP
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@4:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdb
             version: 1.00
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: ansiversion=2 sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdb
     *-scsi:3
          physical id: 4
          bus info: usb@2:2
          logical name: scsi5
          capabilities: emulated scsi-host
          configuration: driver=usb-storage
        *-disk:0
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB   HS-CF Card
             vendor: TEAC
             physical id: 0.0.0
             bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
             logical name: /dev/sdc
             version: 4.12
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdc
        *-disk:1
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB   HS-xD/SM
             vendor: TEAC
             physical id: 0.0.1
             bus info: scsi@5:0.0.1
             logical name: /dev/sdd
             version: 4.12
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdd
        *-disk:2
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB   HS-MS Card
             vendor: TEAC
             physical id: 0.0.2
             bus info: scsi@5:0.0.2
             logical name: /dev/sde
             version: 4.12
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sde
        *-disk:3
             description: SCSI Disk
             product: USB   HS-SD Card
             vendor: TEAC
             physical id: 0.0.3
             bus info: scsi@5:0.0.3
             logical name: /dev/sdf
             version: 4.12
             capabilities: removable
             configuration: sectorsize=512
           *-medium
                physical id: 0
                logical name: /dev/sdf

[CraigPid]

I had this problem with the hd6850.Posted about it here.
http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=d3g28qgdt91rqemliod75bccp0&topic=2876.0

Short story.... use live.radeon.modeset=1
 Craig

[Ocean]

I had this problem with the hd6850.Posted about it here.
http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=d3g28qgdt91rqemliod75bccp0&topic=2876.0

Short story.... use live.radeon.modeset=1
 Craig

Thanks. I'll try that later today. I need a partition dedicated to music production. Hope AVLinux will prove to be a good choice. Seems there's a lot of passion behind it, so I'm guessing it will be.

[Ocean]

I had this problem with the hd6850.Posted about it here.
http://www.remastersys.com/forums/index.php?PHPSESSID=d3g28qgdt91rqemliod75bccp0&topic=2876.0

Short story.... use live.radeon.modeset=1
 Craig

Sorry it has taken so long to test this, but it ufortunately did not work.

[CraigPid]

Looking at that post I linked I see that I used live radeon.modeset=1 not live.radeon.modeset=1.
I added an extra dot after live instead of a space. Hope it works for you.
   Craitg

[Ocean]

No, I did use  the extra dot. Thanks anyway.
Perhaps the next release will work better for me.