Ubuntu setup trouble

[jayctech]

I've been looking to switch to Ubuntu for a while now. Performance on a VM just isn't cutting it, so I decided to disconnect my Windows drives and install Ubuntu on a blank one. Installation went fine however Ubuntu was only picking up 1 of my monitors and it was getting the resolution completely wrong. I tried running some gpu driver command I found online but that didn't help at all since from that point on after the screen which says "Ubuntu" with the small dots/orbs below it which change color (it's a loading screen basically) the screen goes black and nothing happens.

 

One other thing I did notice was when starting up grub wasn't working properly. The screen would essentially be black with a purple border. I'd actually forgotten about grub, it wasn't until I disconnected the monitor it was picking up and made it detect another one that grub actually appeared (and worked) properly, still didn't get to the desktop and from that point onwards grub wasn't appearing on that monitor either.

 

Enough waffle.

 

I'm happy to do a fresh install as I haven't done anything significant on the OS yet, however, how would I get it to detect my monitors and the correct resolution?

 

Monitors:

• AOC 2250 (1080p)
• ProLite E2480HS (1080p)
• Samsung SyncMaster 2343NW (analog - 2048x1152)

GPU is the g1 970.

 

All help appreciated.

[jayctech]

What you need to do is get the ISO image you want and use Rufus on Windows to image it to a flash drive. Install it from there, don't use wubi.

Also, with GrUB, you want to be careful how your displays are set up - it being a bootloader means it doesn't have special drivers and should only be able to display at 640x480 or 800x600 or some other (S)VGA resolution. That's normal.

Just... wipe the Ubuntu drive, install it with your flash drive, and importantly if you don't want GrUB to give you an option to boot Windows on the other drive, disconnect it during install as it will glom onto every OS it can find. Having Windows disconnected means you can just use your BIOS boot menu to select your OS by drive... unless the drives are always going to be together this is what I advise. GrUB will throw a fit if it can't find every OS it lists, so you'r aware.

Sorry - may not have been clear. The Windows drives were physically disconnected so they wouldn't be detected. The program I used to create the bootable USB was Universal USB Installer, you recommend I use rufus instead?

[jayctech]

Bump

[jayctech]

I haven't seen Universal USB personally and I can't conjure a reason why it wouldn't work... you could try Rufus just in case though, if you'd like. It couldn't hurt.

As far as display drivers, Name Taken is on it near as I can tell. He knows more than I would with open source drivers and such... since I don't use Ubuntu. Sorry

Thanks. I found a video on Youtube which showed me how to get Nvidia's working properly.