Ubuntu 12.10 on Intel Atom tablet

Question

I have an Intel Atom n2600 tablet which was running Windows 8, but got excited about Ubuntu and decided to install Ubuntu 12.10 on it. It detected all necessary hardware (camera, WiFi, bluetooth etc) and touch worked the moment it booted to GUI screen. I have external cdrom and keyboard only, no mouse since the touch is working perfectly well. But, after installation, it ejects the CD, and then it stalls. After manual rebooting, it will stop at the black and white screen with the ok things.

Any help to make it work?

12.10 installation tablet windows 8

Any help to make it work?

Chaos John · Answer

It seems that ubuntu doesn't support the integrated graphics of Intel Atom N2600.
But you can try these steps:

Reboot the tablet.
Press 'e' key in grub screen to edit grub.
Replace 'quiet splash' with 'i915.modeset=1' or 'i915.modeset=0' or 'xforcevesa'.

Hope this'll help you.

Ubuntu 12.10 on Intel Atom tablet

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