Help installing Ubuntu Linux
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Okay, so I put in the live CD and say install, it goes through the command prompt thing, and it says it's supposed to start the setup, but all I get is a black screen and the disk drive stops. What can I do?! I need to get rid of Vista!
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Sounds like whatever driver X is using doesn't like your graphics card.
I say you should install XP. (If you don't have a copy, get a copy.) Linux is a whole 'nother animal, and even Ubuntu isn't anywhere near the usability Windows has. (I'm trying as hard as I can to not go into an anti-Linux rant, but honestly 99% of home users are better off with Windows or OS X simply for the amount of real support, usability, and software out there for those platforms. Linux requires a lot more coddling and special care.)
If you just need a temporary solution, try another live CD like Damn Small Linux. It won't be as pretty as a full installed system but it will get you on the 'net for the time being.
(And to be perfectly honest, if you can't get past this on your own, you really, really shouldn't even think about this OS.)
I say you should install XP. (If you don't have a copy, get a copy.) Linux is a whole 'nother animal, and even Ubuntu isn't anywhere near the usability Windows has. (I'm trying as hard as I can to not go into an anti-Linux rant, but honestly 99% of home users are better off with Windows or OS X simply for the amount of real support, usability, and software out there for those platforms. Linux requires a lot more coddling and special care.)
If you just need a temporary solution, try another live CD like Damn Small Linux. It won't be as pretty as a full installed system but it will get you on the 'net for the time being.
(And to be perfectly honest, if you can't get past this on your own, you really, really shouldn't even think about this OS.)
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That will happen if you don't burn the disc at at least 2x. It sounds lame but it HAS to write ALL that media.
Unless you ordered a disc or something.
And... what? Command prompt? Are you using the LiveCD with the GUI or the Alternative disc? You make it sound like it's the Alternative... until you mention the black screen. :p
Unless you ordered a disc or something.
And... what? Command prompt? Are you using the LiveCD with the GUI or the Alternative disc? You make it sound like it's the Alternative... until you mention the black screen. :p
I can figure out how to install linux, I've managed to do it on an older machine, I just can't get the 64b version to work for me.
It DID work in Safe Graphics mode for a while, but I shut it down and it stopped working again. I might get XP, but I'm really broke right now.
I burned the CD at 4x, but all I had were DVD-R's, so that might be part of it... I'll see if I can get a LiveCD from my friend who ordered one.
It DID work in Safe Graphics mode for a while, but I shut it down and it stopped working again. I might get XP, but I'm really broke right now.
I burned the CD at 4x, but all I had were DVD-R's, so that might be part of it... I'll see if I can get a LiveCD from my friend who ordered one.
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I'm assuming you installed it, then shut down and tried to boot from your install? I got the same problem when I installed xubuntu last night (dang all-in-wonder 8500, barely works with Windows drivers). After some searching of the interwebs, I found that putting "vga=795" (for 1280px) or "vga=792" (for 1024px), no quotes, in the kernel line in Grub acts the same as safe graphics mode.Nick wrote:It DID work in Safe Graphics mode for a while, but I shut it down and it stopped working again. I might get XP, but I'm really broke right now.
Ok, but I never really installed it. I was running it off of the LiveCD. It showed the desktop, and had an install option, but I decided to maybe wait and see if I could get backups of some stuffs. I'll try that, but after showing the command prompt, the screen just goes black. I'm wondering if my laptop is even compatible with Ubuntu or not. I am using an HPdv6000.vskid wrote:I'm assuming you installed it, then shut down and tried to boot from your install? I got the same problem when I installed xubuntu last night (dang all-in-wonder 8500, barely works with Windows drivers). After some searching of the interwebs, I found that putting "vga=795" (for 1280px) or "vga=792" (for 1024px), no quotes, in the kernel line in Grub acts the same as safe graphics mode.Nick wrote:It DID work in Safe Graphics mode for a while, but I shut it down and it stopped working again. I might get XP, but I'm really broke right now.
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