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[mike coulombe]

Hi, I tried to install edgy on two p3 600 MHz computers.
One had a modem and one didn't.
Both booted to the music fine.
However after that the one with the modem took for ever to get to a desktop.
It said gnome had a problem loading, and never did work when we tried to run the installer.
  The one with out the modem came up to a desktop and the installer ran fine.
So apparently if a hardware issue is found it causes ubuntu to act strange.
This may be why some laptops are having problems.
Mike.