install woes

[Nigel Henry]

On Wednesday 30 July 2008 18:03, whoosh wrote:
> I now have Fedora 9 functioning by putting acpi=off at the end of the
> command line.
>
> suggested by someone on their list.
>
>
> is there some way to try this with Ubuntu Desktop?

Ok the screen for the language with "Enter", then if you see the same as me, 
click on the "6" option, which will give you a kernel line, and just add 
acpi=off before the 2 - - which are at the end of the line. Also remove the 
"quiet splash" bit, and you can see what's going on when it boots then.

Nigel.
>
> On 30-Jul-08 13:06:04 Karl Larsen wrote:
> >whoosh wrote:
> >> I have an AMD64 Sempron tower system from about 2006.
> >>
> >>
> >> if I install Ubuntu 8.04.1 desktop 64 bit, that freezes up
> >>
> >> when the mouse pointer appears.
> >>
> >>
> >> if I install Ubuntu 7.10 desktop 64 bit that freezes up when the
> >>
> >> desktop appears.
> >
> >    Mouse problems are almost 100% hardware problems.
> >
> >> If I try installing Fedora 9 that freezes up also at the
> >>
> >> first screen, whether it is the DVD 64 iso, or the CD 64 iso,
> >>
> >> or the CD 32 iso, or the net install CD's.
> >
> >    So why do you blame Linux for your problem?
> >
> >> seems to be a problem with all recent versions of Linux.
> >>
> >>
> >> Yet I can run Fedora Core 3 without problem and Windows XP
> >>
> >> without problem.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> when I say freezes up, I mean that the computer doesnt respond
> >>
> >> to keyboard or mouse input.
> >>
> >> It would be useful if you could tell us what video card your using. If
> >> it
> >
> >is nVidia then your problem is known.
> >
> >> I managed to install FreeBSD 7, 64 bit, but found it too complicated
> >>
> >> to progress and reverted back to trying to install Linux.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> the fact that FreeBSD 7 and Fedora Core 3 and Windows XP all are fine
> >>
> >> means it must be a bug in all the current Linux installs.
> >
> >    Not really.
> >
> >> Note that I can try to reinstall Fedora Core 3 and there is no problem
> >>
> >> with the mouse or keyboard.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> I use a 20 inch monitor and my keyboard and mouse are on double
> >> extensions,
> >>
> >> ie 2 leads joined together: but they work fine with Fedora Core 3 so
> >>
> >> it cannot be a power problem.
> >
> >    It can be a problem with all the newer systems. It is possible this
> >is your reason for failure. Try Ubuntu 8 with another mouse and keyboard
> >that are seperate.
> >
> >Karl
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