Installation problem

[Ioannis Vranos]

On Sat, 2010-05-01 at 14:38 +1000, Alan Duval wrote: 
> Message: 5 Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 01:38:53 -0300 From: Lucio M Nicolosi 
> <lmnicolosi at gmail.com> Subject: Re: Installation problem To: "Ubuntu 
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> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 7:10 PM, 
> Alan Duval <amoht at westnet.com.au> wrote:
> 
> > > ?> I had a ASUS M3A MB and AMD 64 Athlon X2 CPU which I hadn't used and
> > > ?> decided to make a PC using it. It will install WIN XP but Ubuntu 8.04,
> > > ?> 9.04, Linux Mint 7, 32 bits, Linux Mint 8 KDE 64 X86, Fedora 10 Live,
> > > ?> and Knoppix 6.21 all have problems namely when I open Open Office or
> > > ?> Firefox the screen freezes. GOS is the only OS that works without
> > > ?> freezing and that was originally installed on a removable HD on another
> > > ?> computer with a different MB. This is all strange as GOS is based on
> > > ?> Ubuntu 8.04. Does anyone know why opening Open Office or Firefox should
> > > ?> cause the system to freeze with the other operating systems?



> Thanks Lucio for your advice. I spent a lot of time looking at various sites
> but still none the wiser. Some users have had a lot of problems with the 
> ASUS M3A board but some had no problems.
> Also, looking up compatible motherboards was frustrating. Some good Linux sites 
> with lots of motherboards listed but most several years old and few for 2010.
> I think they should remove any older than 1 year as they wouldn't be available
> for purchase.


Did you check the motherboard temperatures? It may be overheating. Did
you overclock the CPU/graphics card?



> >>> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:03:48 +0300
> 
> *>>> From: Ioannis Vranos <cppdeveloper at ontelecoms.gr>*
> 
> *>>> What is your graphics card? Have you enabled its driver?*
> 
> *>>> Also, do you have any sound issues? Do music files/CDs play OK?
> 
> 
> *
> 
> *Thanks Ioannis for your questions. I have an ASUS graphics card installed.*


Which brand is the GPU (e.g. NVIDIA)?



> 
> *It's a fairly basic one. I don't know the model number as I bought it quite a while ago.*
> 
> *I didn't know that I have to enable its driver. Where would one find a linux driver for*
> 
> *it,  and how does one enable it?*


You may check System::Administration::Hardware Drivers.





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