11.04 install fail

[NoOp]

On 05/26/2011 05:03 PM, Tony Pursell wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 19:45 -0400, Bob H. wrote:
>> Every time i try to load 11.04 I get a "lacking necessary hardware for
>> Unity" or something like that. I've tried upgrading from 10.10,
>> downloading the Ubuntu site, and from a magazine CD; all on 4 separate
>> machines. No good. Anybody know the problem? Thanx, Bob H.
> 
> It means exactly what it says.  Your hardware, in particular your video
> card/chipset, do not support the 3D rendering necessary for Unity.  
...
@ Bob H: It sounds as if you actually succeded in installing but as Tony
points out, your graphic card doesn't support Unity.
  At the GDM login screen click on the username. Now look down at the
bottom of the screen and on the bottom panel you will see an area that
shows 'Ubuntu'. Click on that and select 'Ubuntu Classic'. That will put
you into the standard GNOME desktop rather than Unity.

Unfortunately Unity has taken the Vista/Win7 approach in that you can't
run it with older graphic cards.  You can install Unity 2D as suggested
by Tony, but personally I'd just stick to standard 'Ubuntu Classic' were
I you. You can find out more about Unity here:

http://unity.ubuntu.com/
 http://unity.ubuntu.com/about/
  http://unity.ubuntu.com/projects/unity/
   <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/UnityHardwareRequirements>