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All dark with 10.04

Asked by Jeremy Johnson

I have an old Toshiba laptop that worked fine on 8.10. Well, I dug it out of the garage and (no surprise) it was many upgrades short. So, I let it upgrade to 9.04. Everything appeared to be functioning fine. Then, the next day, I let it upgrade to 10.04. Ever since the laptop won't boot completely.

I get a screen with the word Ubuntu on it with 5 dots below. It cycles through the dots then the screen goes totally black and it just sits there. I tried creating a LiveCD and the same thing happened (just slower). So, on a total lark, I created a LiveCD with the netbook version and same thing.

Not sure what else to try at this point. Any ideas?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html

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Goh Lip (gohlip) said : 		#2

Upgrading from 8.10 to 10.04 is too big a jump.
Suggest you do a fresh install for it.

ps: you mentioned "I created a LiveCD...." ; 'created' or 'run' ?
'created' with a totally black screen? how?
if you cannot "run" a livecd, I don't think you can install it. Your old laptop may be too old...
How much ram? Processor specs? If underspec, recommend you try Lubuntu instead. Works great.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

Did you upgrade to 9.10 in between 9.04 and 10.04? Leapfrogging will cause you issues and is not advised nor supported

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