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No Boot Screen.

Asked by fred46

well iam new to linux and ubuntu too. i have tried to search the problem i am havin in the forums...but couldnt get anything. if you can help me i'd be greatful.
my hardware configuration is:
512MB RAM
64MB graphics card(internal)
motherboard id : D845GVSR
processor: Pentium 4 1.8Ghz
Windows XP in the 1st partition
the problem iam facing is that...after i select ubuntu to start in the GRUB bootloader...my screen goes pitch black..no boot screen and all...directly the log in screen appears after about 3-4minutes. but after ubuntu starts...everything goes fine...OS works very nicely.

please help me in this problem...i really want to learn linux.
please mail me the solution if u can...otherwise direct me to the place where i can get the help.

thank you.

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Flavius (fcopaciu-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Hi,

according to this page https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/SystemRequirements it is possible to install Ubuntu on a system with 128MB RAM. I did it myself, but it was no pleasant experience using that system.

If you want to use that machine you should install Xubuntu (http://www.xubuntu.org/), a version of Ubuntu designed for such machines.

Best regards,
Flavius

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John Lee (johnleesheppard) said : 		#2

Try Xubuntu, I have an compaq armada 1750 PII with 128 mb ram.
It works fine. I downloaded the alternative cd.
I just need to find out the how to configure sound-card.

BR/
Johnlee

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fred46 (fsoobhany) said : 		#3

Hi,
Someone has suggested Xubuntu instead of Ubuntu 7.04. I have ordered a copy.
if it works I will let you know.If you get any useful suggestion from
elsewhere please let me know.
Good luck

On 29/08/2007, diwas <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Your question #12378 on Ubuntu changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/12378
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> Summary changed to:
> No Boot Screen.
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> Description changed to:
>
> well iam new to linux and ubuntu too. i have tried to search the problem i
> am havin in the forums...but couldnt get anything. if you can help me i'd be
> greatful.
> my hardware configuration is:
> 512MB RAM
> 64MB graphics card(internal)
> motherboard id : D845GVSR
> processor: Pentium 4 1.8Ghz
> Windows XP in the 1st partition
> the problem iam facing is that...after i select ubuntu to start in the
> GRUB bootloader...my screen goes pitch black..no boot screen and
> all...directly the log in screen appears after about 3-4minutes. but after
> ubuntu starts...everything goes fine...OS works very nicely.
>
> please help me in this problem...i really want to learn linux.
> please mail me the solution if u can...otherwise direct me to the place
> where i can get the help.
>
> thank you.
>
> --
> You received this question notification because you are a direct
> subscriber of the question.
>

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quantenemitter (quantenemitter) said : 		#4

You don't have to order xubuntu, if you can download it yourself, by a friend or in an internet cafe.

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quantenemitter (quantenemitter) said : 		#5

Sorry, here are the links:

http://cdimages.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/daily/current/
http://xubuntu.com/get

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