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Problems installing Ubuntu

Asked by xentroez

Hi guys, I’m new to the world of Ubuntu & Linux. I’ve got some problems regarding installation of Ubuntu and Kubuntu. Please help! I’m keen to learn Ubuntu because it’s gaining popularity.

Case #1: MSI with GTC monitor
I just bought a MSI main board (K9VGM-V) with on board VGA and VIA K8M890 chipset, Athlon 64 3800, 1 GB RAM (Transcend), 80 GB HD Seagate. I’m using an old 14” GTC monitor which can display up to 1024 x 768 pixels, 32 bit with 60 Hz refresh rate while using XP with no problem. But when installing Ubuntu from the cd, it froze to the point where it displayed: *Starting deferred execution scheduler atd [OK], *Starting periodic command scheduler crond [OK], * Checking battery state… [OK], *Running local boot scripts (/etc/rc.local) [OK]. I’ve tried all the extra commands provided in the help section, but it didn’t help.

With Kubuntu, the end result was similar. The differences are, it displayed the blue desktop background and the cursor for a moment and than displayed the result as above with some extra lines on top of them, which are: *Starting K Display Manager: kdm. *Starting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [OK], Starting powernowd… etc/rc2.d/S20powernowd: 156: cannot create /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor: Directory nonexistent, *CPU frequency scaling not supported, *Starting Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Daemon avahi-daemon [OK], *Starting DHCP D-Bus daemon dhcdbd [OK], *Starting Bluetooth services.

Case #2: Gigabyte with Acer monitor
Another one is a Gigabyte GA-M61SME-S2 with on board VGA and NVidia GeForce 6100 chipset, Athlon 64 3500, 1 GB RAM (Kingston), 20 GB HD Seagate, Acer 33D SVGA monitor. When booting from the cd, all were fine until the desktop showed up. It displayed the desktop but the desktop was kind of rolling and the desktop was displayed 4 or 5 times side by side. The symptom was more like forcing hi res setting on low res monitor. Same result for Kubuntu

Case #3: Gigabyte with GTC monitor
All specs are the same as case #2, except for the monitor; I used my 14” GTC monitor. The result was, when the desktop is about to show up, it went blank. Same result for Kubuntu

With ECS 661GX-M2, P4 1.8 GHz, 384 MB RAM, 40 GB Maxtor and my 14” GTC monitor, it was OK, also for Kubuntu.
Thank you all for the answers.

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Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : 		#1

Hi !

you should try the safe graphic mode, that should solve the graphic problems.

for boot problems,when booting from the liveCD and offered a list of choices, hit F6 and remove "quiet" and "splash" from the line : you should be able to see the error that makes ubuntu fail to boot.

I hope that helps.

please report back any error

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xentroez (fredy-2) said : 		#2

Olivier,
I've done what you asked, but it's the result is still the same. Are there anymore extra lines other than the one in the help section that I can use to boot up ubuntu. Or should I change my monitor?

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Olivier (olivier-lacroix) said : 		#3

Hi !

you should try the alternate CD : it is a text based installation, and therefore is a bit less userfriendly. Anyway, it will install ubuntu the same way.

Tell me if that works

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xentroez (fredy-2) said : 		#4

I used other method, using sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg command, and it works. thanks anyway Olivier.