Problems installing memory upgrade with 8.10

Are you running the 32 bits of Ubuntu... ?

- if you have more than 4gigabytes of ram and you want run 32 bits Ubuntu release please read:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=853678

If you have a 64 bits pc please consider to install the 64bits versione of Ubuntu... i suggest you the incoming Ubuntu 9.04 now in beta stage...

http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/jaunty/beta

http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.04/ubuntu-9.04-beta-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

or wait the 23 of April to get the stable reelase

Hope this helps

So far as I know I am running the AMD 64 bit version of Ubuntu. How do I find out which version I am running? I do know that things like adobe flash won't run because they are i386 instead of i686 which I think is a 64 bit version.

to know the version you are running from terminal try
uname -a

Have you installed Ubuntu inside Windows using the Wubi installer? or did you boot up from the Ubuntu Cd and install using this approach?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

One way of telling is if the boot menu has a lot of Ubuntu options or just 1 option for Ubuntu and 1 for Xp?

Please let me know and we can take it from there.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Tom:

Ubuntu
is the only operating system on this machine.? When I say it
doesn't boot up here is what happens:

The bios post process
completes, grub offers it's choice, the screen shows the four lines
of text that I can't read then the Ubuntu logo appears and the orange
bar completes and then nothing it just hangs.

The previous
message suggested using uname -a to determine the type of Ubuntu I am
running and the results of that are:

Linux
huehueteot-PC 2.6.27-14-generic #1 SMP Fri Mar 13 19:54:51 UTC 2009
x86_64 GNU/Linux

hope this helps.

Cheers,

Hugh G. "Sam" Ball

And Always Remember,

This Too Shall Pass

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 8:19 am
Subject: Re: [Question #66763]: Problems installing memory upgrade with 8.10

Your question #66763 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/66763

Tom proposed the following answer:
Have you installed Ubuntu inside Windows using the Wubi installer? or did you
boot up from the Ubuntu Cd and install using this approach?
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot

One way of telling is if the boot menu has a lot of Ubuntu options or
just 1 option for Ubuntu and 1 for Xp?

Please let me know and we can take it from there.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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Are the 4 options roughly like this?

Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 8.04.2, memtest86+
err, i can't remember whar else might be here

If not then you should be able to access that menu by pressing escape just after the bios stage and early on in the grub stage.

I think the x86_64 shows you have the 64bit version which should cope with the extra ram quite easily. i've never had much luck with the 64bit version tho and prefer 32bit even on my 64bit machine. However, it shouldn't be causing this trouble.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

 Tom:

Are you referring to the Grub Options?? If so there are many more options than that.? I have upgraded this machine from 7 something to the two 8 versions (I currently run 8.10) and there have been a bunch of kernel refreshes that all offer a regular boot and a recovery mode boot.? The four lines of text that I refer to occur after the grub menu goes away and I think that they are error messages or messages from the motherboard/Bios but I can't read them because they go by so fast and pause doesn't seem to work for them (they do seem to refer to the ram installed).? One seems to talk about loosing access to 64 MB of ram for some reason.? I have gotten the recovery mode up with the upgrade ram installed with the original ram and without and in both cases free -mt reads the ram just fine (6GB with the original and 4GB without it) but I can't get the regular boot up to complete and I don't know what to do with the recovery mode.? The regular boot process hangs after the orange bar goes away.? Hoping that there was some sort of process that needed to time out I have left it sit for a long time yet nothing ever happens after the orange bar goes away.

Cheers,

Hugh G. "Sam" Ball

And Always Remember,

This Too Shall Pass

-----Original Message-----
From: Tom <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 1:25 pm
Subject: Re: [Question #66763]: Problems installing memory upgrade with 8.10

Your question #66763 on Ubuntu changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/66763

    Status: Open => Answered

Tom proposed the following answer:
Are the 4 options roughly like this?

Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic
Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.27-14-generic (recovery mode)
Ubuntu 8.04.2, memtest86+
err, i can't remember whar else might be here

If not then you should be able to access that menu by pressing escape just after
the bios stage and early on in the grub stage.

I think the x86_64 shows you have the 64bit version which should cope
with the extra ram quite easily. i've never had much luck with the
64bit version tho and prefer 32bit even on my 64bit machine. However,
it shouldn't be causing this trouble.

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

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The last answer to my question didn't seem to me to provide anything that I could do. Can anyone out there tell me what could be causing the problem and suggest things that I could do to fix it? For example are there things that I could do in recovery mode that could tell me why Ubuntu won't load the login page or what is causing the halt in the system at that point? I know that there are log files that record changes in hardware and software configurations and that log errors but I don't know where they are nor do I know how to access them in regular or in recovery mode? For instance is it possible to "manually" load gnome in recovery mode? Is there a method of opening more than one terminal? Can I see what the errors were in this mode where I restored the system to it's original configuration? Is there a manual for the recovery mode? Thanks in advance for all the help.

Sorry about this but please could you re-post this question? Sometimes questions drop off the first page before most people arrive at the front-desk. Re-posting would get more people looking at this question and hopefully be able to help you.
https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+addquestion

Good luck and regards from
Tom :)

Hi :)

Have you been able to test the new Ubuntu 10.04 before it gets officially released?
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/testing/lucid/beta1
Trying it as a LiveCd or as an extra dual/multi-boot would be ideal. Developers and everyone are keen to try to iron out any problems before 10.04 gets officially released so you might find faster & more effective answers to your bug reports which would make 10.04 work better on your system for you

Thanks and regards from
Tom :)