12.04 freezes on reboot after install
Hi all,
Having never used Linux before a lot of the answers confused me a little - I am a proper newb!!
I downloaded Ubuntu12.04 and burned it to CD. I did the trial use of ubuntu that seemed to work ok, but I did have to use the Nomodeset option to load it. I performed the installation from the Ubuntu trial desktop. I didn't create any partitions, I just went for it!! When it asked me to reboot which I did, it shut down, asked me to remove the CD and shut down. When it restarted then it froze on the purple screen with 5 lit dots and doesn't do anything else. I've seen a forum that told me to hit "e" when booting and replace $linuxgfxmode with nomodeset. This didn't do much and when I returned to that screen again it still said $linuxgfxmode.
I have the following:
AMD A4 3300 processor
AMD Radeon HD 6410D Graphics
4Gb RAM
It has not had a previous OS running on it and I am not looking for dual boot. Is anyone able to help please?
Cheers,
Steve
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