[GRLUG] Ubuntu live and install issues

[Jordan Hudson]

wow, I've never had a display problem with ubuntu, maybe you should try the
expert setup, maybe ol' breezy is just seeing your card wrong.

On 5/15/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Looks largely moot now.
>
> --tim
>
> On 5/14/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I ran Caldera ( a long time ago! ) on the old
> >  box.  Nothing on the newer box,  but will be trying
> >  some others.  Both boxes run windoz fine -
> >  fine considering windoz anyway.
> >
> >
> >   I'll try the vesa driver on the new machine.  As
> >   mentioned,  the "live" CD runs on the old machine,
> >   albeit quit slowly.  Too slowly to be interesting.
> >
> >
> >   Manually resetting the machine?   I don't follow.
> >
> >
> >   "Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?"  How
> >   do I do that?
> >
> >
> >   The motherboard is an ASUS  A7A266.  About
> >    5 or 6 years old.  The display card is an ATI
> >    "Rage Fury Pro."   32MB of memory.
> >
> >
> >   I'll try a CD-R rather than a CD-RW at some point
> >   with the "install" version.  Seems far fetched,  but
> >   nothing else is making much sense at this point.
> >
> >
> >      -Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/14/06, Tim Schmidt <timschmidt at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> >  On 5/14/06, Bob Kline <bob.kline at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > The "live" version came up on an older machine, but
> > > was indeed too slow to be interesting.   On a newer
> > > machine it comes up to a point,  and then I get display
> > > problems.
> >
> > Have you given other recent Linux distributions a shot on the same
> > hardware?  You could also try specifying the vesa display driver,
> > which should work on any graphics hardware.
> >
> > > The "install" version results in the endless "Press a key
> > > to reboot" messages.   I'm repeating myself a bit here,
> > > but just to be clear,  it is the "install" version that I am
> > > really interested in.   The "live" version can't be taken
> > > seriously except as a demo vehicle.
> >
> > Sounds like either a bad CD, a funky ACPI setup, or some other odd
> > problem.  Have you tried manually resetting the machine?
> >
> > > I suspect Ubuntu has to work better than this,  given its
> > > reputation,  which is why I brought up the possibility that
> > > there might be some kind of "burn" issue,  even though
> > > just what escapes me.   The DVD/CD device works fine
> > > in all other respects.  I routinely use it for backups.
> >
> > Check the MD5 / SHA1 signature of the ISO?
> >
> > > Now,  my machine is a home rolled unit too,  so I really
> > > can't go and say to anyone "Ubuntu doesn't work on an X
> >
> > So are all mine...  motherboard and graphics card make and model might
> help.
> >
> > --tim
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