hello pls help

[hc.liri]

Hi I am a windows user I am from Kosovo, it's possible to make mistakes because i can not speak very well english. I really like ubuntu, so i downloaded it, i made a dual boot from xp (sp3) but when I boot from ubuntu, in begining it starts very well but when the background picture appears(the bird you know) it freezes and it doesn't appear anything else, no menus no comands, only the cursor (it also freezes sometimes). what is the problem, pls help me.

sorry for any mistake, or anything unclear,

if anyone has the answer pls. post here or contact ilir_kokollari@hotmail.com

[smoker]

hi, and welcome.

not sure, it might be a faulty install, you may be better posting in the 'absolute beginners' forum here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=326

i would also list your hardware, eg, cpu, memory, graphics card, so anyone assisting has more info,

best of luck

[karellen]

perhaps a moderator could move this thread to Absolute Beginners Talk

[hc.liri]

I'm really new to this forum, pls moderators move the thread for me.
I really don't what was the problem, but I reinstalled windows xp professional, but now I'm afraid to reinstall ubuntu.

my computers statistics:
processor: intel celeron 2.27 Ghz
Ram memory: 248mb
graphic controller:64 mb
running microsoft windows xp sp3 profesional.

I'd love to have ubuntu on my computer:)

[I-75]

I'm really new to this forum, pls moderators move the thread for me.
I really don't what was the problem, but I reinstalled windows xp professional, but now I'm afraid to reinstall ubuntu.

my computers statistics:
processor: intel celeron 2.27 Ghz
Ram memory: 248mb
graphic controller:64 mb
running microsoft windows xp sp3 profesional.

I'd love to have ubuntu on my computer:)

I think I found your problem. Ubuntu Live CDs require 256 MB to install.

Try the alternate text install CD or add more RAM. You might be better off with Xubuntu if you don't want to add more ram.

Ubuntu will run on less than 256 MB RAM once installed..but not very well.

Xubuntu should run good on 192 MB RAM or better.

http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso

http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/CDs-Xubuntu/8.04.1/release/xubuntu-8.04.1-alternate-i386.iso

[3rdalbum]

I think I found your problem. Ubuntu Live CDs require 256 MB to install.

I was just about to post that the description of the problem sounds like he doesn't have enough memory. But the Ubuntu live CD requires 384 MiB of RAM, not 256.

[hc.liri]

I was just about to post that the description of the problem sounds like he doesn't have enough memory. But the Ubuntu live CD requires 384 MiB of RAM, not 256.
ahh. I understand, I just add more memory... 508 is it enough?

[3rdalbum]

Yes, over 500 megabytes of RAM is fine.