Cannot boot amd64 Live CD on Samsung Q310

[Jagot]

Hi.

I'm trying to boot from the amd64 LiveCD on my Samsung Q310, but I'm having no luck. As soon as the welcome screen is gone after I select 'Try Ubuntu without making any change to your computer', or whatever exactly it says, I simply get a black screen with a blinking cursor for about half a second, then it restarts my computer. If I delete quiet splash from the boot options I get slightly further, but I can't tell on which line exactly it fails.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.

[SqdnGuns]

Hi.

I'm trying to boot from the amd64 LiveCD on my Samsung Q310, but I'm having no luck. As soon as the welcome screen is gone after I select 'Try Ubuntu without making any change to your computer', or whatever exactly it says, I simply get a black screen with a blinking cursor for about have a second, then it restarts my computer. If I delete quiet splash from the boot options I get slightly further, but I can't tell on which line exactly it fails.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help.


had the same problem, just let it set for about 15 minutes and then it loaded.

[Pumalite]

Try 'Safe Graphics Mode'.
If that doesn't work; download the amd64 Alternate CD.

[Jagot]

I have tried both safe graphics mode and the alternate cd but the same thing happens as with the live cd.

[Pumalite]

Next suspect is your burner. Clean the lens just in case.
If this is what you have:

Graphic Memory 256 MB GDDR3 (Ext. Graphic)
Graphic Processor nVIDIA GeForce Go 9200M GS (Ext. Graphic)

It might be a problem.

[Jagot]

The burner wasn't the problem. Tried burning discs on another couple of machines and same occurred. Oddly, 32 bit Ubuntu seems to work fine for some reason. Is there a problem with 64 bit Nvidia drivers?