Acer Laptop designed for Vista...want Ubuntu

[chilliepierre]

Please help me. I tried to put on Ubuntu and it keeps crashing and telling me the video card isn't configured, etc.

Can you help me? Please?

Can I not use this laptop with Ubuntu? Do I have to use Vista? I will be honest, I bought the laptop on Ebay without an OS for the sole purpose of using Linux.

Please assist.

[SOULRiDER]

What model is it?

[chilliepierre]

Acer 5520 ICW50
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core processor

Does this help?

Thanks!

[Helios1276]

Whats your card?

[chilliepierre]

Nvidia GeForce 7000M

[Boyohazard]

Are you able to boot a Live CD at all?

[chilliepierre]

No I haven't been able to even run Ubuntu off the live cd.

[FredB]

I have nearly the same model. First verify you made a good burn of installation iso.

For the screen, it is normal. It will be fixed after installation.

After your install Hardy, go to System / Administration / Restricted Drivers menu.

Check for nvidia hardware. You'll get your driver installed. Reboot. After that, open a terminal, and enter :

sudo aptitude install nvidia-settings

After nvidia-settings is installed, just type again in the terminal :

sudo nvidia-settings

And you'll be able to select the right screen resolution.

[chilliepierre]

I can set the video to 1280 x 800, but then when I reboot it doesn't stay...how do I get it to stay put on the setting?