INSTALLATION problems

[(b)ananartista]

i'm new in the linux world.

while i'm installing ubuntu on my computer i have this error:
"the display server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 seconds.
it is likely something bad is going on.
.... "

i've already tried two times the installation.
i've checked the cd and it's ok.
ubuntu live without installation works.

what can i do?


help me please.


thanks

[taurus]

What kind of graphic card do you have? What kind of monitor do you have? What's the spec of your machine?

[(b)ananartista]

What kind of graphic card do you have? What kind of monitor do you have? What's the spec of your machine?

graphic card: radeon 9200
monitor: acer al1716
motherboard: asus a7v600

[(b)ananartista]

so what i have to do?


thanks

[spcwingo]

You can try booting into recovery mode and choosing xfix.

[spcwingo]

I just thought of something else. If xfix doesn't work you can reboot into recovery mode and drop out to the root terminal and enter:


nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

When nano opens scroll down to the section that looks like this:


title Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=19a7e596-c01b-45df-960e-4ecc77ba50df ro quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
quiet

and add:


xforcevesa

to you kernel line. It should now look something like this:


title Ubuntu 8.04.2, kernel 2.6.24-23-generic
root (hd0,1)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.24-23-generic root=UUID=19a7e596-c01b-45df-960e-4ecc77ba50df ro xforcevesa quiet splash
initrd /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-23-generic
quiet

Let us know if any of this helps.

[(b)ananartista]

how can i go to recovery mode while i'm installing ?

cause i can't finish installation ...

[spcwingo]

I misread your post.:oops: Have you tried booting into safe graphics mode (it's doing the same thing, but from the live CD)?