khupp
February 16th, 2009, 04:29 AM
I'm a noob (although I have successfully installed and run Ubuntu on my laptop) and am trying to install Ubuntu 8.10 on my HP Pavillion Desktop (P4 2 GHz, 768 MB RAM, Intel Corporation 82845G/GL[Brookdale-G]/GE Chipset) so I can learn more about Linux. I tried to install several times using the default settings and when I would reboot and login my screen would turn black except for the curser. I have tried just running Ubuntu from the disk without success. I have checked the disk and it passed. I have also tried Open Suse and Knoppix with similar results. I suspect there is some sort of issue with a driver and my video card. I don't believe my video card is bad because I have been running Windows for years on it with no issues. I appreciate any help.