Bryan Horton
January 10th, 2010, 05:45 PM
I need help. I am brand new to any type of linux. I have been trying out the ubuntu 9.10 and I am having trouble getting it to run on one of my home systems.
To start, I have am unable to get it to boot off the live CD. It goes so far and then the monitor turns off as if it goes into power save mode. Yet it is more than just the monitor, the whole system appears to hang because from then on, if I press any keys on the keyboard such as numlock, the light will not toggle off and on on the keyboard.
The funny thing is, one time, it did boot off the live CD (perhaps 1 out of 30 tries). When this happened, I went ahead and installed it. After the install completed, I have never once been able to boot. The same hang keeps occurring with the system. I have also not been able to boot into the live CD again.
I spent about four hours working this yesterday and tried all sorts of things I was reading the forums, but nothing seemed to help. I am thinking it has to do with video resolution but I don't know for sure.
I have an AIT Technologies Inc RV670 Pro Radeon HD 3850 card.
The other problem I have is that since I did all the work yesterday trying to fix it, now I cannot boot Windows. If I choose it in the GNUB menu, I get some sort of not found error. When I press a key, I go back to the GRUB menu.
Please help.
To start, I have am unable to get it to boot off the live CD. It goes so far and then the monitor turns off as if it goes into power save mode. Yet it is more than just the monitor, the whole system appears to hang because from then on, if I press any keys on the keyboard such as numlock, the light will not toggle off and on on the keyboard.
The funny thing is, one time, it did boot off the live CD (perhaps 1 out of 30 tries). When this happened, I went ahead and installed it. After the install completed, I have never once been able to boot. The same hang keeps occurring with the system. I have also not been able to boot into the live CD again.
I spent about four hours working this yesterday and tried all sorts of things I was reading the forums, but nothing seemed to help. I am thinking it has to do with video resolution but I don't know for sure.
I have an AIT Technologies Inc RV670 Pro Radeon HD 3850 card.
The other problem I have is that since I did all the work yesterday trying to fix it, now I cannot boot Windows. If I choose it in the GNUB menu, I get some sort of not found error. When I press a key, I go back to the GRUB menu.
Please help.