JaJaBinks
May 23rd, 2010, 12:30 PM
Sorry folks. Ive been reading a lot of threads re installing 10.04 but cant find and answer to this one.
I was intending to do a clean install of 10.04
I have downloaded and burned desktop-i386.iso
After booting from CD and selecting install from the menu, I get the splash screen for a few minutes, then black screen, then purple ubuntu screen, then the error message "the installer has encountered an unrecoverable error. A desktop session will now be run etc.....".
I am thinking this may be related to ACPI, because when i 'Try Ubuntu without installing' it loads ok but I get a 'Crash Report' notification on the panel.
If again 'Try Ubuntu without installing' with F6 option "ACPI=Off" it loads up with no problem.
Another thing I noticed is that when I load with ACPI=OFF, my external drives automount, but if i dont turn ACPI off, and get the Crash report notification the external drives do not automount.
would the crash report be logged anywhere ?
Would it be OK to run the install with ACPI=OFF
After reading many posts on installation problems, I am hesitant to go any further without some guidance.
Thanks in advance
I was intending to do a clean install of 10.04
I have downloaded and burned desktop-i386.iso
After booting from CD and selecting install from the menu, I get the splash screen for a few minutes, then black screen, then purple ubuntu screen, then the error message "the installer has encountered an unrecoverable error. A desktop session will now be run etc.....".
I am thinking this may be related to ACPI, because when i 'Try Ubuntu without installing' it loads ok but I get a 'Crash Report' notification on the panel.
If again 'Try Ubuntu without installing' with F6 option "ACPI=Off" it loads up with no problem.
Another thing I noticed is that when I load with ACPI=OFF, my external drives automount, but if i dont turn ACPI off, and get the Crash report notification the external drives do not automount.
would the crash report be logged anywhere ?
Would it be OK to run the install with ACPI=OFF
After reading many posts on installation problems, I am hesitant to go any further without some guidance.
Thanks in advance