Ubuntu 10.10 Installation Problems

[OcelotXIII]

Hello. I'm hoping someone can help me out. Im trying to install Ubuntu 10.10 in my PC which already has windows 7 pro installed. When I try to install Ubuntu the setup gets stuck in the ubuntu logo with the white dots on the bottom at it just stays there and does nothing. I left it for hours and nothing. I have installed Ubuntu 10.10 before on my work PC dual boot with xp and everything went smoothly but I can't seem to get it installed in my home PC. These are my hardware specs just in case:

Summary
Operating System
MS Windows 7 32-bit
CPU
AMD Athlon II X3 425 30 °C
Rana 45nm Technology
RAM
4.0GB Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 666MHz (9-9-9-24)
Motherboard
MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD 785GM-E51 (MS-7596) (CPU1)
Graphics
LA1610W @ 1366x768
ATI Radeon HD 4200
Hard Drives
244GB Hitachi Hitachi HDP725025GLA380 ATA Device (SATA) 47 °C
117GB Seagate ST3120026AS ATA Device (Unknown Interface) 43 °C
313GB Seagate ST3320620AS ATA Device (Unknown Interface) 55 °C
78GB Western Digital WDC WD800JD-00JNA0 ATA Device (SATA) 42 °C
Optical Drives
MagicISO Virtual DVD-ROM0000
SONY DVD RW AW-G170S ATA Device
Audio
Realtek High Definition Audio

I also tried the alternate install and same thing, it gets stuck. Any suggestions?

[mörgæs]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

It sounds like you need to add boot options:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDBootOptions

[OcelotXIII]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

It sounds like you need to add boot options:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDBootOptions

I tried different options F6 to see if I can past the ubuntu logo screen but no luck. I get this warning (process: 383): Glib-WARNING getpwuid_r( ):Failed due to unknown user id (0)

[mörgæs]

This is a complicated error (or group of errors) to deal with:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1443231

There is no clear advice that works on all hardware. I would try 10.04.1 as a first step and post in the other thread, if that does not help.