Classic problem when installation, but new symptoms may.

[b2ee]

Hi Guys,

I'm struggling to install Ubuntu 10.04 in a desktop

I believe the problem is related with the graphic card drive or similar since in other laptops and desktops, the installation is ok.

I did search for a while on web and the forum, but couldn't find an answer. Sorry if the problem is duplicate with others.

The symptom:

When starting with LiveCD,

First screen =>
I saw a Ubuntu color ( may called African Red) with a small keyboard and little people shape as usual.

Second screen =>
then second screen is "ubuntu" characters in the middle with five loop processing points at below, and then after a while, suddenly the screen became bulk of colors-mixed-points with "ubuntu" characters still at the background, and then stopped for ever.

I ever pushed "Ctrl" once the First screen and I can go into that screen which can let me chose boot parameters. I used "F6" to delete "quiet splash --", and then "Try Ubuntu without installing". And then I can see "No or unsupported WMI interface", and then dropped to the Second screen mentioned above.

I got a similar one at http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-498725.html, but I don't know how to access the command line mentioned in the link ( it said some recover mode, but I couldn't find where it is).


Any help is appreciated.


B2ee

[wilee-nilee]

From the live cd hold the shift down right after power on, then when you get to the try or install screen hit f6 then nomodeset, ctrl-x to boot.

Also your link is from 2007 not a good reference for you.

[b2ee]

From the live cd hold the shift down right after power on, then when you get to the try or install screen hit f6 then nomodeset, ctrl-x to boot.

Also your link is from 2007 not a good reference for you.

Thanks for the reply.

In progressing....

Let you know once done.




b2ee

[b2ee]

Finally I made it.

The graphic driver is the key.

When Ubuntu(10.04) starts up,
--> push "shift" down after power on until going into GRUB loader, and black-white screen of GRUB version will prompt out
--> chose "recovery mode"
--> chose "ntroot" to go into the CLI with network enable ( so can apt-get)
--> "sudo apt-get gcc build-essential"
--> "sudo apt-get install nvidia-glx-96" ( my VGA card is nVidia NV18 GeF4 MX 4000).
--> then reboot --> it works at my PC.

Thanks everyone.