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Majestic 888
June 11th, 2011, 08:27 PM
So I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 and I'm selecting the option that says try Ubuntu without installing and I will get to the desktop and after like 5-10 seconds it will go black than go to the log in screen and I use "ubuntu" as the username and no password and log back in and it just repeats itself.
I have tried installing Ubuntu with a Live CD and with the USB and same problem. And when I select install Ubuntu I will just get the "the installer encountered an unrecoverable error" error. I have also tried downloading different minors of the ubuntu .iso and no luck!
I have also reformatted my hard drive to ext3 with gparted live. I just don't know what to do next I have been trying to install Ubuntu all day!:(
PS. Also tried using the Ubuntu Alternate with the USB but I have no idea were to start. I can only access the rescue mode.
linuxinstalledfromhdd
June 11th, 2011, 08:30 PM
So I'm trying to install Ubuntu 11.04 and I'm selecting the option that says try Ubuntu without installing and I will get to the desktop and after like 5-10 seconds it will go black than go to the log in screen and I use "ubuntu" as the username and no password and log back in and it just repeats itself.
I have tried installing Ubuntu with a Live CD and with the USB and same problem. And when I select install Ubuntu I will just get the "the installer encountered an unrecoverable error" error. I have also tried downloading different minors of the ubuntu .iso and no luck!
I have also reformatted my hard drive to ext3 with gparted live. I just don't know what to do next I have been trying to install Ubuntu all day!:(
PS. Also tried using the Ubuntu Alternate with the USB but I have no idea were to start. I can only access the rescue mode.
Does this happen with 10.10?
http://cinderbox.net/2010/12/23/to-do-list-after-installing-ubuntu-10-10-aka-maverick-meerkat/
Majestic 888
June 11th, 2011, 08:35 PM
Have not tried it with 10.10, downloading it now.
WallyJ2K
August 3rd, 2011, 03:58 AM
Please let us know what happens and if you find a solution. I am having the same thing happen with the 11.04 Live CD, on an old laptop that runs XP just fine.
After receiving the "Installation Failed" message, and clicking OK to start a "Desktop", it slowly runs, goes black, then the colorful background, then a login screen. If I use ubuntu/blank it logs in for a quick second, showing the spinning circle and making the Ubuntu sound, then goes back to the login screen again. This login loop never ends.
I think it has to do with my video driver (HP Pavilion ze4900 with an Intel Xtreme video card). BTW, this has happened with 2 different USB HD's and an iso burned to DVD)
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
WallyJ2K
WallyJ2K
August 3rd, 2011, 01:30 PM
UPDATE:
Ok... So... in an attempt to continue the remedy of my situation I burned tried the CD again. This time I hit F6 at boot to bring up the menu. I hit F6 again to set the nomodeset and acpi-no(??) options for the "Try Ubuntu" option. I alos removed the quiet splash and manually typed in "nomodeset" at the end of the line.
When I hit Enter, it loaded into a Ubuntu desktop session, with no login screen at all.
However, when I double-clicked the "Install Ubuntu" icon on the desktop it went through restarting the Ubuntu session and sent me back to the login loop.
So I thought I would try the same changes at boot with F6, this time using the "Install Ubuntu" option. That didn't work. It still sent me into the login loop.
Ideas?
Thanks,
Walter
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