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jerry891
January 8th, 2012, 05:53 AM
I really need help and this is really ******* me off. im trying to setup a siri proxy for my 4s but i when install ubuntu desktop it just shows a cursor on top of the screen, it happens right after the ubuntu purple screen with the little person at the bottom. SAME THING happens to ubuntu server but it happens right after i select "install ubuntu server". this never happen to 11.04 in fact, after i install 11.04 then upgrade to 11.10 it did the same thing after i rebooted it. i really need your help. here are the specs to my pc

emachines t5048
nvidia 8400gs
2gb ddr ram
pentium 4 524 3.06ghz
2 5400rpm ide hdd

bluexrider
January 8th, 2012, 06:14 AM
Were you ever successfully running Ubuntu on this machine. Meaning a usable desktop environment.

2F4U
January 8th, 2012, 06:55 AM
I am assuming that you get to the boot menu of the install CD. Can you try to add nomodeset to the grub kernel parameters and see if that helps?

jerry891
January 8th, 2012, 05:24 PM
first i did had it running really smooth on 11.04 but 11.10, it doesnt boot. the second thing is that i dont know alot about parameters stuff im a noob at ubuntu or any other linux stuff. Can you guys tell me something else i can do. btw in burn the iso using windows disc image burner