tomvalois
February 19th, 2012, 05:44 AM
I have an emachines T5212. It is an older computer (from 2007). I cannot boot to the Ubunutu live CD. I have tried the current version (11.10), the next most recent version (11.04), and the long term support version (10.04).
I don't think it is a linux specific hardware problem, because I can boot to G-Parted Live which, like Ubuntu, uses a debian-based kernel with a GUI. Also, I have checked my hardware against a list of incompatible hardware, and nothing I have found appears in that list.
I don't get any error messages when I try to boot to Ubuntu. It just goes to a blank screen with a cursor blinking in the upper left corner, and the system is unresponsive to any keyboard or mouse input.
Any ideas?
I don't think it is a linux specific hardware problem, because I can boot to G-Parted Live which, like Ubuntu, uses a debian-based kernel with a GUI. Also, I have checked my hardware against a list of incompatible hardware, and nothing I have found appears in that list.
I don't get any error messages when I try to boot to Ubuntu. It just goes to a blank screen with a cursor blinking in the upper left corner, and the system is unresponsive to any keyboard or mouse input.
Any ideas?