14.04 Clean install live CD

[dieselglock]

Hello,

I have a good working dual boot 12.04 and win7 Sager Laptop. I have been able to do clean installs on this machine since 10.04 and never had any issues starting form the DVD.

When I run the live 14.04 dvd everything seems to be going well till I think the desktop should be visible. I get the purple screens with the orange dots, I get a grey screen for a moment, I also get the drum roll sound but the screen is turns black. I never get to the try Ubuntu menu.

I have burned the iso 3 different times and verified the iso checksum and also the dvd. I also tried a USB flash drive boot with exactly the same results.

Please Help.

Lenny

[LastDino]

It would be helpful if you posted system config, do you've a dedicated GPU card?

Have you tried making Live USB and trying from there?

[dieselglock]

I do have a dedicated Nvidia video card and I have tried a live USB with identical results.

[ajgreeny]

You probably need the nomodeset option to boot the system to a GUI.

At the first boot screen of the DVD hit enter, choose language, then hit F3 for choice of keyboard layout, and finally F6 for boot options.

[dieselglock]

Thank you I will give it a try when I get home from work.

Lenny

[dieselglock]

You probably need the nomodeset option to boot the system to a GUI.

At the first boot screen of the DVD hit enter, choose language, then hit F3 for choice of keyboard layout, and finally F6 for boot options.

Thank you this worked

[dieselglock]

OK I have 14.04 installed but my screen res is way off 640x480 "built in display" do I have to go back somewhere and reset the nomodeset command somewhere.

Lenny

[LastDino]

You need to install proprietary drivers, go into ''software and update'' manager in system settings>click on addition drivers>let it search, if you see any results, install them.

And nomodeset is not really a command, its a fail safe video boot mode.

[dieselglock]

You need to install proprietary drivers, go into ''software and update'' manager in system settings>click on addition drivers>let it search, if you see any results, install them.

And nomodeset is not really a command, its a fail safe video boot mode.

Thank you very much that worked again everything seems to work fine at this time. Again thank you very much for your help.

Lenny

[LastDino]

You're welcome!

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