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andrew201
February 17th, 2015, 02:46 PM
Upon the initial boot of Ubuntu I received a message "Sorry, Ubuntu 14.04 experienced an internal error." Some screen shots of the error output are below.

v3.xx
February 17th, 2015, 03:15 PM
This is apport. It can be disabled if your getting a false report.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Apport

But first you can try resetting it by removing the crash reports in /var/crash/.

andrew201
February 17th, 2015, 04:03 PM
It didn't seem like a false report. The computer was not usable and I was lucky to get access to the pictures above. The mouse moved on the screen with a delay of 10's of seconds. There was something in an error that mentioned a core of the CPU was maxed out, which is exactly what it seemed like was happening. I posted the pictures because I wasn't sure I would be able to do anything else with the machine. Thanks very much for the reply.

v3.xx
February 17th, 2015, 04:58 PM
Ok, looks like you got kerneloops going on.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingKernelOops

This also looks like a fresh install, so better to start there.

How did you install? Did you do a checksum on the download? Did you burn the dvd at low speed?

And for reference, what are your computer specs (ram, cpu, video)?

edit
http://www.googlubuntu.com/results/?cx=006238239194895611142:u-ocqbntw_o&q=how+to+checksum&sa=Search&cof=FORID:9

andrew201
February 17th, 2015, 05:16 PM
I installed with a DVD. I tried to use a USB and it hung. I don't know if I did a checksum download or not. I suspect that not knowing is enough to mean that I didn't. :) I also didn't fiddle with the burn speed on the DVD burner. The computer is an old Dell tower. The processor is an AMD Athlon dual core 4400+. There are 2 gb or ram and I am using the on board video controller. I did have an external PCI-e video card in the computer at time of install, but I had the bios set to look on the mother board. I am using a 40 gb Intel SSD. Oh, and it is a fresh install. The pictures I posted are after rebooting a couple of times because it locked up but essentially immediately after a fresh install. After crashing the computer did want to run through a memory check. It went for quite a while and I got sick of it and stopped it about 1/2 way. There were no errors. I should also say that this machine was previously a windows XP machine and worked find up until yesterday when I switched it to Ubuntu. (That sounds like I am blaming Ubuntu which I am not. I am only saying that the hardware, although old, should be fine.)

Thanks.

v3.xx
February 17th, 2015, 07:25 PM
Have you tried the option to run ubuntu from the dvd before installing?

Also ubuntu is graphics demanding and your on board video controller probably can't handle it.

Try running a live session. You may have to go with a desktop that is easier on your resources.