View Full Version : [ubuntu] 8.10 Installation fails on Dell Precision T7400
mwob
October 31st, 2008, 04:43 PM
Hi all,
I'm trying to install the Intrepid Ibex 8.10 x64 version on my Dell Precision T7400. This machine already has hardy on it, and dual boots with vista.
Attempt 1: Do the upgrade in Ubuntu the normal way. This gets all the way to the end, and then reboots. When I reset my screen configuration, I get the round "busy" pointer on a black screen and nothing happens, it just hangs there.
Attempt 2: Install from the CD. I boot from the CD and choose "install ubuntu". I get as far as the new wallpaper appearing with a mouse pointer, and then it just stays there forever.... I can move the mouse pointer but there is no activity at all....
Can anyone shed some light on this? Hardy went on without issue. I also tried to reset my bios settings to factory settings, to no avail...
Pumalite
October 31st, 2008, 04:49 PM
Did you do md5sum? Burn at 4x or less? Do not use CD-RW. Clean the lens in your burner just in case.
Post your specs.
mwob
October 31st, 2008, 06:02 PM
I used the default options in Gnomebaker. Its a pretty new machine so I don't think there is any issue with the CD. I also forgot to mention that I tried the same thing burning a release candidate version last week, and that had the same problem.
Machine specs.
N-Series T7400- Intel Xeon E5410 (2.33GHz,1333FSB,2x6MB,Quad Core) 1,179.10 5,895.50
8GB DDR2 667 Quad Channel FBD Memory (8x1GB) 1
160GB (10,000rpm) NCQ SATA Hard Drive
Additional 160GB (10,000rpm) NCQ SATA II Hard Drive
16X DVD+/-RW
C2 SATA No RAID for 2 Hard Drive
256MB PCIe x16 nVidia Quadro NVS 290 (ULGA8)
Pumalite
October 31st, 2008, 06:51 PM
Try the amd64 Alternate CD
mwob
November 3rd, 2008, 10:38 AM
Ok, that doesn't work too.
I downloaded and burned the ISO image at the slowest speed. It all installed with the "Alternate Installer", rebooted at the end, and I get the same problem - I get a black screen with the "busy" wait pointer which is not animated. Nothing works.
This is really disappointing, I was expecting some good things from 8.10, but it won't even install.
dsmithhfx
November 3rd, 2008, 11:37 AM
Try the live cd. If it boots ok, try the installer that's on it.
I also had problems with the alternate installer, but got the live cd installation to work (but only after some xserver jiggery-pokery in the command line, shame shame shame...)
mwob
November 3rd, 2008, 12:10 PM
The Live CD just hangs too! Argh!
Pumalite
November 3rd, 2008, 12:19 PM
You never memtioned your memory. Or I missed it.
mwob
November 3rd, 2008, 12:49 PM
I did :)
8GB DDR2 667 Quad Channel FBD Memory (8x1GB)
Pumalite
November 3rd, 2008, 12:54 PM
Time to try some boot parameters:(use the most common first):
noapic nolapic acpi=off irqpoll pci=noacpi pnpbios=off all_generic_ide vga=0x317 vga=778 vga=779 vga=791
http://grumpymole.blogspot.com/2007/05/ubuntu-how-to-edit-grub-boot-parameters.html
mwob
November 4th, 2008, 09:39 PM
Aha, found the problem!
It was because I had tow monitors connected up to the monitor. This was causing something to crash when X was starting up. I unplugged the second monitor and everything worked fine.
Thanks for your help anyways :)
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