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Hi Ubuntu devotees,

Really wanted to make Ubuntu 9.10 my OS but just could not make a go of it!

Initially struggled with frozen mouse and keyboard with the Live CD. Found I had to disable ACPI...

Hi Ubuntu devotees,

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

The mystery is solved!

The breakthrough was understanding the blinking power button. Research led me to the ACPI feature in the...

Hi Ubuntu devotees,

Had some time this weekend to try some things but failed miserably!

Another keyboard and and mouse did not help. Both still hang on me. Went into the USB bios settings and...

Hi Phill,

Odd indeed!

Followed the link's instructions on verifying the MD5 checksum with Winmd5sum on the ISO file. That verified OK The integrity check on the boot CD passed too. Confident...

Thanks for everyone replying. This is a desktop already running Vista and was going to try Ubuntu in a dual boot configuration as a fun learning experience. Since Ubuntu clearly does not like my...

No. However my Gateway system is less than a year old. Richard

New version 9.1

Install attempt fails too with keyboard and mouse not responding at the language selection screen.

Richard

Heard raves about Ubuntu and wanted to give it a try but having no luck. First tried the Live CD boot before attempting installation.

During initial boot get a message about not able to enumerate...