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I would like to mention that the problem on the old desktop PC was fixed by changing a rogue BIOS setting (one the CPU settings, but I don't remember which one). As for the laptop, I just didn't have...

Update: I can tell you that the particular laptop I'm attempting to install on is a Packard Bell EasyNote MH45 with an Intel Pentium Dual Core machine. I have managed to have a live version of Debian...

Ok, good news and bad news.

The good news is, the installer is running!!!

The bad news is: I am starting to suspect that I am, in fact, dealing with a hardware problem.

The reason we wiped...

I almost thought I was onto something, but alas.


I got the error Undefined video mode: 314. It had happened before, but a menu would appear afterwards allowing me to choose from a list of video...

Thanks for the extra info, but just to be clear here, my problem isn't the computer being slow, my problem is that the installer sequence isn't starting at all. We have had Xubuntu working on this...

OK, the computer that I have access to right now:

Dell - Optiplex GX270

Intel Pentium 4
Clockspeed: 2.6 GHz
CPU Speed: compatible
Level 2 Cache: 512 KB integrated
hyperthreading disabled...

Went ahead and did the md5 checksum as you said, and it indeed turned out that the checksum for the particular Xubuntu image file I was using was in fact incorrect. I downloaded the image file again,...

I caught on to this possibility too at some point. I tried nomodeset, and also vga=ask. The best this did for me was ask me which vga setting to choose from a list of defined vga settings, only to...

Ok folks, I am certainly no regular on this forum, usually I manage quite well on my own or with answers already posted on this forum. Now, however, I've got myself good 'n stuck. I've googled and...

I can very much identify with people who would like their old trusty apps working in Linux. I am sure Gimp is capable of doing everything that MS Paint does but to me, as I have been using MS Paint...