Ubuntu won't start, even LiveCD

**conseil** · March 24th, 2012

Hello,
my friend tried to install Ubuntu on his machine:

Code:

Manufacturer:  Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 CPU 550 @ 3.20GHz (4 CPUs), ~4.4GHz Memory: CORSAIR VENGEANCE 4096MB RAM 1600Mhz Hard Drive: 2x 80 GB Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti

He tried 11.10 and 12.04 beta and he got this: http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/6370/photo1wfm.jpg
I read he should use Ubuntu 10.04 and then update it. Unfortunately he got another error: http://img190.imageshack.us/img190/874/photo2za.jpg
At this messages computer freezes.

He tried to install it through wubi and run it as LiveCD. Without any result.

Could you help me?
Thank you.

**brainwash** · March 24th, 2012

Hey,

looks like a problem related to the nvidia display driver (nouveau). Booting with the nomodeset parameter might help here.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

Cheers!

**conseil** · March 25th, 2012

Thank you very much for your reply.
It worked for LiveCD, but is there any way to set "nomodeset" to wubi?

**brainwash** · March 25th, 2012

You can find the answer in the same thread I already linked:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...20&postcount=8

Method 2 should work for Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.04.