install then dead

[alzurzin]

My desktop is a P4, with 1gb ram. Video card on motherboard. Ethernet card. Very basic.
Downloaded Ubuntu 8, and created a CD. Installed to a separate, physical drive; under WinXP, with dual boot option.

The instal seemed to go ok: no error messages. Dual boot is ok. Up comes the ubuntu login screen. After entering userid and pwrd, .... nothing. A blank screen (black), and no response from keyboard.

can anyone help, please?

[inobe]

8.04 or 8.10 ?


give us your motherboard specs, make/ model or chipset

[alzurzin]

8.10
MB has intel chipset

[inobe]

lets give this a try, startup and choose recovery mode, then choose root shell.

now run this command after you log on

sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

follow the onscreen directions, this should help to at least get you to the desktop.

if it works' installing your video drivers is another story.

[alzurzin]

done. went thru the screen to select keyboard, etc.
the effect now is an orange screen instead of black. I can see the mouse move across the screen.
maybe I will try 8.04 instead of 8.10

[inobe]

reboot again !

also lets stay with 8.10 for now.

we are getting close, i am assuming getting it going will be easier ..