Quote Originally Posted by japhyr View Post
Hello,

I am trying to install 10.04 on a Dell Latitude E5410 laptop. I have used this install disc on numerous machines successfully, so I know the disc works. When I boot from the disk on the latitude, I see the little computer=human logo, then a blinking cursor, then a blank screen. The blank screen never activates.

Is there a way to access a non-gui installer from a normal liveCD? If not, is there something else I can try?
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Bugs/Lucidi8xxFreezes

From the LiveCD:
1) At the purple screen with a keyboard and stickfigure, press Enter to get to the menu.

2) Hit Enter to select your language, and then press F6 and then Esc.

3) Add "i915.modeset=1" after "quiet splash".

4) Press Enter to boot the LiveCD.

From an installation:
1) Hold down Shift while booting to enter the GRUB menu.

2) Press 'e' to edit.

3) Add "i915.modeset=1" after "quiet splash".

4) Ctrl+x to boot.

If adding "i915.modeset=1" to your boot parameters allows you to boot successfully, you then need to enter the command above into a terminal to make the changes permanent.

You should try this, it worked finde for me on the same laptop.