Question #76665 on Ubuntu changed: https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/76665
Tom proposed the following answer: I still think the 32bit desktop edition is the best one to try. Err have you tried booting up from the Cd and tried the option "Try ubuntu without making changes to this machine", that should get you to a working desktop which we call a LiveCd if it works Almost all versions have this option as their default option when you boot up from their installer cd and it's a good way to check that all your hardware works easily with the distro you've chosen. Sometimes if you find one that works you can use the xorg.conf from it to get other distros (eg Ubuntu) to work. I personally would recommend trying Wolvix Hunter and Knoppix as they are each from different families of linux and both have quite good hardware detection http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=wolvix http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=knoppix i'm not suggesting installing either of them, just try out their LiveCd session to see if one of them works. Another thing worth trying is changing one or more of the boot options, particularly the acpi settings https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions These two pages might be some help too https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/boot-troubleshooting.html https://help.ubuntu.com/8.04/installation-guide/i386/boot-parms.html Good luck and regards from Tom :) -- You received this question notification because you are a member of UF Unanswered Posts Team, which is an answer contact for Ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuforums-unanswered More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
