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<p>drop to cli and check the xorg log?
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<br>> I am having problems with installing Ubuntu 9.10. As I start the installation
<br>> process and before I get a GUI, it seems to be probing the monitor and then a
<br>> small box appears on screen and floats around like a screen saver. The box has
<br>> Hz and ? next to it which indicates to me it is not able to recognise the
<br>> settings of the monitor. This is very surprising given that I have never had any
<br>> problems with any previous installations of Ubuntu or other distros for that
<br>> matter. The monitor is working fine with current installation. I tried to do a
<br>> safe graphics install but that did not make a difference. i tried the LXF dvd as
<br>> well as the cd I downloaded and both behave in the same way. I tried Mandriva
<br>> from the LXF and that was OK. I really prefer Ubuntu.
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<br>> Any
<br>> ideas?
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<br>> Use Mandriva, its a better distro anyway :)
<br>>
<br>> Chris Ellis
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<br>> </p><p><br></p><p>Hi</p><p><br></p><p>So far, I have tried both the 'try' and 'install' options and neither work. I could try other distros like Mandriva, but the point is that we should not have these problems today, I thought we have left this behind years ago. <br></p><p><br></p><p>Linux will not catch more people if you have to do work under the bonnet. Thats why I said "its such a shame". <br></p><p><br></p><p>The issue I really have is that I want a decent wireless connection without the hassle of CL work. I was working at CL yesterday all day to get a wireless connection going, changed and played around with etc/modprob.d and ndiswrapper files and network tools to no avail. I wanted a clean install of the lates Ubuntu and you know the rest of the story. <br></p><p><br></p><p>The odd thing is I have installed Ubuntu 9.10 on my father-in-law's laptop and everything works fine, even the wireless connection from my router and he is
in the house next to ours, with a garden in between!!! So you can imagine my frustration when I am about eight feet away from the router and can only get a connection equivalent to dial up!! :-(</p><p><br></p><p>Mo<br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br><br></p>
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