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> The problem I have is I can't get to a point where I can open a terminal,<br>
> the whole thing stops no keyboard or anything works so I have to shut down<br>
> through holding the power button until it powers down.<br>
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> I installed Mandriva and that went well without any hiccups so its Ubuntu<br>
> that is broke rather than my machine or monitor. I cannot do much about<br>
> that.<br>
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> I have dismissed the wireless altogether now (quite annoyed about that) and<br>
> went for the Ethernet connection via the electric wires and that is working<br>
> fine.<br>
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> I'll give the ubuntu install another go and see what happens. If I can get<br>
> any info I will post here to see what is happening. I will also post on the<br>
> Ubuntu website.<br>
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> Cheers<br>
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> Mo<br>
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</div>Mo, constructive input this time. Are you 100% sure everything is ok<br>
with your hardware? I don't know how to check the CPU but the hard<br>
drive can be checked with Palimpsest Disk Utility. I would also be<br>
running Memtest at this stage with it hanging badly. I could be wrong<br>
but it would eliminate another area.<br></blockquote><div><br>>Lets get some basic info first:<br>>1. What graphics card?<br>>2. How much RAM?<br>>3. What CPU?<br>>4. What wireless card?<br>>5. What ethernet card?<br>>6. What motherboard?<br>
<br>>On the working Mandriva install, Open /etc/X11/xorg.conf, Under the section "Device" what does it >say after "Driver".<br><br>>I have before seen problems with nvidia graphics cards on the ubuntu installer but this was 8.04.<br>
<br>>Otherwise, if your deadset on ubuntu you are probably going to have to install using some alternate >installer.<br><br>>Chris Ellis<br><br>Hi<br><br>I am certain there is nothing wrong with the hardware. 9.04 is working fine and other distros ( Fedora and Mandriva) installed without a hiccup. the Ethernet connection is working better than before. <br><br>I will persevere with this. I do like Ubuntu so I will stick with 9.04 for now until I sort it out. I use removable hard drives in caddies so I can experiment without damaging my main drive :-)<br><br><br>Anyway here is the xorg.conf from Ubuntu 9.04:<br><br># xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)<br>
#<br>
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using<br>
# values from the debconf database.<br>
#<br>
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.<br>
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)<br>
#<br>
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*<br>
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg<br>
# package.<br>
#<br>
# Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously<br>
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings<br>
# here are ignored.<br>
#<br>
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated<br>
# again, run the following command:<br>
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg<br>
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Section "Monitor"<br>
Identifier "Configured Monitor"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Screen"<br>
Identifier "Default Screen"<br>
Monitor "Configured Monitor"<br>
Device "Configured Video Device"<br>
DefaultDepth 24<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Module"<br>
Load "glx"<br>
EndSection<br>
<br>
Section "Device"<br>
Identifier "Configured Video Device"<br>
Driver "nvidia"<br>
Option "NoLogo" "True"<br>
EndSection<br>
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