[Deaf-lug] Ubuntu Won't Work on a laptop

[Paul Johnston]

Hi Ben,

Thanks for this.  The model is Dell Inspiron 1300 (over 2 years old).

CD corrupted?  I wouldn't have thought so as it works fine on my other PC.

Alternate desktop CD?  News to me.  Where could I get hold of one? (URL).

Cheers,

Paul.


----- Original Message ----
From: Ben Fletcher <enlightenedtux at googlemail.com>
To: deaf-lug at mailman.lug.org.uk
Sent: Monday, 25 February, 2008 10:40:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Deaf-lug] Ubuntu Won't Work on a laptop

Got name of the laptop model?  Is the CD not corrupted?  How about
giving the alternate desktop CD a try?  It has a text based installer
which may give you a better idea of what the problem is.  When you
download the CD, you can tick a box to ask for the alternate desktop
CD:

"Check here if you need the alternate desktop CD. This CD does not
include the Live CD, instead it uses a text-based installer."

Rgds, Ben

On 25/02/2008, Paul Johnston <gingerdeafman at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
>  I have created a Ubuntu bootable CD that works fine on my ancient desktop PC but doesn't work on one of our laptops.
>
>  It boots up ok, showing Ubuntu screen with the orange progress indicator bar and then reaches beige screen with mouse pointer which can be moved.  Just that blank beige screen, no "swirly" desktop image or task bar. Any ideas?  256MB not enough perhaps?
>
>  Cheers,
>
>  Paul.
>
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