John,<br><br>Please provide the the steps that you took in the installation and at what point you get stuck. Could be a whole bunch of things that may have gone wrong.<br>First thing make sure the CD was not corrupted when burning it. Burn the iso at low speed. High speed burning causes issues at times. If the CD is ok then let us know where u get stuck.<br> The PC specs should not be a big deal as all linux distros are meant to run on anything above a 133mhz pentium II with 512K ram and VGA graphics. <br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 4:07 AM, Tony White <<a href="mailto:tony.mzungu@gmail.com">tony.mzungu@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">This email is from a ubuntu-ke subscriber to other subscribers inluding you:)<br> </div>Hi John,<br> <br> It would help to solve your problem if we knew the exact point you get<br> stuck at - which ubuntu version (the name of the .iso you downloaded,<br> or the name printed on the cd, if it is a real ubuntu cd), what is the<br> make and model of pc, memory, hard disk etc.<br> <br> The normal ubuntu desktop is a 'live' cd. meaning you boot from the cd<br> and get a complete running system off the cd without (yet) installing<br> anything.  Then there is an 'install' icon on the desktop to actually<br> install permanently onto your pc - are you getting to that stage?<br> <br> If you don't get to that stage, it is probably because you dont have<br> enough memory - or because of some acpi or apm setting of your pc.<br> <br> Let us know if you are still stuck, and provide the information needed<br> <br> Tony<br> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> On 03/03/2008, John Waigwa <<a href="mailto:waigz07@hotmail.com">waigz07@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br> > This email is from a ubuntu-ke subscriber to other subscribers inluding you:)<br> ><br> >  I have this problem with my ubuntu OS. Im installing it well and when it displays the desktop it doesnt do anything else. It just displays the pointer and saty fro a long time without doing anything else. so can someone assist me on what to do bcoz i have tried all methods and seems to no vain.I have booted from cd many times and behaves the same way. I would be glad if someone can help me. Thanx<br> >  _________________________________________________________________<br> >  Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE!<br> >  <a href="http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/" target="_blank">http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/</a><br> >  -------------- next part --------------<br> >  An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br> >  URL: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ke/attachments/20080303/2782430a/attachment.htm" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-ke/attachments/20080303/2782430a/attachment.htm</a><br> ><br> > --<br> >  Ubuntu-ke mailing list<br> >  <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ke@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-ke@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> >  <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ke" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ke</a><br> ><br> <br> <br> </div></div>--<br> <font color="#888888">Tony White<br> </font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br> --<br> Ubuntu-ke mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-ke@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-ke@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ke" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-ke</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>