[ubuntu-uk] My new computer won't boot Ubuntu ....

[Dave Rice]

Hi Barry,

I've just seen your post on the pcs forum too, I'm awaiting a new Optimus
IV laptop!

Have you tried booting the live cd in text only mode?

on the grub menu, edit the boot command and either change the "splash" to
"nosplash" or put "nosplash" at the end before the double minus signs.

hit enter to boot from there (i think it's enter)

it should then boot with lots of messages - like the good old days - and
see where it hangs!

cheers

DJ


On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 5:48 PM, Simon Greenwood <sfgreenwood at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 5 February 2013 17:33, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi there ....   I've just got my new computer from pcspecialist.  I can't
>> get it to boot with any version of Ubuntu later than 10.04. It also won't
>> boot with the latest version of Mint although a Jan 2011 download boots OK.
>>
>> The motherboard is  ASUS® F1A55-M LK R2.0: FM1 A-SERIES, SATA 3.0GB/s and
>> it has 2GiB of RAM.  I've gone through the UEFI settings.  Secure boot is
>> off. The boot process freezes on the live-DVD at about the point when the
>> cursor could appear.  I really want to install 13.04.  So far, I can'tseem
>> to get rid of the splash screen to see the messages - and there is no
>> message, only the splash screen when the freeze takes place.
>>
>>
>> Have I wasted my money?
>>
>>
>>
> Which base model is it? My first guess would be that it's a graphics card
> issue and that it's not booting into X. Try booting with a server ISO and
> see if you can get to a command line at all.
>
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