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

[Dave Morley]

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On 05/02/13 19:23, Dave Rice wrote:
> 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 <mailto:sfgreenwood at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
> On 5 February 2013 17:33, Barry Drake <ubuntu-advertising at gmx.com 
> <mailto: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.
> 
> s/
> 
> -- Twitter: @sfgreenwood "TBA are particularly glib"
> 
> -- ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com <mailto:ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com> 
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
> 
> 
> 
> 

Barry if you hit any key as soon as you see the keyboard that the
bottom of the screen you will see a menu and along the bottom you
should see some boot options try flipping a few of those and see if it
boots.

The other thing you can try is enable legacy mode and set legacy as
primary boot and see what happens in legacy mode, treat the system
like it still has an old bios rather than UEFI

The other thing as well is that Ubuntu 12.10 on should support UEFI
and secureboot on the 64bit cds so you can try that too.


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