I haven't tried the alternate cd. I'm really trying to not go down that road, as I want to try out ubuntu (I'm a first timer) and make sure I can handle it and I like it. Any other ideas?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 10/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Nick Ali</b> <<a href="mailto:nali@ubuntu.com">nali@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Have you tried the alternate CD? Take a look at this thread:<br><a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=580480">http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=580480</a>.<br><br>nick<br><br>On 10/30/07, Chris M. Lindsey <
<a href="mailto:clindsey@uga.edu">clindsey@uga.edu</a>> wrote:<br>> With the 7.10 live cd, both the regular startup and the low graphics mode<br>> caused the screen to go blank and not return. With the dell remastered
7.04<br>> live cd, the regular startup caused an x server issue. The low graphics<br>> mode got all the way to the login screen, but required a username and<br>> password (the default username looked to be 'ubuntu', and I tried several
<br>> passwords but I couldn't hit the right one).<br>><br><br>--<br><a href="http://boredandblogging.com">http://boredandblogging.com</a><br><br>--<br>Ubuntu-us-ga mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Ubuntu-us-ga@lists.ubuntu.com">
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