[Ubuntu-US-NM] Got a request to help

[Eric Krieger]

Here's the missing Forum thread....

http://ohioloco.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=583920



Eric Krieger wrote:
> I seem to recall seeing several thread on the Ubuntu forum about this 
> issue which has to do with the Video Driver for the GeForce 7000.
>
> Have you tried booting to the Live CD in SAFE Graphic's mode?  If not 
> try that...
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> Otherwise I would try to install using the Ubuntu 7.10 Alternate CD...
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> Read this thread....
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> Download the "alternate"  iso.
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> http://mirror.cc.columbia.edu/pub/linux/ubuntu/releases/gutsy/ubuntu-7.10-alternate-i386.iso 
>
>
> You'll need to Install in Text or Safe Graphics mode.   Once installed 
> you'll need to download the NVIDIA Drivers for linux.
>
> Eric
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> DThomas at metrocourt.state.nm.us wrote:
>>
>> I got a request for some help for a person named Michael, his 
>> question is this
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks in advance for the assistance. I currently have Vista on my 
>> laptop.
>>
>> Aspire 5520-5912
>> AMD Turlon 64x2 Mobile Technology
>> NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
>> Signal Up Wireless
>> 160GB HD
>>
>> I don't want Vista. I just don't like it. I really want to get away 
>> from Microsoft and go totally to Linux Ubuntu. I created the CD from 
>> the iso file and I checked the install CD and no errors. I'm trying 
>> to install the 64 bit version 7.10, but I'm getting the HAL Status 13 
>> message. If anyone needs output like using 'dmesg', let me know how 
>> to get this for you for troubleshooting and I will.
>>
>> Let me know if you need more info.
>>
>> Thanks again for the assistance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any ideas oh Ubuntu gurus?
>>
>> David Thomas
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