[Fwd: Re: [Ubuntu Chicago] A reasonable request.]

[Kendall Brown]

Hey Guys:

I'll tell you everything I've tried and how it ended, starting with my 
Fedora Core 6 installation attempt.  I first tried to run the live cd 
version of this operating system and I would watch as it pulled up the 
installation progress screen for me to see what it was doing.  No matter 
what I tried it would always get to the "Installing Firewall" section 
and promptly freeze up.  After I beat my head against that for a weeks I 
decided to try installing all the cd's on to my hard drive and boot from 
it.  I got the same reaction from this that I get from Ubuntu now.  I 
boots up and gets to the point where I see an "X" on the screen where 
the mouse is supposed to be then it hangs.  Could it be a problem with 
my mouse?  I was thinking that the problem must be with the mother board 
because of the dual LAN but I may be wrong after reading where some many 
people with my board have been able to run Linux on it.

When I try to run a live cd of Ubuntu I usually get to see a very brown 
looking wall paper and an "X" on the screen where my mouse should be 
before it freezes.  When I tried installing from the Alternative 6.10 cd 
I can get to the login prompt before it freezes.  It usually wont freeze 
till after three seconds have passed while starring at the login 
prompt.  If I'm fast enough I can get my first name in there before it 
freezes.  I've tried to install Fiesty Fawn as well with the same 
results.  I was told to take my sound card out, turn off my LANS and try 
installing with all three versions and I did, with the same results.  
What ever this problem is...it's taking three seconds after I see the 
wall paper or login prompt to lock my computer up.  I was told that I 
needed to upgrade the bios on the mother board.  I did that the second I 
put it together and there hasn't been an update for my board since 
then.  I tried installing on a SCSI hard drive and was told that Ubuntu 
doesn't automatically recognize those because it's looking for IDE hard 
drives instead so I placed a 10GB IDE hard drive in there and installed 
it on that...no success.  I'm more than willing to send you pictures of 
my computer or make you a detailed list of every piece of hardware I 
have if it's going to get Linux on my computer.
To be totally honest with you I'd prefer to get Fedora Core 6 working on 
my computer because I bought this big expensive book on it and I've 
never been able to use it.  LOL.  If you come up with some ideas for me 
to try please let me know.

Gigabyte K8NSNXP Socket 754
Sempron +3400
XFX GeForce 6600 GT
Ultra 2gig Ram
Wester Digital 10GB IDE Hard Drive
X-Fi Creative Sound Card
Creative Ultra Webcam
Internal USB 2.0 PCI card.
LG 17 inch Monitor
Epson CX5000 All-in-one Printer
Cordless Logitech Mouse
Standard Keyboard


That's all I can think of.  Just tell me what to take out, burn, or 
shoot and I'll do it.  LOL.