install CD and fresh installation crashing on launch

[Mike Payson]

Any thoughts at all? I really need to get a system up soon if at all
possible.

Thanks!
Mike

On 1/15/07, Mike Payson <mike at dawgdayz.com> wrote:
>
> I'm trying to install Ubuntu 6.1. When I boot from the installer CD the
> system completely locks up sometime between the tan background first coming
> up (before the x splash screen) and a few seconds after the desktop is
> displayed. Using the text based installer worked fine, but the fresh
> installation has the exact same problem. I'm guessing it's a video driver
> issue (I have an nvidia 6600gt). After asking on IRC, I installed a command
> prompt system and attempted to install the nvidia drivers at the command
> prompt using 'sudo apt-get install linux-restricted-modules-`uname -r`'
> which worked fine, but when I tried to run 'sudo nvidia-glx-config enable' I
> got file not found. I also tried booting Ubuntu 6.06 and kubuntu 6.1 with
> the same result, but SimplyMEPIS runs fine so I tend to doubt it is a
> hardware issue.
>
> So I have a few different questions:
> 1) Is there a way to force the installation of the nVidia driver at
> install time in the text installer?
> 2) If not, can someone give me better info on how to install the nvidia
> drivers from the command prompt?
> 3) If #2, once the drivers are installed, how do I upgrade to the regular
> install from the command prompt only?
>
> I should add that I'm also having trouble getting my networking working
> (the text installer at least seems to have problems with wireless
> networking), so solutions like envy won't really help me. Other then that,
> any suggestions you might have are appreciated. I'm reasonably Linux savvy,
> but a year or two out of practice.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Mike
>
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