Ubuntu 6.10 hangs on install

[CJ]

Bruce wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have purchased a refirb from Tiger, added a second hard drive to it 
> and attempted to (dual boot) install 6.10 Desktop from a CD I have used 
> several times in the past.  The first GUI screen shows up with options 
> for normal install, safe install, help and not much else.  When I try to 
> install I get the "Failed to start the X server" message.  If I answer 
> "yes" to the debug info I get a display that doesn't help me, a "restart 
> GDM when it is configured correctly" message is posted, then I get stuck 
> there.  If I answer "no" I will see about 3 screen flashes as the disks 
> are being checked, then it hangs.  I do not get a command line prompt 
> and I do not get a chance to do the vesa configuration trick that I see 
> when I Google this problem. 
>
> Once again, I do not have a command line, I can't edit the X11 config 
> file and I can't do the apt reconfiguration.
>
> The box is a Tiger Direct# J156-4260
> IBM NetVista
> 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4
> 512 MB DDR
> 40 GB HDD from Tiger, 250 GB HDD added as a home for Ubuntu
> Integrated 10/100 Mbps LAN, video, sound
>
> Thank you,
> Bruce
>
>
>
>   
this machine would work great on 7.04 i recommend you install 7.04 instead.
--cj