Unable to use Ubuntu 8.04 live CD

[Jerry Alber]

NoOp wrote:
> On 07/31/2008 10:53 AM, Jerry Alber wrote:
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>> NoOp,
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>> Glad to know that I am not really crazy, but I don't really want this to 
>> be one of the "Mysteries" of life. When I do mount the ISO, could you 
>> point me in the right direction as to what to look for. I could compare 
>> the 8.04 Ubuntu and the Kubuntu 6.10 which works, but that is a lot to 
>> compare.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jerry
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>>     
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> I wish I could, but I can't seem to (yet) find a definitive answer. From
> what you describe on your system, it seems to be be going into a "Log
> Out" loop of sorts. When I click on "Log Out" I get exactly the same as
> what you are showing: login screen and the 10 second msg.
>
> I'll look at it again when I get the laptop back later today. You
> mentioned that when you click on either desktop icon (Examples or
> Install) you get the 10 second login screen. In the interim, maybe you
> could look up the shortcut key(s)/procedure for "Log Out" - I wonder if
> something on your keyboard and/or system is getting interpreted as a
> "Log Out" when it should not.
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NoOp,

Thanks to you, I kind of got my Ubuntu 8.04 CDs and DVDs to work. You 
mentioned that you wondered if it might be something about my keyboard 
that might be interpreted as a log out when it was not. First of all, I 
was using a KDE switch to switch between my 2 computers. This KDE switch 
is USB rather than PC2 connections. Just in case I disconnected it but 
that wasn't it. Then I looked around at the different options for 
starting Ubuntu but they didn't work either EXCEPT for F4's "Safe 
Graphics Mode". When I chose that, they all booted as they were supposed 
to, without the request for a UID and PW. It's not the monitor that's 
causing the problem because I also tried it on my roommate's computer 
with the same "SGM" and it also worked. We both have HP Pavilion a1210n 
desktop computers with Radeon Xpress 200g graphic cards. They have not 
caused problems with any of the other distributions - so who knows. I 
also forget to mention that before, when choosing to stop or restart, 
the CD/DVD would be ejected but that is all the further it would go.

I don't know quite what is going on, but my next step would be to try an 
install on an empty partition to see if it would go as expected. If I 
can get the install to work, I will have to change the resolution as I 
can see the top panel but not the bottom one. I can see it if I use the 
monitor's menu to reposition the screen.

Tomorrow, I'll  see how the install goes. Any idea why the "SGM" would 
make it work"?

Thanks,

Jerry
 
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