install woes

[Nigel Henry]

On Wednesday 30 July 2008 13:42, whoosh wrote:
> I have an AMD64 Sempron tower system from about 2006.
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> if I install Ubuntu 8.04.1 desktop 64 bit, that freezes up
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> when the mouse pointer appears.
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> if I install Ubuntu 7.10 desktop 64 bit that freezes up when the
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> desktop appears.
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> If I try installing Fedora 9 that freezes up also at the
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> first screen, whether it is the DVD 64 iso, or the CD 64 iso,
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> or the CD 32 iso, or the net install CD's.
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> seems to be a problem with all recent versions of Linux.
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> Yet I can run Fedora Core 3 without problem and Windows XP
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> without problem.
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> when I say freezes up, I mean that the computer doesnt respond
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> to keyboard or mouse input.
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> I managed to install FreeBSD 7, 64 bit, but found it too complicated
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> to progress and reverted back to trying to install Linux.
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> the fact that FreeBSD 7 and Fedora Core 3 and Windows XP all are fine
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> means it must be a bug in all the current Linux installs.
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> Note that I can try to reinstall Fedora Core 3 and there is no problem
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> with the mouse or keyboard.
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> I use a 20 inch monitor and my keyboard and mouse are on double extensions,
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> ie 2 leads joined together: but they work fine with Fedora Core 3 so
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> it cannot be a power problem.

Have you seen my (very long) reply to the Fedora list about your problem with 
lockups.

Btw, I also have Kubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04 i386 downloaded, and that booted the 
live cd after appending the kernel with acpi=off.

Nigel.