install woes

[whoosh]

I now have Fedora 9 functioning by putting acpi=off at the end of the command
line.

suggested by someone on their list.


is there some way to try this with Ubuntu Desktop?


On 30-Jul-08 13:06:04 Karl Larsen wrote:
>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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>    Mouse problems are almost 100% hardware problems.
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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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>>   
>    So why do you blame Linux for your problem?
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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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>> It would be useful if you could tell us what video card your using. If it
>is nVidia then your problem is known.
>> 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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>>   
>    Not really.
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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.
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>>   
>    It can be a problem with all the newer systems. It is possible this 
>is your reason for failure. Try Ubuntu 8 with another mouse and keyboard 
>that are seperate.

>Karl

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