install woes

[whoosh]

On 30-Jul-08 15:48:04 Aart Koelewijn wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:42:39 +0100, whoosh wrote:

>> I have an AMD64 Sempron tower system from about 2006.
>> 
>> 
>> if I install Ubuntu 8.04.1 desktop 64 bit, that freezes up
>> 
>> when the mouse pointer appears.
>> 
>> 
>> if I install Ubuntu 7.10 desktop 64 bit that freezes up when the
>> 
>> desktop appears.
>> 

>I have a laptop with AMD Sempron which had simular problems. I only used 
>32 bit, never tried 64 bit. With 32 bit it now works perfect if started 
>with the option "nolapic". With 7.04 it worked ok without that option, 
>the problems started after that.

can options be given with the Ubuntu desktop CD?


>Aart


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