install woes

[whoosh]

On 31-Jul-08 13:05:12 Aart Koelewijn wrote:
>On Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:16:42 +0100, whoosh wrote:

>> 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?
>>

>In the screen where you choose between different actions choose "F6 Other 
>Options". In the line you see now you can for instance delete "quiet 
>splash" and put "nolapic" at that place.

ok, I'll attempt that

>Aart


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