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alex goretoy aleksandr.goretoy at gmail.com
Fri Feb 6 05:21:38 UTC 2009


and if alternate still give you problem(shouldn't) then you can check your
/etc/X11/xorg.conf file to make sure video rendering for X11 is configured
with a reasonable resolution.

For starters check to see if it's same as on livecd(since livecd works)

idk, I'm just bored and I saw this post

-Alex Goretoy
http://www.alexgoretoy.com



On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:57 PM, Raquel <raquel at thericehouse.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:38:16 -0500
> Matthew Flaschen <matthew.flaschen at gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> > Jimmy Wagner wrote:
> > > I have used Ubuntu on my other  computer that runss XP, but I
> > > requestsd a lice cd because every time I try to boot Ubuntu on my
> > > Vista (32-bit) laptop, after I make my boot selection from the
> > > Ubuntu menu, thhe screen stays black the whole time, I even hear
> > > the welcome sound but I don't see anything. I thought this disk
> > > would work but it didn't.
> >
> > One thing you can try is downloading the alternate CD
> > (http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/downloadmirrors#alternate).  It is
> > a text-only installer and deals with "exotic" hardware better than
> > the LiveCD.
>
> I can attest to the "betterness" of the text installer.  A couple of
> weeks ago I downloaded the dvds and tried twice to install over
> Vista, using the graphical installer.  I didn't like the results at
> all. Then I tried the text installer which worked like a charm.  This
> was on a new laptop, HP G70-246US.
>
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