Boot Problems

[NoOp]

On 05/03/2009 08:21 PM, Kipton Moravec wrote:
> I have an old 400 MHz computer with 256MB RAM and 8GB Disk. I wanted to
> install Ubuntu on it because I am building a router with multiple
> Ethernet ports and need to check connections from one port to another.
> So I am not going to be doing much with it for now. This is computer #4
> connected to the router for testing. I wanted to stay with Ubuntu
> because I knew it. I did not want to have to learn a bunch of new tools.
> 
> I used the alternate CD to install Ubuntu. It took awhile but it
> installed.
> 
> When it said it was done, it rebooted, the splash screen came up, the
> bar started going back and forth, then the screen went black. It has
> been sitting like that for more than 15 minutes. I rebooted and it did
> the same thing.
> 
> Now what do I do?

It sounds like it's having graphics issues. Reboot and select the
Recovery mode kernel. When that boots up select the xfix option & then
resume. Hopefully that will sort out the graphics (if that is the
problem) and allow you boot normally.