Installation problem: Solved

[Karl Larsen]

On 05/18/2010 05:19 PM, Alan Duval wrote:
> I installed Ubuntu 10.04 alpha 2. It froze at 88% when downloading language
> modules which I probably should have skipped. I thought it wouldn't boot as
> the install hadn't finished, but to my surprise it did. At first the mouse
> and keyboard were working but after opening a couple of programs the system
> froze again.
> Rebooted and downloaded the Nvidia driver without installing it and then
> started downloading the AVI driver but system froze. Then downloaded the
> AVI driver on my other PC and copied it to a removable drive. Booted the M3A
> PC to Ubuntu 10.04 and installed the AVI driver. Rebooted and Ubuntu works.
> I can now use mouse and keyboard without system freezing. I haven't installed
> the Nvidia driver as it seems unnecessary at present. I think I was lucky
> to be able to install the AVI driver as the system could have frozen during
> its install.
>
> Many thanks to all who have given advice,
>
> Alan Duval
>
>
> Avi Greenbury wrote:
>
> Alan Duval wrote:
>
>    
>>> Ubuntu obviously doesn't have drivers for ATI and
>>> Nividia. I installed PCLinuxOS and it works. PCLinuxOS has the drivers
>>> and GOS must have them also.
>>>        
>>
>>      
>    >>  It doesn't ship with the ATI or NVidia binary blobs, but I think they're
>    >>  in the repos. And it should gracefully degrade to the vesa driver or
>    >>  similar anyway. I've certainly never had issues using the free video
>    >>  drivers on NVidia hardware.
>
>
>    
>>> That presents a problem with Ubuntu. How can I install these drivers
>>> when the system freezes with mouse movements or when I use the keyboard?
>>>        
>>
>>      
>    >>  Boot into recovery mode, which might not crash, and download the drivers
>    >>  from NVidia's or ATI's website, then follow the instructions.
>
>    >>  Else you'd need to boot with no GUI, then acquire and install the driver
>    >>  that way. Check whether recovery mode works first, if not I'll give more
>    >>  details on this way.
>
>    >>  Either way, the installation itself, certainly for NVidia, requires X to
>    >>  not be running.
>
>
>    
>>> They would need to be installed during the Ubuntu installation process.
>>>        
>>
>>      
>    >>  No, they can be installed (and uninstalled if you like) on a running system.
>
>
>
>    
         Since you can now d/l 10.04 at the latest version, why mess 
around with the Alpha 2 version. I suggest you get the LiveCD version 
and then let us know if all your problems go away :-)

73 Karl



-- 

	Karl F. Larsen, AKA K5DI
	Linux User
	#450462   http://counter.li.org.
         Key ID = 3951B48D