Installation problem: Solved: correction

[Alan Duval]

I Typed AVI instead of ATI in the message below. My apology.
Error due to switching between computers and being tired at the time.

Alan

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.
>
>
>