11.04 install fail

[Tony Pursell]

On Thu, 2011-05-26 at 19:45 -0400, Bob H. wrote:
> Every time i try to load 11.04 I get a "lacking necessary hardware for
> Unity" or something like that. I've tried upgrading from 10.10,
> downloading the Ubuntu site, and from a magazine CD; all on 4 separate
> machines. No good. Anybody know the problem? Thanx, Bob H.

It means exactly what it says.  Your hardware, in particular your video
card/chipset, do not support the 3D rendering necessary for Unity.  

You can install Unity 2D, but that is not as well developed as the 3D
version yet, although it will be the standard fallback in 12.04 (Oneiric
Ocelot).

Tony