[xubuntu-users] need help with installation

[Thiago Cantanhêde da Rosa]

Hello, friend :)
Thanks a bunch for your reply.

After a week trying to make it work, I took all of my rage and spent about
5 hours trying and I made it, somehow.

Had to reinstall it, though, and fix some stuff via GRUB menus. (that was
the most interesting part haha)
It's a new territory for me, so it wasn't easy.

I'm fully operational now, finally.
This is beautiful, I could not recall the last time I had a fast computer
to do my stuff.

cheers


*Thiago da Rosa*

2018-04-23 18:04 GMT-03:00 Peter Flynn <peter at silmaril.ie>:

> On 22/04/18 23:22, Thiago Cantanhêde da Rosa wrote:
> > hello guys and gals
> > this is my first time trying ubuntu and xubuntu seemed like the best
> > choice for my old machine
>
> Xubuntu certainly; regular Ubuntu has an interface that is too big and
> hungry for older machines.
>
> > I'm stuck at installation
>
> Have you used a bootable USB or DVD to run [X]Ubuntu standalone first,
> to check it out?
>
> > [failed] "starting Light Display Manager" message keeps coming and going
>
> Can you explain "coming and going"? Do you mean blinking, or do you mean
> a longer delay?
>
> I haven't seen this exact error, but having had endless problems
> installing Linux on older machines, it looks like it's a hardware
> problem: the available screen drivers don't have an option to support
> the graphics chip or display on the machine.
>
> > i really don't know what to do and most forums I've read haven't helped
>
> Some of the distributions of Linux do have a different range of display
> drivers.
>
> Make an install USB or DVD for Lubuntu, Mint, Bodhi, and Arch and see if
> they have what's needed to get the display running.
>
> > if anybody could reply directly to my email so we can talk, I'll be most
> > grateful
>
> I think it's useful to at least start publically.
>
> ///Peter
>
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