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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I’m not sure why this popped up again. I didn’t repost it. If you have been providing suggestions, just ignore it. On the other hand, if you didn’t see the first post, I AM still working on this. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Ross <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> xubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com [mailto:xubuntu-users-bounces@lists.ubuntu.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Wee Dram<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 09, 2014 9:38 AM<br><b>To:</b> xubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [xubuntu-users] White Screen at CD Boot<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Hello,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>I am trying to install Xubuntu on my old laptop. It is a Toshiba Satellite 5000 running a Pentium III at 1.10 Ghz with 512 MB RAM and a 37.5 GB Hard-drive. It is presently running XP. It has a NVIDIA GeForce4 440 Go (Toshiba) video card. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>I want to first try it without installing but I’m having problems getting past the first steps.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>In summary: I burned a CD. I tried it on the computer but the screen went white after a few moments. I tried the CD on a newer Toshiba and it seems to work fine. After checking various help sources, I was able to get to the boot menu on the older computer and try a few options there: <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Deleting the ‘quiet splash’ command<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Choosing the nomodeset<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Adding the following, individually, to the boot options lineAdding i915.modset=0 <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>xforcevesa<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>fb=false<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>vga=771<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>The final result of doing each of these was the same: a white screen with lots of CD activity for several minutes (as if the whole process is proceeding) and then no CD activity. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>I am a total novice with this kind of thing so any and all suggestions of next steps are welcome.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing>Ross<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-CA><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>