Ubuntu?

GSAV55 · 11-30-2007, 03:43 AM

I cant get Ubuntu to install. I click install and see a little bar with an orange slider bouncing back and forth for a while, then it turns into a bargraph/progress graph, and after that completes the screen turns black. I can hear my CD spinning in its drive but the screen is black, then the CD stops, and the screen just stays black. There are no errors on the CD or anything. I dont know if it has to do with my 7900 GPUs in SLI or what?

Thanks.

imsati · 11-30-2007, 03:45 AM

This may sound odd, but try moving the mouse around or pressing a key. I had a problem once with the very same symptom you described. it turned out that, for some odd reason, as soon as X loaded, it went into power-save mode and shut of the monitor.

M0LD0V4N · 11-30-2007, 04:24 AM

|Try a different Linux Distro like PCLinuxOS 2007 has everything i needed. Even codecs to play movies. www.pclinuxos.com check it out. Its a KDE distro not a GNOME.

GSAV55 · 11-30-2007, 12:01 PM

What's the difference between the two?

GSAV55 · 11-30-2007, 12:02 PM

I'll try the monitor thing after school and let you know how it goes, thanks

11-30-2007, 03:43 AM	#1 (permalink)
GSAV55 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: FL Age: 18 Posts: 417	Ubuntu? I cant get Ubuntu to install. I click install and see a little bar with an orange slider bouncing back and forth for a while, then it turns into a bargraph/progress graph, and after that completes the screen turns black. I can hear my CD spinning in its drive but the screen is black, then the CD stops, and the screen just stays black. There are no errors on the CD or anything. I dont know if it has to do with my 7900 GPUs in SLI or what? Thanks.

11-30-2007, 03:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
imsati Diamond Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: EHT, NJ Posts: 2,478	This may sound odd, but try moving the mouse around or pressing a key. I had a problem once with the very same symptom you described. it turned out that, for some odd reason, as soon as X loaded, it went into power-save mode and shut of the monitor. __________________ --Jay Gigabyte EP31-DS3L \| E4500 \| Masscool HSF paired with AS-5 80 GB SATA2 x 2 \| e-GeForce 7100 GS \| CM Elite 330 (gorgeous!) Triple Boot: Ubuntu 7.10/XP Home/Kubuntu 7.10 Also, I can kill you with my brain. The Great Forum Challenge http://www.computerforum.com/114761-...tml#post922619 (And you follow his advice why, exactly...?) (Funny Thread though!)

11-30-2007, 04:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
M0LD0V4N Silver Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Like I'd tell you =\ Posts: 163	\|Try a different Linux Distro like PCLinuxOS 2007 has everything i needed. Even codecs to play movies. www.pclinuxos.com check it out. Its a KDE distro not a GNOME. __________________ Went back to Linux, Got tired of windows and all it's BS. New ISP. Switched from EarthLink to Comcast. http://www.speedtest.net/result/286939301.png

Thread Tools
Show Printable Version Email this Page
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Ubuntu Gaming	GSAV55	Operating Systems	11	11-29-2007 05:35 AM
Made an Error Installing Ubuntu 7.1. Help?	2048Megabytes	Operating Systems	2	11-07-2007 03:03 PM
Ubuntu with XP almost ready. just have a question.	Boomer	Operating Systems	0	08-12-2007 10:17 PM
Ubuntu	X2BreakOfFate	Operating Systems	4	01-18-2007 01:19 PM
My Ubuntu Bi**h	creature_feature	Operating Systems	2	08-29-2005 09:54 PM

11-30-2007, 12:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
GSAV55 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: FL Age: 18 Posts: 417	What's the difference between the two?

11-30-2007, 12:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
GSAV55 Gold Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: FL Age: 18 Posts: 417	I'll try the monitor thing after school and let you know how it goes, thanks