kubuntu won't install

[Dougal]

I can't for the life of me - get Kubuntu - to install. I tried about a year ago and got a black screen after just a couple of minutes of installing. Now that I have a new laptop I wanted to give it a go again but, it looks like exactly the same thing is happening - whatever that is.
I opt to run the LiveCD or go straight for the install to hard disk and I see the blue Kubuntu Splash screen and the progress bar for a couple of minutes then the screen blacks out.
I used to have an ild Acer Trvelmate 630 and my current laptop is a Dell 1537 Studio with 3Gb RAM and ATI HD3450 graphics card with 256Mb of memory.
I had a similar problem with Linux Mint so abandoned that too.
I am quite happy running my Crunchbang Distro but, you know how it is, I want to experience new environments to see what they are like.
Any ideas about the install problem with Kubuntu? I also run Karmic without any real problems.
Ta...

[highfructose327]

You know since you have Crunchbang running you can just install kde from synaptic or apt-get

sudo apt-get install kde-core

, I am sure Crunchbang has a few different for desktop environment options in the repos since it is a *buntu at its core. Good luck

[oz]

If you haven't already tried the alternate installer (text installer) you might give it a go. It always works for me whereas the liveCD installations never do complete or work properly.