Ubuntu 10.04 don't load after installation

[morsagmon]

Hello guys.
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 using alternate installation as a complete new OS on an Intell Pentium3 with 896MB RAM - twice.

After both installations (there ran smoothly), I got stuck at the exact same point upon trying to boot:
once the purple splash appears with the Grey bar in the bottom (showing the time), the painting of the users window always gets stuck: it shows the red Ubuntu logo and the host name. Sometimes it will render the users list, sometime just part of it. This is as far as it gets.
I have a mouse cursor responsive, but the keyboard is stuck and no mouse clicks are effective. Nothing on the screen is clickable - I must restart cold using the machine button.

Are there machines where Ubuntu can't be installed? Is this going to be the end of my Linux experience?

Thanks!
Mor

[nujinini]

Hello mor,

I just wanted to ask if you were able to check mg5sum of your ISO. If yes, you might want to try to burn another cd at the slowest possible speed just to be sure.

Good luck!

[devils casper]

Post specs of both machines here. Do you have ATI or Nvidia Cards?

[morsagmon]

Nujinini,
What's mg5sum? google returned only ONE hit for that...
The installation process went smoothly, in both runs. Doesn't it show that the CD image is OK? How would another burn process improve this?

Devils casper,
Both of the installations were done on the same machine. I just re-ran the installaiton process hoping it will be OK in the second run.
The machine spec:

Award BIOS 2.00 07/26/00
Pentium III 902.1MHz
Chipset: VIA Apollo Pro/133/133A
896 MB RAM 333 MB/s
HD: WDC 80Gb (Master Primary)
CD: LG (HL-DT-STDVDRRW GWA-41) (Secondary Master)
HD2: Maxtor 60Gb (Secondary Slave)
Video: NVidia GE Force FX 5200
Sound: Creative Audigy 2 Platinum

Any suggestions?

Thanks!!
Mor

[devils casper]

You have Nvidia Card and installer doesn't configure it correctly sometimes.

Boot up Ubuntu and When Login windows appear, press Alt+Ctrl+F4. Does it switch to command line mode?

[nujinini]

Nujinini,
What's mg5sum? google returned only ONE hit for that...
The installation process went smoothly, in both runs. Doesn't it show that the CD image is OK? How would another burn process improve this?

Hello mor,

My apologies ,

I meant MD5Sum. It is used check the integrity of the download and burn. Just wanted to rule out a bad burn or download.

Hope you find the solution soon!

[morsagmon]

devils casper.

I caught this just before the login screen, and I get:

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS <host-name> tty4
<host-name> login:

However, this is where it gets stuck - keyboard is dead.
Sometimes I do manage to sneek one char before it locks on me, but that's it.

What next?
Thanks!
Mor

[devils casper]

Is it possible for you to disable Nvidia Card and enable on-board Graphics card?

Which type of keyboard do you have? Try to toggle "Legacy USB Support" in BIOS.

[morsagmon]

I tried toggeling with "USB Legacy Support" as well as PCI/AGP options in my BIOS, but it allways works with the NVIDIA card - never detects any signal when I'm connecting the screen to the MB.
I guess I have to remove my NVIDIA card for it to pick up the MB port...
Can we configure the NVIDIA card without it being physically installed?

[devils casper]

You can use generic xorg.conf file. It will work fine with Nvidia Card. You can install driver for Nvidia Card later on.

Replace the contents of existing xorg.conf file with this :

Section "Device"
       Identifier "Configured Video Device"
       Driver    "vesa"  
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
         Identifier "Configured Monitor"
         HorizSync 31.5 - 70.0
         VertRefresh 50 - 160
 EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Default Screen"
        Monitor "Configured Monitor"
        Device "Configured Video Device"
        DefaultDepth 24
        Subsection "Display"
             Depth 24
             Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" 
        EndSubsection
EndSection

In case there isn't any /etc/X11/xorg.conf file, create new.