I installed Ubuntu on a 32bit system and it's not working right

[catninja]

Hi, I just installed Ubuntu on to a 32bit machine that used to be a Windows and it seems like the installation process went right, then whenever i put the mouse over something or click a portion of the screen goes black, any ideas? Thanks

[allwimb]

Could you please give more details ? after installing Ubuntu does the system boot ? do you have the login screen ? what hardware do you have ?

[catninja]

Sorry, Ubuntu does boot, i have a login screen but when I'm at my desktop the icons are a little messed up and if i click from the click back to the top left corner of the screen becomes black and a lot of other glitchy things, it's a 32bit HP Compaq with a Pentium 4 HT processor designed for Windows XP

[yancek]

How old is the computer?
Could you post info on your video card?
How much RAM do you have?
Are you using Ubuntu 11.04?

[catninja]

I'm using 11.04, the computer is a 2002 model, and I have 0.99 gigs of ram I didn't buy it from the store though so I don't know exactly how long it's been around

[MASONTX]

Go to system > administration > additional drivers, and see if additional drivers are available for your video card.

[catninja]

Thanks so much for all your responses, but how do I get there?

[jayd512]

You should be able to click on system, then administration, then additional drivers (or something similar).
Do you see anything that reports needing additional drivers?

[catninja]

Jay, I still didn't find it but I do remember It saying it couldn't run Unity because of low hardware, I think that means I need to update my drivers?

[MASONTX]

Low hardware means you are at the minimum end of cpu/ram/gpu ability for Ubuntu 11.04. You might want to try 10.04, which is a long term support version and uses gnome 2 instead of 3, or lubuntu, which uses less resources than the gnome desktop. You could also go to distrowatch.com and do a search for older computers, and try a different distro altogether.