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Can't install ANY LINUX !!!

Asked by argo objartel

When i try to install UBUNTU 11.10 or any other ubuntu, a black screen with lots of text appears.

[ 4.619863] registered taskstats version 1

is the last line of the black screen
it stayed like this for 5 hours until i force-restarted the pc

I have windows 7 already installed but i want to try ubuntu without uninstalling my windows. I installed Ubuntu about a year ago on the same machine but then i got no errors and everything worked fine.

My pc stats:

Intel core 2 duo t5550 1.83ghz
2gb ram
ati mobility radeon hd 2400

I may try to upload a picture of the screen to somewhere if it helps.

Got any idea how to make it work again?

Thanks for your help !

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Which distros have you tried. You never mentioned?

Have you tried the boot option:

nomodeset

It can help

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#2

whats a distro and how to do the nomodeset ??

Sorry for dumb questions :P

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

A distro is the flavour od Linux, like RedHat, SuSE, Ubuntu, Debian. You said in your question that you can't install any linux and I was curious as to which you had tried.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

Will help

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#4

oh, i said also that i was trying to install 11.10 ubuntu :D that failed, before i tried 10.04 LTS , 10.10, 11.04 i dont remember if i tried 9.10 also :P but basicly i have tried many of them but none of them works..

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

So you've tried ubuntu. That's only one distro...

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#6

ohyea, i got it installed but now i cant boot it... i have 2 options and a purple background

"ubuntu blabla generic bla bla"
"same stuff (recovery mode)"

after i choose any of the 2 options, the computer freezes with a blank purple screen

and some text that says, press E to edit commands and C for command line

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#7

i mean the E and C text is on the first screen :P with the generic and recovery stuff, sorry for confusing

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#8

At the login screen select nity2D and you'll be ok. You can then setup your video driver and get full updates

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#9

i dont see any logon screen, all i see is blank purple screen. i will add some links to pictures i made to make it simpler to understand.

this is the screen after i start the pc :
http://www.freewebs.com/argo76/photos/ETC/IMG051.jpg

this is the screen after i chose "ubuntu" :
http://www.freewebs.com/argo76/photos/ETC/IMG052.jpg

this is the screen after i chose "Ubuntu, linuxiga 3.0.0-12-generic" :
http://www.freewebs.com/argo76/photos/ETC/IMG054.jpg

and here the computer freezes.. this purple screen stays on forever, or until i force-restart using the powerbutton.

How do i use the nity2d then ?

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#10

oh and i found out that if i type "boot" into the command line it says "no kernel loaded" is that a problem ?

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#11

oh and i found out that if i type "boot" into the command line it says "no kernel loaded" is that a problem ?

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Lalatendu Mohanty (then4way) said : 		#12

looks like something went bad during installation of ubuntu. You should try again a installation of Ubuntu. I will advise you to go again through the standard installation steps and perform installation. Below link might work

http://blog.sudobits.com/2011/09/11/how-to-install-ubuntu-11-10-from-usb-drive-or-cd/

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argo objartel (ccsrichman) said : 		#13

uhh, i try and if it fails then i just dont try anymore.

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delance (olivier-delance) said : 		#14

Did you installed with Wubi (Ubuntu inside Windows), as it looks from http://www.freewebs.com/argo76/photos/ETC/IMG051.jpg

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mycae (mycae) said : 		#15

argo, you will need to try to edit the kernel boot options, as suggested by actionparsnip...

On your screen when you get to the GNU GRUB screen (in your IMG052.png), press e to be able to edit the command line (taken from http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-fix-ubuntu-10-04-lts-lucid-blank-screen-at-startup.html )

* Using arrow keys navigate to and delete quiet and splash and type the word nomodeset in their place

I can't remember what you do to boot once you change these, I think you just press enter, or it might be Ctrl+X, as suggested in the link

Modesetting is a way for the kernel (the core OS) to talk to your video card to produce a neatly animated startup image. Some video cards do not work well together with this feature, so if you disable it, you might be able to get to the login screen.