it will not load. it hangs during boot.... on the first 'artistic' page. and now I can't find the cd they sent me! This has happened with both this edition and the one I downloaded (the splash screen was that of what appeared to be a bird... is that the heron one?). On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 8:48 PM, Lisa Kachold wrote: > What are the errors? Where are you hanging? > > When you boot into any Linux - you can start with nofb (no framebuffer) or > nopcmcia or noacpi. > > Did you try booting into safe mode? > > Take your machine name and go to Ubuntu forums - search for others who had > your issues. > > Once you complete the installation, you can formalize your startup options > as default passed to grub (or lilo). > > If this is just a VESA Video card X11 issue, that's going to be solved in a > similar manner. > > Linux is like a good partner - it WILL tell you very clearly what it's > problem is. Boot into single user mode and check the logs! > > www.Obnosis.com | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Citations:obnosis | > http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=obnosis (503)754-4452 > ------------------------------ > Catch the January PLUG HackFest! Kristy Westphal, CSO for the Arizona > Department of Economic Security will provide a one hour presentation on > forensics. > > ------------------------------ > Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 20:19:10 -0500 > From: bmike1@gmail.com > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: ubuntu 8.x woes > > > uubuntu won't even load onto my machine > > On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Stu wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-11-07 at 23:59 -0700, jdawg wrote: > > I have notice more with v3, that I find my system "freezing" up, when a > > page doesn't load. > > Most of the time it is ok, but sometimes it becomes excruciatingly slow > > to click on any other app, or trying to cancel firefox. > > When firefox is eventually cancelled, the system goes back to normal. > > > > I am running firefox now using this command. > > nice -n +4 firefox, which seems to help. > > > > I wanted to know if anyone else has experience extreme slow-downs > > because of firefox 3. > > > > Jerry > > For the past week or so, I've been running Firefox 3.0.4 on Ubuntu > 8.10,(HP laptop ze4400us) and haven't run into anything bad yet. In > fact, I have to say this is the first install of Ubuntu I have done that > I actually *like*! In the past, I've usually run Mepis, PClinux, or > Vector, and had a few issues with Firefox acting odd especially after > surfing Youtube, but this one seems happy enough, even with compiz > running in cube mode. > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > > > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > ------------------------------ > Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to suspicious > email. Sign up today. > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- :-)~MIKE~(-: