More More Issues: Ubuntu Fiesty

[sam fisher]

My PC has never liked any linux. Fiesty was the first boot disk that would ever run. Then I installed it. That all went fine. Starting up, the status bar gets 9/10 of the way there. Then it freezes for a bit. Then I see terminal output saying that the "gnome-settings daemon has timed out". This stops me from logging in as when I do 50% of the time I get an error dialog, the other 50% i just get a blue box and it hangs. The error just tells me exactly what the terminal did.

Does anyone have any ideas?

 

[Nova]

Wipe your hdd and start again.

 

[sam fisher]

Done. Twice. If I had time right now i'd try it a third time. Maybe I will later.

 

[Nova]

Update your bios.

 

[sam fisher]

thats an idea. I think I may have the newest version.

 

[Nova]

If so, see if you can downgrade, the latest version may be incompatible.

 

[sam fisher]

The previous versions are all much more incompatible lol. They don't boot at all.

 

[Trip]

Have you run the disc checking on the install cd, to make sure that all the correct files are on the cd?

Have you tried to boot up in the debugging mode. Sorry but I can't remember the correct name for it at the moment.

 

[sam fisher]

give that a try. The CD verified btw. Its also been used to isntall on a different old PC that works fine.

 

[Trip]

Just remembered..
I had a similar problem & it turned out to be because I had left a memory card in my laptops PCMCIA reader.
What sort of comp is it? you got a lot of external devices attached?

 

[sam fisher]

I have a webcam and wifi attached. But they didn't affect the bootdisk. Its a desktop PC.

 

[Nova]

Hmm, my wifi comes on on boot. Take it out.

 

[Trip]

If you've tried all that, then you might be best off downloading the alternate install cd. Unplug your webcam, just to be on the safe side too

 

[sam fisher]

kk

 

[nemt]

Curious, what are the specs of your PC? I've inherited an older machine, and wish to install ubuntu on it - though I don't know if it can handle GNOME.

 

[Trip]

Curious, what are the specs of your PC? I've inherited an older machine, and wish to install ubuntu on it - though I don't know if it can handle GNOME.

Downloading & running the live cd to test it will be your best bet. h are that it will run well enough though.
If it's a really old computer then try Xubuntu. This is improving fast, runs perfect on slower hardware & offers a lot for very little resources

 

[purple_goat]

err, I can't even install feisty
even tho it worked on another computer (older)
says I/O error , something about a logical block..

 

[sam fisher]

Curious, what are the specs of your PC? I've inherited an older machine, and wish to install ubuntu on it - though I don't know if it can handle GNOME.

P3 600mhz that dieing hopelessly lol

I have an update on my problem, booting without the wifi stick works, but as soon as I plug it in, it crashes How can I use Wifi

 

[gp32rich]

err, I can't even install feisty
even tho it worked on another computer (older)
says I/O error , something about a logical block..
That sounds like a dirty CD to me.

Try cleaning it and your cd-lens

 

[nickspoon]

Curious, what are the specs of your PC? I've inherited an older machine, and wish to install ubuntu on it - though I don't know if it can handle GNOME.

P3 600mhz that dieing hopelessly lol

I have an update on my problem, booting without the wifi stick works, but as soon as I plug it in, it crashes How can I use Wifi

You will definitely have trouble installing from the Live CD if you have 256MB RAM or less. The alternate CD is recommended if you do.

As for your WiFi problem, what make is your stick?