Help With Installing Ubuntu

[Bren2010]

I'm trying to install Ubuntu from the cd, and after I run Wubi and restart, Ubuntu shows a few lines for a couple seconds, then the screen goes black and it never comes back. I've waited for almost half an hour and nothing happens, and the computer even acts idle.

I've tried a couple different cds with different kinds of Linux, and they all do the same thing except OpenSUSE and Knoppix. However, OpenSUSE gets stuck on the install at about 35%, and I could use Knoppix, but it doesn't work very well.

Any help would be appreciated!

[msbachman]

Did you fuck around with X11 at all? Esp. /etc/X11/xorg.conf?

[Goatboy]

You're using a CD, yet Wubi is involved? The point of Wubi is so you don't have to use a CD.

[msbachman]

Two more ideas, what is the hard disk doing? Turn your sound on, do you hear the startup noise?

Also, what happens when you do a Ctrl+Alt+F3 ? (try that combo with different F buttons, F1-F7).

I'd lean heavily on thinking this is a problem with X11. If that ctrl/alt combo drops you to a terminal attempt to do a

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dpkg-reconfigre xorg

Also since you have the internet see how you can drop into ubuntu's recovery mode without a GUI and see if xorg is logging any weird shit. Also maybe post the output of /etc/X11/xorg.conf I could give it a look and compare it with mine to see if it looks at least remotely sensible.

I went through a lot of shit on Ubuntu after I installed 'restricted drivers' and had to rebuild a crippled xorg.conf file so maybe this is in the same family of disorders.

[Bren2010]

@msbachman - No fucking was involved. All I did was run Wubi.

@Goatboy - I put the cd in while Windows was still on, and it came up that it wanted to run Wubi, so I did and it said that it would finish when I restarted, and that's when what I was talking about happened.

@msbachman (you posted while I was typing this) - Okay, I'll see what I can do. I was told ctrl+alt+F2, and that never did anything.

-- Mon Jul 19, 2010 7:53 pm --

Ok, updates.

• There is no xorg.conf file. Does it matter that I used Wubi, but installed it on it's own partition?
• There are no startup noises.
• The key combinations do nothing as well.
• About the screen being blank, the lcd's are on, but it's not showing anything. I've seen bugs where there's a distinction between not showing anything, and the lcd's being off too.

-- Tue Jul 20, 2010 10:27 pm --

Okay, I stopped using the cd for 9.1 and just downloaded the Wubi for 10.04 and it works great! Only one question though. It's not showing my wireless router when I try to connect? Is there anyway to search for it?

-- Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:41 am --

I'm on Ubuntu! . . . . What now?