Ubuntu live cd :(

[simon275]

After Installing Ubuntu 6.6 on my old PC like a few months ago and then 6.10. I decided to install it on my gaming rig.

Here begins the trouble.

Here are my three problems that can occur

Live CD hangs on yellow screen just as GNOME boots.
Live CD hangs when I click on install icon
Live CD hangs when I go through the install process and get up to the partioner at 7%.

I have reburnt at a slower speed, tried to boot it from a memory stick, Tried three different optical drives including an external on, Installed a old IDE harddrive and disable the SATA drive.

Nothing works! Unbuntu just doesn't want to play ball. I always end up getting stuck at one of the three hang points.

Can anyone recommend me a good distribution that will fit on a single CD. As I don't want to download Fedora as it is like 4 disks.

Edit: Going to newsagents to see what distros I can get on CD's attached to linux magazines.

[Bucko]

Edit: Going to newsagents to see what distros I can get on CD's attached to linux magazines.

Simon, the latest issue of Australian PC User has Ubuntu 6.1 on the DVD attached to the cover. I bought it a couple of days ago.

[simon275]

I went and got a copy of Linux user and developer just then. It has Fedora core 6 on the cover. I am gonna install it now. Cheers for the heads up though mate.

[simon275]

Fedora doesn't boot arghhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

I get a Isolinux Disk error 80 AX = 4224, Drive 9F error message.

This is a common problem on the net no one can seem to fix it. It just seems some computers are just not compatible with linux.

The disks boots fine on other PC's and so does Ubuntu but not on my gaming rig.

[simon275]

I give up.

Gonna use old computer but will add more ram to it and install a KVM.

Edit: Added more ram now nothing boots.

Edit: Removed the ram now it boots.

I think I need a hug.

Now to wipe the disk and install Fedora.

Edit: Same error on old PC and as on new PC Fedora doesn't work

EDIT: Managed to instal ubutnu but now when the loading screen comes up the system hangs.

And I get the message /bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off

Why won't linux work for me. Why is life so hard!

1 reinstall later and it runs like a dream. And so ends my tale of wo

[.Maleficus.]

I wish I could help, but I'm clueless as to what that means. TBH, you'd get a better turn-around on this at the Ubuntu Forums. If you aren't a member there, I can post your problem and see what I can come up with, but I really don't know what's going on.

[simon275]

All is well thanks for the offer anyway. Two days of messing around payed off.

[luciusad2004]

Glad you got it working. My attempt at installing ubuntu on my ibook was unsuccessful. It would get to the point were i had to partition my drive then it would just lock up at 5% every single time. I gave up. It wasnt really worth it... the damn thing wont boot unless the built in keyboard is removed. I spilled pizza on it while trying to install. I was so itching to try something new.

[luciusad2004]

Sorry about the double post i just wanted to make sure that the thread popped up as having a new post so people found my question.

What ubuntu forums are you guys on? I just installed ubuntu on a spare PC in my room and i wanted to join up. Is it the main forums on the official website?

Also do you guys know were to look for drivers? Ive either got a driver issue or faulty hardware. I have no sound.

Ive never really gotten in to Linux so i don't know anything about it. I wouldn't mind learning though as Im probably going to be getting pretty familiar with it in college.

[.Maleficus.]

Ubuntu Forums.

No sound during what? Playing MP3's? Ubuntu doesn't have native MP3 support (something about licenses and blah blah..) so you do need to install them yourself. You should enable the Universe and Multiverse Repositories in Synaptic. Go System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager > [Password] > Preferences (I think.. I'm now using Gentoo) > Add > Click the check boxes for Community and Non-Free > Add > Close. Now you will have way more packages and access to non-free software (multimedia codecs). To install those, I recommend using Automatix2. Run these commands in order.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
#Add these lines to the end of the file
## Automatix repo
deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt edgy main
#Save and close
wget http://www.getautomatix.com/keys/automatix2.key
gpg --import automatix2.key
gpg --export --armor E23C5FC3 | sudo apt-key add -
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install automatix2

This will give you an option to install all the multimedia codecs you need.