Install Hang?

[Th13f]

I am an avid user of Kubuntu so I kinda know how to fix most problems except this one. I have been using the shiney new Kubuntu just fine for some time now. I figured I would upgrade my graphics from onboard to an Nvidia Geforce FX5200. However kubuntu will not boot anymore. So tried a fresh install from the live/install disk that you get from shipit. It makes it past the loading screen and when it goes to load into X it just gives me the DOS cursor _ and hangs. Shouldn't run better on a new graphics card I ahve even tried running version 4.10, and 5.10 of Ubuntu on it and it gives me the same problem. Any help would be appreciated as I love using kubuntu and my 30 days of windows is running low (who pays for that garbage anyway )

[proteus71]

Re: Install Hang?

This happened on my wife's Thinkpad T21.  What I had to do was:

sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst

and locate the kernel she would boot from.  As an example:

title           Ubuntu, kernel 2.6.15-23-686
root            (hd0,5)
kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-686 root=/dev/hdc6 ro quiet splash
initrd          /boot/initrd.img-2.6.15-23-686
savedefault
boot

I modifed the "kernel" line by removing the "splash" boot option:

kernel          /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-23-686 root=/dev/hdc6 ro quiet

Try this & let us know if it works.

[Th13f]

Re: Install Hang?

Actually i managed to get around it by disabiling my new card through BIOS and then running the install. However now it is keeping the screen size locked at 640 x 480 and it sucks.