Ok, I could be missing something really easy here, but i find that hard to believe... if i am, feel free to correct me 
Ive neen having ALL kinds of issues installing Kubuntu.
First, i downloaded the AMD64 Desktop DVD, booted it up, and it froze during what i think was the loading of the Desktop. I had a cursor on the screen, the background had changed to white and i had 4 blue squares in the middle, and all around the sides there was screen garbage ( slashes, as if it was missing my refresh rate on my vid card or something of that sort ). So, i tried the desktop CD.. same thing. I even went as far as to download the Ubuntu desktop CD... same thing.
So, on a side note.. after the first attempt at the install, i had to reboot of course, because i couldnt do anything. No keystoke took me anywhere ( i tried anything and everything i knew to kill the desktop, get another terminal on the go, kill a running procecss, whatever ) to no avail, i had to reboot. When i did.. it said there was no keyboard detected! Ok.. It seems as if my USBs were all shut down. My mouse's laser wasnt on, numlock, capslock.. nothing worked. I had to get my old PS2 keyboard out and use that to boot the machine back up! Even when i went back into windows.. it had to redected all the USB ports.
So, after all that fun i downloaded the Alternative CD.. booted it up and installed everything fine in text mode. Great.. installed. I reboot, and try to get into Kubuntu... nadda. Same thing as if i tried the desktop cd/dvd. I get a cursor, can move the cursor around but my keyboard isnt working. I hit numlock.. the light doesnt go out, caps.. the light doesnt come on. I reboot again. Oh.. cant find my keyboard AGAIN. Get out the PS2 one and fix it up AGAIN.
What could be the problem here? Anyone have any ideas why i cant get a working desktop? Im gonna try the PS2 keyboard as the default here in a second, knowing that the USB one cant do anything. Ive had instances where keyboard prevented me from installing things before ( Windows XP wouldnt install with a combination of a certain motherboard and PS2 keyboard in the past, it would freeze during setup ). But other then that, i have no ideas.
here are my specs:
AMD 3700+ San Diego
MSI K8n Neo4 Platinum
1gb 400Mhz Corsair Dual Channel ( 2 X 512 )
Nvidia Geforce 7800GT
Sata1 WD Raptor 74G
Sata2 WD Caviar SE 160G
I installed Kubuntu on the last 56 gigs of the second Sata drive.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that i am using 2 monitors. Could that be why this isnt working? i know i read that some people are having some issues getting both to work, but i even disconnected one of them and tried a reboot.. still nothing, and with the same problems.
Ive neen having ALL kinds of issues installing Kubuntu.
First, i downloaded the AMD64 Desktop DVD, booted it up, and it froze during what i think was the loading of the Desktop. I had a cursor on the screen, the background had changed to white and i had 4 blue squares in the middle, and all around the sides there was screen garbage ( slashes, as if it was missing my refresh rate on my vid card or something of that sort ). So, i tried the desktop CD.. same thing. I even went as far as to download the Ubuntu desktop CD... same thing.
So, on a side note.. after the first attempt at the install, i had to reboot of course, because i couldnt do anything. No keystoke took me anywhere ( i tried anything and everything i knew to kill the desktop, get another terminal on the go, kill a running procecss, whatever ) to no avail, i had to reboot. When i did.. it said there was no keyboard detected! Ok.. It seems as if my USBs were all shut down. My mouse's laser wasnt on, numlock, capslock.. nothing worked. I had to get my old PS2 keyboard out and use that to boot the machine back up! Even when i went back into windows.. it had to redected all the USB ports.
So, after all that fun i downloaded the Alternative CD.. booted it up and installed everything fine in text mode. Great.. installed. I reboot, and try to get into Kubuntu... nadda. Same thing as if i tried the desktop cd/dvd. I get a cursor, can move the cursor around but my keyboard isnt working. I hit numlock.. the light doesnt go out, caps.. the light doesnt come on. I reboot again. Oh.. cant find my keyboard AGAIN. Get out the PS2 one and fix it up AGAIN.
What could be the problem here? Anyone have any ideas why i cant get a working desktop? Im gonna try the PS2 keyboard as the default here in a second, knowing that the USB one cant do anything. Ive had instances where keyboard prevented me from installing things before ( Windows XP wouldnt install with a combination of a certain motherboard and PS2 keyboard in the past, it would freeze during setup ). But other then that, i have no ideas.
here are my specs:
AMD 3700+ San Diego
MSI K8n Neo4 Platinum
1gb 400Mhz Corsair Dual Channel ( 2 X 512 )
Nvidia Geforce 7800GT
Sata1 WD Raptor 74G
Sata2 WD Caviar SE 160G
I installed Kubuntu on the last 56 gigs of the second Sata drive.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that i am using 2 monitors. Could that be why this isnt working? i know i read that some people are having some issues getting both to work, but i even disconnected one of them and tried a reboot.. still nothing, and with the same problems.
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