Chernobylite Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 So I used Ubuntu a few years back and really liked it but felt it wasn't going to work for me at the time so I moved back to Windows. Today I decided to give it a try again and I downloaded the beta for 8.04. everything went fine buy when I tried to install it I was prompted by a black screen with what looks like the desktop smashed and the top of my monitor. I also tried the Live-CD but it just seems to lock up about halfway through loading the desktop... Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iced_Eagle Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 So I used Ubuntu a few years back and really liked it but felt it wasn't going to work for me at the time so I moved back to Windows. Today I decided to give it a try again and I downloaded the beta for 8.04. everything went fine buy when I tried to install it I was prompted by a black screen with what looks like the desktop smashed and the top of my monitor. I also tried the Live-CD but it just seems to lock up about halfway through loading the desktop... Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong? http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/hardy/beta Scroll down to the "Caveats" section, and see if the suggested fix helps you. I think it's a bug in the beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernobylite Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 I just tried 7.10 and it's doing the same thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k22 Posted April 12, 2008 Share Posted April 12, 2008 did you try choosing the VGA safe mode option when booting off the disc? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted April 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted April 12, 2008 What video card do you have? Any other system information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernobylite Posted April 12, 2008 Author Share Posted April 12, 2008 did you try choosing the VGA safe mode option when booting off the disc?Just did and everything is up and running now :) I was wondering if the updates it would like me to install are real updates and not down grades since I'm on the beta version of Ubuntu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted April 13, 2008 Share Posted April 13, 2008 You will have update everyday and at the end, your beta will tuen into stable version, but you may have to download several hundred of mb before that, some day it can be up to 75. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chernobylite Posted April 13, 2008 Author Share Posted April 13, 2008 You will have update everyday and at the end, your beta will tuen into stable version, but you may have to download several hundred of mb before that, some day it can be up to 75.Ah, fun times :yes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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