[GLLUG] Installing Ubuntu on Dell Insprion 2600 laptop (part 2)

[Frank Dolinar]

Karl,
    To clarify, although the splash screen is never displayed, in all 
cases of trying some version of Ubuntu the machine goes directly to 
booting the LiveCD and, therefore, does not show me an option for 
installation of the operating system.
    So it's not a problem of getting past the splash screen, it's a 
problem of never seeing it at all.  The execution goes directly to 
booting the LiveCD.
    I've discovered that I can get to a screen which provides a menu 
that includes Install using Ubuntu 9.10, but it's NOT the splash screen 
that I expect to see.  And, since this system has so little memory 
(256Mb at the moment), 9.10 doesn't get anywhere.
    I have a version of BSD that does bring up a splash screen, but I'm 
not interested in installing BSD at this time.
    All other attempts behave as in line 1 & 2 above.

    Anybody have any other ideas?

Thanks,
Frank

Karl Schuttler wrote:
> You might try having a monitor plugged into the external monitor port. 
> Also, if it appears to boot from cd (cdrom drive whirrs, etc) you 
> might try just hitting enter to see if it will make it past the splash 
> even though it doesn't display.
>
> On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Frank Dolinar 
> <frank.dolinar at comcast.net <mailto:frank.dolinar at comcast.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hi, folks,
>         Nothing seems to be working with this.
>         I did verify, as Karl suggested, that the CD boots to the
>     splash screen on one of my other machines.  It does, as expected.
>         The boot sequence for the laptop was reset to make sure that
>     the CD is the first option -- I did that before I started trying
>     to install.
>         So the problem seems to be that the laptop refuses to allow
>     the splash screen to be displayed.
>         Does anyone know why?  I certainly don't.
>         If I bring this puppy to the meeting tomorrow can we work on
>     it there?  (Please, no baseball bats.)
>
 
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