i am trying to install ubuntu-14.04-desktop-i386.iso in my computer, booting it from an usb. When i started the instalation in the laptop (which is a fujitsu siemens AMILO LI 1705) just when i have to choose the idiom for the installation, a line appears in the middle of the screen, so it divides the screen in two, and the instructions don´t match in the both, so i can not install it. I have just tried it with others linux OS, like Debian, and the same problem happened..

any advise will be welcome

note: i am a newbie, and english is not my first language, so please, be as more clear as you can. :S

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Post the exact text of the error that you are getting.

the screen divides in two parts with a line in the middle, it is just when you have to choose the language in which you want to install the OS.. so you can not see properly which options you have to choose to install it. it is weird.

I think the line you are talking about is the highlighted menu selection. You should be able to move it up or down with the arrow keys to see what it is covering and select the correct option.

it is not. is a vertical line which goes in the middle of the laptop screen, and confuse text which is behind. (the menu to choose what to do)

reboot the usb and at the debian menu hit the tab and add "nomodeset" without the quotes.

have done it, and it still happens the same.. :S

https://sites.google.com/site/easyli...roject/display

Might help. Might not. When the GUI installer used to give me Hissy Fits when I used to run Ubuntu.

I usually went the Alternate Install Iso instead and used the cli installer instead.

It was good practice for this Linux NOOB (me).

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/re...14.04/release/

i have installed puppy slacko 7.O from a usb, and it works well, the problem i have now is that once i reboot it i have not option to start it with puppy OS, only with windows, which is the OS i don't want to have it anymore.. If i want to use puppy OS now, i have to install it again from the USB..

any advise?

No. I am outa ideas. Must be your hardware not playing nice or something hinky.

Did you md5sum check that Slack0 5.7 .exe like I told you to do in that other thread.
Before running it in Windows. Since you say it did not ask the grub question during installation process.

How did you install puppy slacko 7.O? Did you use the universal installer? What partition did you install puppy on? If you want to try debian again hit the tab key at the debian boot menu and add "video=1024x768" without the quotes.