Linux problems (Installation Issues)

keratos · 10-31-2007, 03:56 AM

This looks like an IO/APIC error at a VERY low level.

You have not overclocked or tweaked the m/b BIOS have you?

What happens if you load "Safe Defaults" for all you BIOS pages?

I could really do with you posting the output from beginning to end. difficult but without it, its kind of difficult to diagnose.

Is your m/b second hand? These are very low level errors. Does Vista install?

Xeeon · 10-31-2007, 10:53 AM

yes vista installs...

I cant even find a boot up screen by pressing CTRL-ALT-F1

Xeeon · 10-31-2007, 11:16 PM

what does it mean when my motherboard is second hand?

lazlow · 11-01-2007, 12:28 AM

Second hand = used by someone else before you.

The relevance of this is (in this case)that it increases the probability that the motherboard has a problem.

Xeeon · 11-01-2007, 04:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lazlow

Second hand = used by someone else before you.

The relevance of this is (in this case)that it increases the probability that the motherboard has a problem.

ohhh... no I bought my motherboard brand spankin new...

maniac matt · 11-01-2007, 08:04 PM

have you tried the ubuntu forums? www.ubuntuforums.org

They have a ton of info.

quick question.

are you able to set ubuntu up, or do you not reach that stage?

Xeeon · 11-01-2007, 10:13 PM

nah I cant even get to install it...

EDIT: yeah I have a post up on Ubuntu forums

ehawk · 11-02-2007, 12:21 AM

If you can get Vista installed, maybe you can install a linux distribution using unetbootin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unetbootin

If you can't, you should certainly be able to install ubuntu on a loopback partition within windows using wubi

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wubi_%28Ubuntu%29

keratos · 11-02-2007, 03:33 AM

The only "random line of code" you have posted relates to an error detecting/reading the floppy drive. Have you got a floppy on this machine? If so, disconnect from the m/b and try again.

It would really help if you could post those "random lines of code". They are actually the syslog/klog output !

Xeeon · 11-03-2007, 09:56 AM

well see the random lines of code are going so fast it's impossible for me to read it..

I can't even get ANY version of Linux installed...

over the past few days, I've tried Mint, Ubuntu, Fedora Core 7, PCLinuxOS2007 (which INSTALLED but had an error code(?), and I'm currently trying Xubuntu (which idk why my computer isn't old at all...)

Xeeon · 11-03-2007, 09:59 AM

would it be because I just installed a new m/b? (it's not second hand)

keratos · 11-04-2007, 03:06 AM

I dont know what the problem is because I dont have the bootlog (what you call random lines of code).

Can you take a picture of the screen at the point is freezes, using a cellphone or something, and post here.

And no, the problem is not because it is not second-hand. I asked if it was second-hand (i.e. used or not new) because it could have been damaged or broken and sold to you in that state. But this probably isnt the case here and the fact that Vista installs yet linux does not, is strange.

Xeeon · 11-04-2007, 06:44 PM

all right I have a picture of the screen I must upload it first I will post it here ASAP

Xeeon · 11-04-2007, 07:52 PM

This is what I see...

as you can see it is going way too fast to read, and I've let it sit there ALL day (literally) and it never stopped.

That is when I use a regular start up. I've started it up with a verbose splash and it always hangs here.

Xeeon · 11-05-2007, 12:48 AM

I got it!

My friend (a fellow Linux user) came over and "randomly reconfigured everything"... those are in his words haha. technically what he did was ENABLE my VGA and now I only have 480MB RAM but hey it's better than no Linux!

I currently have Ubuntu 7.04 installed and am updating to 7.10.