[Discuss] Ubuntu on my old laptop :-((

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 06/05/2012 02:38 PM, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 02:32:58PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> At the installfest, I decided to upgrade my Hp/Compag 64-bit nx6125
>> laptop with Ubuntu 12.04. However, when I boot from either USB media or
>> CD media (32-bit or 64-bit) all I get it the Ubuntu logo. The cycling
>> dots all stop. The laptop currently runs Kubuntu 11.04 (or 11.10). After
>> failing Ubuntu on several tries with media that I built and with
>> official Ubuntu media. Just to see if the if the laptop could run a
>> recent kernel, I booted Fedora 17 Live USB successfully, so it looks
>> like there is an issue with Ubuntu 12.04. The laptop is about 7 years
>> old with an AMD 64-bit CPU. I've got plenty of memory on the laptop.
>
> You could try starting with an Ubuntu alternate install, such as
> the one for servers... http://www.ubuntu.com/download/server
>
> That should come up without X. Then you just install what you
> want.
>
> -dsr-
>
I certainly could do that. My objective here is to find out WHY. As I
mentioned, Fedora 17 Live works fine. I could also install Slackware.

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