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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: January 02, 2012, 03:32:11 am »

Hi,
Thanks for that flash back to reality, purps!
I totally understand your point and will consider mythbuntu as a last resort.  About the Monday deadline... Lets just not worry about that.  I might be able to get that extended if I take some major steps in the right direction with this system.  So, you can forget the deadline and just walk me through the problem like it doesn't exist.  I think that's what will help me most.

Thanks,
sviva

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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 31, 2011, 10:01:04 pm »

Ok everyone,
I have made the bold leap to 10.04 and have successfully installed and completed the av wizard.
I am now at the part where the lady says," when you can see and hear me....." and it really starts getting messed up.  The windows flash and a black window comes up saying that not all components have started correctly and that things might not work properly.  After she has said her speech about 3 times, that window dissapears and she talks about remotes.  I select no remote and come the page where you type in your name.  I have been able to type in my name, but than it freezes and I cannot select next.  Every time it does somthing similar to this, but sometimes it will freeze earlier.  My boss is at the end of his rope and is going to buy Windows MCE on Monday!  Please help!  Greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
sviva

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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 29, 2011, 03:15:27 pm »

Thanks a ton for all the responses! I think I now have a plan of action on how I will solve the problem.

1. I will look at the BIOS settings as said here:

Look at your bios settings, how SATA is treated (assuming it is a SATA drive), see if you can change the mode to IDE or something similar (the SATA mode is usually under "integrated peripherals"). Turn off extraneous things like Cool n Quiet and AsusGate...

2. If that doesn't work than I will have to go for 10.04.

Thanks,
sviva

ps. Does anyone know more about 10.04?  It says on the wiki that it is highly unstable.  Is this true?  Should I be worried about it crashing or otherwise failing when I need to use it?  Thanks again for any help.

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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 28, 2011, 02:48:28 pm »

Hi,
Thanks to everyone who posted, but I still need help! My boss is threatening to install Windows MCE if I don't get this up and running soon!

Thanks for further help,
sviva

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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 25, 2011, 09:08:56 pm »

Hi,
ACPI = off gives me: [0.022701] Kernel panic - not syncing: Boot ACPI ID in local ACPI unexpected
(0 vs 16)

Everything else related to ACPI gives me the same blinking curser.

Thanks,
sviva

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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 24, 2011, 03:16:49 pm »

Hi,
I will try the ACPI, but I don't have much experience with it.  Should I disable it in the boot parameters?  Or is there somthing in the BIOS?  I would assume the logging is a boot parameter, right?

Thanks,
sviva

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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 24, 2011, 05:40:49 am »

It was a different disk.  Sorry I didn't get a chance to reburn the disk.  I will do it tomorrow!

Thanks,
sviva

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Installation issues / Re: Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 23, 2011, 04:57:48 pm »

Hi,
I will try to reburn the disk and try it again.  I have tried running just straight Kubuntu 8.10 with the same result.

Thanks a bunch for your answer,
sviva

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Installation issues / Blinking cursor during Kubuntu 8.10 install

« on: December 23, 2011, 04:30:18 pm »

Hi!
I am trying install Linux MCE. When I boot from the DVD, I get the regular menu and I do Linux MCE. At that point I get a black screen with a white blinking cursor in the top left corner. No keys respond and it never loads. I have tried a different graphics card to no avail. The system is custom built, AMD 880G chipset with a AMD FX processer and a integrated ATI Radeon HD 4250 GPU. ASUS motherboard.
 
Thanks for any help,
sviva