scarby Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Howdo. I downloaded Ubuntu, burtn it to disc etc, and rebooted. All I get is the Initial Ubuntu interface and the status bar starts to move for a second, then it stops - thats it! A few people have had problems the same as I have, cos I have a Core Duo (Centrino I think) processor in my laptop. I did a search for to see if anyone had any problems with this processor and Kubuntu and a few people said they got it up and running no problems - apart from me! I got the exact same as I did with Ubuntu. My specs are: Intel Core Duo T2050 Processor 1.66GHz 667 MHz FSB 1024 MB RAM 80 GB Hard Drive DVD ReWriter MultiDrive 12.1" Widescreen Display (1280x800) Microsoft Windows XP Home 224MB Intel GMA950 Integrated Graphics 1.85kg 802.11 a/b/g Wireless Will any Linux distro work at all, or have I been wasting my time completely? Ta.
scarby Posted March 17, 2008 Author Posted March 17, 2008 Downloading the Mandriva version now, as that supports Core Duo - if this doesn't work, then I give up.
scarby Posted March 17, 2008 Author Posted March 17, 2008 Unsuccessful I'm afraid guys, on install it said starting Linux Kernel, then startin Ude or something, then stopped completely. Only got roughly 1/9 of the way through too. What the hell is wrong?!
scarby Posted March 17, 2008 Author Posted March 17, 2008 Sorry, it said starting "udev" and that's it. Reading an article about this now, it's definatly a hardware problem with this laptop. The article I'm reading provides me with all the info I'm gonna need to manage a successful install. You may close this thread now. Thanks for you help, Savvy!
Savannah2 Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 Wonder if the Phillips laptops are made by Sony?
scarby Posted March 17, 2008 Author Posted March 17, 2008 It wouldn't surprise me! Even the DVD drive is Fujitsu!
steev Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 If you like Debian flavoured distros, the buntus won't work & you want something a bit more cutting edge try sidux. You do need to be a bit geeky though, not exactly ideal for a starter.
richard Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1844744&postcount=18 Seems to cover it. Also https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/90271 tells you what progress is being made on the fix.
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