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Re: [LUG] Problems while trying to install ubuntu on laptop

 

On 14/10/13 15:34, damian brown wrote:
hey guys

i cant get in now i press f6 and space and it just boots normally.

i heard there is a way to install the offical drivers via ttl1
(control + f1) is there a way to get to that during boot.

also i found a disk with ubuntu 10.10 is it worth installing that then
updating up to latest (more hassle but could work)


On 14 October 2013 08:57, Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 13/10/2013 06:13, damian brown wrote:
ok tried with text boot and the same error pops up i have attached
screenshots of the error

p.s sorry if im not allowed to attach pictures, i didnt know

Looks to be related to Nouveau (the free alternative to the proprietary
Nvidia drivers).  A quick Google search suggests to set the nomodeset option
on boot, there's some details on how to do this in Ubuntu here:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

Rob


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Re ubuntu - if you are going to have more than one machine with the same release of ubuntu I'd think about setting up apt-cacher-ng on one machine and then use the mini-iso to install others - you just have to point it at the machine with apt-cacher when it asks which repository you want to use. Runs like a rocket on the lan!
Tom te tom te tom

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