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Hi Tom, Your suggestion of doing it via a terminal worked fine. Ctrl-Alt-F1 got me to the terminal via some iffy error messages, then I typed 'exit' to get back to terminal screen, typed 'startx' and up came the Linux interface, and the install completed. Now working properly complete with internet access, I've just got me a massive learning curve. Regards etc, Ray. >----Original Message---- >From: tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date: 11/02/2013 19:00 >To: <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Subj: Re: [LUG] Mint 14 install > >On 11/02/13 14:00, paul sutton wrote: >> On 11/02/13 12:01, tom wrote: >>> On 11/02/13 10: 19, raymond.knowles@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> Having problems with a Mint 14 installation onto >>>> an HP Pavilion >>>> (ex Vista, ex Ubuntu 12.04 LTS) machine. >>>> >>>> >>>> The disk (LXF 168) appears to do all the usual things one >>>> would >>>> expect for a fresh install. It picks up the correct >>>> screen res >>>> (1280 x 1024), correctly identifies network >>>> present, sets the >>>> correct time, shows the Mint 14 >>>> background screen ... >>>> >>>> and stops. It puts up an icon for >>>> install, then goes no further. >>>> >>>> Suggestions please ? >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards etc, >>>> Ray Knowles. >>>> >>> Assuming you checked the disk for errors... And that you've actually >>> clicked the icon? >>> Try running Mint from the disk - rather than doing an install. >>> Can you alt-f1 into a console? >>> I'm noticing more and more duffness on install disks these days - lack >>> of drivers, stupid presentations that donât work and kill the >>> installetc etc. >>> Tom te tom te tom >>> >> We had this a few years ago, at a lug meet I think rob suggested burning >> a cd at a lower speed, either that copy to usb flash drive. I think >> some of these live cd's are trying to do too much, and this is causing >> problems (like tom said) but this is having a negative effect on the >> image of Linux based systems, >> >> Tom any particular patten to this, are we looking at larger distros such >> as Ubuntu, mint having these issues, ? >> >> Paul >> >> >The CD's/DVD's are fine - MD5 checks et ok. >I've had trouble with mint 12/13/14 (64 bit) and (*)ubuntu from 11.10 32 >and 64 bit. >A lot of not getting hardware right - or the case of 12.10 xubuntu >(64bit) there was a slideshow that crapped out on AMD and took out the >install process - you had to go to a console and sudo app-get remove the >slideshow and then it worked but still got displays wrong - Nvidia but >that just what came with my PC's. >Nvidia is to be avoided at all costs but many other things that just >worked no longer do - my 4 core amd machine cant manage the cpu fan and >overheats when hammered but was fine up to 11.10 ubuntu. >I havent the tenacity to fix these things any more.... >Tom te tom te tom > >-- >The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG >http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list>FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq