Ubuntu lockups

ubersonic

ubersonic

ubersonic

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Got some problems, tried installing Ubuntu off a cd that I burnt and the installer kept crashing, just a totally unresponsive lockup. I then downloaded the windows installer and installed it to another partition and it booted fine and everything but locked after a while and locks whenever I attempt to activate the gfx driver.

System runs fine with Vista except for the odd WoW crash...


I using this setup from OCUK:

- CPU: Intel Core i3 540 @ 4.00GHz
- Motherboard: MSI H55M-ED55 (Socket 1156) DDR3 Motherboard
- RAM: OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Dual Channel
- Cooler: Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev2 CPU cooler

With a MSI GeForce GTX 460 HAWK 810mhz Talon attack graphics card and an OCZ 60GB SSD
 
It's likely the nVidia driver causing the problems.

Try an older version in the non-free drivers thingy if available.

Try the latest driver direct from nVidia.
 
Okies, the download driver link on nvidia was just loads of text which I assume is correct so I saved it but how do I go about installing it? thanks
 
I guess it's a .run file.

You need to make it executable, and then quit X so that the driver can install:

$ chmod +x ./driver.run
Now hit Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch out of the X session.
$ sudo ./driver.run

Follow the instructions though, then reboot.
 
That ^^^, but log out before you do Ctrl+Alt+F1 (take me to tty1). That brings X down cleanly and takes tty7 to gdm, once you're done do Ctrl+Alt+F7 (take me to tty7) and log in, no reboot required.
 
BigglesPiP said:
That ^^^, but log out before you do Ctrl+Alt+F1 (take me to tty1). That brings X down cleanly and takes tty7 to gdm, once you're done do Ctrl+Alt+F7 (take me to tty7) and log in, no reboot required.
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WoW....

This must be how my 14 year old cousin feels when I tell him how to do things using DOS commands ^^
 
If you're struggling give us a shout, that is pretty low level, can give a higher level overview if you need something simpler, but it'll be longer.
 
Btw, when having trouble using the installer, I always recommend using the ubuntu alternate installer CD, it's the debian installer which isn't really anymore complicated, but it works rock solid. It's also what is used in the server installs i think.

The binary driver for nvidia straight from nvidia usually works very well and installs easily enough by just running the .run, just remember after an update if you changed kernels, you'll need to re-run the commands to get the driver up.
 
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