Ubuntu users help

[Colyn]

I installed the latest version on a HP Pavilion a6019h computer with Vista. The install went fine and dual boots with Vista but it works for a few minutes then freezes. Vista works fine with no problems.

I have googled for an answer with no success. Anybody have any suggestions?

[Kalrog]

Originally Posted by Colyn

I installed the latest version on a HP Pavilion a6019h computer with Vista. The install went fine and dual boots with Vista but it works for a few minutes then freezes. Vista works fine with no problems.

I have googled for an answer with no success. Anybody have any suggestions?

Wow - way too much going on here for me to even begin to have an idea. Have you tried the Ubuntu forums? Ubuntu Forums

They have been great to me.

[Colyn]

Originally Posted by Kalrog

Wow - way too much going on here for me to even begin to have an idea. Have you tried the Ubuntu forums? Ubuntu Forums

They have been great to me.

Tried the forums and google.

The computer must not be compatible since I even did a clean install on the entire disk.

It does however work fine on my laptop..

[zebulus]

Where does it freeze at?

[Colyn]

Originally Posted by zebulus

Where does it freeze at?

It is random. I seldom get more than a minute or two before it freezes.

[zebulus]

Originally Posted by Colyn

It is random. I seldom get more than a minute or two before it freezes.

Huh. There is a safe mode, maybe you should boot into that, and take a look at your proprietary drivers list.

[Colyn]

Originally Posted by zebulus

Huh. There is a safe mode, maybe you should boot into that, and take a look at your proprietary drivers list.

I did that too. I couldn't find any problems.

Instead I decided to install Ubuntu on my laptop. Install went smooth and is working fine. I'll probably build a custom desktop and install it to that and get rid of the HP.

[Brains]

What kind of freeze, does the system just stop being responsive, does the mouse pointer continue to move? If you hit ctrl alt backspace does it restart X and go back to the login window?

[Colyn]

Originally Posted by Brains

What kind of freeze, does the system just stop being responsive, does the mouse pointer continue to move? If you hit ctrl alt backspace does it restart X and go back to the login window?

The entire system freezes. Keyboard, mouse, etc all quit responding.

[Colyn]

I downloaded Ubuntu again thinking the first dl might be bad. Still freezes.

I downloaded Kubuntu and have run the live CD for nearly 2 hours on the same computer with no problems whatsoever..

Ubuntu and Kubuntu are the same version except for the addition of the KDE desktop..

So what gives???

Ubuntu won't work but Kubuntu will... I don't get it..

[texkam]

You may want to consider Xubuntu or even Linux Mint which has a Kubuntu version and should soon have their latest Xfce version ready.

[Colyn]

Originally Posted by texkam

You may want to consider Xubuntu or even Linux Mint which has a Kubuntu version and should soon have their latest Xfce version ready.

I installed Kubuntu on the computer in question and have been running it for over 2 hours without a hitch. In fact I'm using it now.

The only thing I can think of is maybe the computer has compatibility issues with the gnome desktop..

I do like the KDE desktop better than Gnome.

[epoh]

What version did you install?

Some people have reported issues on laptops with the latest version (10.04). You may want to do a fresh install of the previous version (9.10).

ETA: Ok, just read your last post. Sounds like it was just gnome. Odd, KDE is usually more problematic than gnome. KDE is prettier though. :)

[Colyn]

Originally Posted by epoh

What version did you install?

I tried the latest version 10.04

Originally Posted by epoh

Some people have reported issues on laptops with the latest version (10.04). You may want to do a fresh install of the previous version (9.10).

Compaq and HP laptops seem to have issues more so than others. We have a couple of Dells at work that are running 10.04 with no problems. You should also have at least 512MB of ram. 1GB is preferred.

Originally Posted by epoh

ETA: Ok, just read your last post. Sounds like it was just gnome. Odd, KDE is usually more problematic than gnome. KDE is prettier though. :)

That's the only real change or difference between Ubuntu and Kubuntu so I suspect it was the problem. Running 4 hours so far with no issues whatsoever. Even did all of the updates without a glitch.

[epoh]

You can always try restarting gnome now that you've updated everything. You can switch over to the command-line screen (ctrl-alt-f1) and stop kde (/etc/init.d/kdm stop --iirc) then start gnome (/etc/init.d/gdm start --iirc). I'm not no my ubuntu box, so I think the kdm and gdm are correct.