Boris Djemrovski wrote: > Hello. > > I am new to linux systems, and I am 'trying' to install Ubuntu Studio on > my machine. I have done it few times already, but always did something > wrong so I have had to reinstall again. First few times, I installed > drivers for my graphic card, and after that it didn't started Gnome GUI. > First time, I didn't realized that it is because of false drivers (or > something like that), so I did it again, and again... Finally, I > installed it again, and didn't used that drivers, and everything was > fine. But than, I realized that my other OS, winXP don't want to boot. > It shows some weird error, like some 'hal.dll' is missing. Ok, thats > fine, I thought, I will reinstall it again, change settings in Grub > loader and thats it. Yep, but than I messed with some user privileges > (huh..) and I don't know how, but now when login as normal user, I > don't have rights to administer system, and when I try to act like admin > (sudo, etc), it doesn't accept my password, like it was changed. Now, I > plan to reinstall it again :) Sooo... > (just to mention, I have 64 bit system, so we are talking here about > ubuntu studio 64 bit) > > Few questions: > 1. When installing, I got only option for install in text mode. Why is > that? (other linux systems and 'clean' ubuntu first boot from cd, and > than in GUI I can install) If this is just because, I don't blame it, I > only ask if I am doing something wrong here. And why is that ISO called > 'alternate install CD'? Why 'alternate', and why 'CD' when it has more > than 800 MB size? >
"Alt" means text mode only. We have no live disk. And you can only use a DVD to burn the image to. > 2. I always do partitioning manually, so I am wandering what is > difference between ext3-2, raiserfs? > Google is you friend. ;) > 3. Next, when installing, on few points my installation stops and shows > only 'please wait'. In this moments, nor my HD is 'working', nor DVD > reader. It longs between 5 and 30 minutes (yes, exactly). This is really > painful. Why is that? > It's working. A full install takes quite a bit longer than Ubuntu. > 4. And, finally, about driver I need. This is graphic card ATI Radeon HD > 2600 PRO. When I first time boot UbuntuS, it shows me some window about > downloading and installing suggested driver, but it always said that > this is 'restricted'. What should I do? > Install what it says. Its just noting its not an "open source" driver. > Thanks a lot. > Boris I would really suggest using a normal desktop system. Studio has alot of other issues to worry about besides learning linux on top of it. :P -Cory \m/ -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
