Thanks to flocculant for the helpful hint: Following the link and setting nomodeset under f6 fixed the temporary DVD installation into memory - I got the full Xfce Desktop working and it could see and read both my windows disks C: and D: windows partitions (:
I had less luck with the permanent HD installation, which after I opted for dual boot with XP pro saw only my D: drive and invited me to install on that, though it is nearly full ): C: has 3 basic partitions on it, #1 XP Pro system boot, #2 a data area (both NTFS file systems) and #3 (150 Gb), as yet unformatted, where I want to install xubuntu with ext4. Question: Is there a way to make xubuntu install (with dual boot) on the C: drive partition #3? If that can't be done, my workaround is to free up data on the D: drive and let xubuntu install there, but I don't know whether or how that might impact XP Pro, which I want to preserve. Any suggestions or comments are welcomed. [A possible complication is that XP Pro was originally installed on a non-Raid system disk, but with 2 other Raid Data disks on the system, and the PC ROM Bios was set accordingly. A while back I tried unsuccessfully to upgrade the PC to Windows 7 and/or 7/XP dual boot, but I could not install 7 without turning off the Raid option, which then made XP Pro inaccessible, or at least, unbootable. I wonder if and how xubuntu install might handle that situation? Any thoughts...?] Thanks, Derek -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of flocculant Sent: Friday, 18 November, 2016 5:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [xubuntu-users] Xubuntu login page shows no text, when installing Xubuntu 16.04 from DVD Try using nomodeset. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions On 13/11/16 00:03, Derek Burrage wrote: > I would appreciate advice with the following: > > I want to install Xubuntu and Xface in a new unformatted partition on > a vintage 2007 machine running XP pro, but can get no further than the > installation from the DVD image. > > I attempted to install Xubuntu 16.04 (also 16.04-1) on my PC desktop > using images burnt from Xubuntu-16.04(.1)-desktop-i386.iso files. > > The Problem: On the first Xubuntu screen that has a dialog box and > other features (a scroll bar, some radio buttons etc.) there is no text. > > Action so far: Did an IRC and a support person suggested using ESC to > access an older dialog box, but that was also displayed without text. > We suspect a problem with the Graphics card driver. > If the problem is a driver for the Graphics card, do I need a > different Xubuntu build to use it? Any other workarounds? > > Request: Suggestions on how to resolve this issue would be much appreciated. > > Thanks, > Derek > > The Hardware: MOB: Intel D975XBX2 (2 Gbyte RAM), Graphics Card: XFX > GEFORCE > 8500 GT 256 MB PCI, Monitor ViewSonic VA2226w. > > -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
