Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trouble with 14.04 live USB stick

2014-05-21 Thread Stuart Ward
I also had some problems with unetbootin in that it creates its own version of the syslinux.cfg file, and this was in the root directory and thus overideing the version from the syslinux directory. I only discovered this after using these instructions http://askubuntu.com/questions/372607/how-to-

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trouble with 14.04 live USB stick

2014-05-21 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
How weird is this? Got exactly the same results with another USB stick. In a sort of lateral thinking mode, I tried one of the sticks in a USB 2 port instead of a USB 3 port. Guess what? They both work OK. Looks like there's a problem with the Live USB stick and USB 3 ports. On 21/05/2014 13:1

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trouble with 14.04 live USB stick

2014-05-21 Thread Dan Wood
Can you try a different USB stick, just in case the one you're using has developed a hardware issue? If that fails, try downloading the alternate installer. On 21 May 2014 12:53, "Gordon Burgess-Parker" wrote: > Nope - got the coloured Ubuntu splash screen, then just a pale grey blank > screen.

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trouble with 14.04 live USB stick

2014-05-21 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
Nope - got the coloured Ubuntu splash screen, then just a pale grey blank screen On 21/05/2014 12:19, Holger Garcia wrote: Try the "install ubuntu" option. For me this option boots into the live environment without problems. On 21 May 2014 12:15, "Gordon Burgess-Parker"

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Trouble with 14.04 live USB stick

2014-05-21 Thread Holger Garcia
Try the "install ubuntu" option. For me this option boots into the live environment without problems. On 21 May 2014 12:15, "Gordon Burgess-Parker" wrote: > Hi, > I downloaded 14.04, checked MD5, burned to a USP stick using unetbootin. > Booted from the USB stick, ckecked disk, all OK. > Clicked

[ubuntu-uk] Trouble with 14.04 live USB stick

2014-05-21 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
Hi, I downloaded 14.04, checked MD5, burned to a USP stick using unetbootin. Booted from the USB stick, ckecked disk, all OK. Clicked on "Try Ubuntu" and the screen went grey and then this appeared: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7c0iOOzxM3LRk5HOVRaODRLQ1E/edit?usp=sharing The computer is a L