Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-24 Thread Dave Morley
On Thu, 2009-07-23 at 18:26 +0100, Rob Beard wrote: > doug livesey wrote: > > Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, > > as something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader > > is very gone. > > (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "

Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-23 Thread Rob Beard
doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, > as something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader > is very gone. > (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "next" on the > keyboard layout chooser, then weird stripes be

Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-23 Thread doug livesey
Cheers for those -- downloading the 32 bit ubuntu server version now! -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-23 Thread Alan Pope
2009/7/23 doug livesey : > Not really liking to let things die gracefully & be at peace, I wondered if I > could perhaps install just the basic, command-line parts of Ubuntu (linux > with all the package managers, I guess) & see if I can get it running as a > little server for cron jobs or somet

Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-23 Thread Philip Taylor
Or you can install a CLI system from the alternate cd. pmt aka brobostigon On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 06:08:49PM +0100, doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, as > something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader is very > gone. >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-23 Thread Harry Rickards
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 doug livesey wrote: > Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, as > something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader is very > gone. > (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "next" on the keyb

Re: [ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-23 Thread Stephen Garton
2009/7/23 doug livesey : > Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, as > something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader is very > gone. > (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "next" on the keyboard > layout chooser, then weird stripes

[ubuntu-uk] install just the command-line

2009-07-23 Thread doug livesey
Hi -- I have a laptop that is really struggling to display anything, as something that handles display in both windows & the Ubuntu loader is very gone. (Trying to install Xubuntu, I get as far as clicking "next" on the keyboard layout chooser, then weird stripes begin to follow the mouse around, a