Well this is officially your bug. I was appeared to have a similar bug thats all.
I solved mine! I used xforcevesa as a boot option on the 'try ubuntu without changing anything' option worked and loaded into a live session. source: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootOptions#Common%20Boot%20Options Look at the boot options... try some... maybe eventually you'll get it working. xforcevesa: "Force X to start using VESA driver. Useful for some notebooks with uncommon video interfaces." So i guess my video card, PCI Express 16X nvidia 256 MB Quadro NVS 290 (DVI output only) has an uncommon video interface. -- ubuntu 9.10 won't install on dell dimension e520 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478547 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs