On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 9:47 PM, Henry W. Peters <[email protected]>wrote:
> ** > On 05/22/2013 03:21 AM, Thijs van severen wrote: > > Is the whole screen dimming, or is ir just the app you are working on? > It is normal that the screen dims whenever an ap becomes (temporarely) > unresponsive. This can be because it is doing something that requires a > lot of cpu power/time or because it is reading a very large file. > AFAIK it is the os that dims the screen when it doesnt get a timely > response from the app. > It could be related to the fact that you are running a live dvd or maybe > your cpu is not fast enough. > Installing could improve things > > Good luck > Thijs > Op 22-mei-2013 08:51 schreef "Abhayadev S" <[email protected]> het > volgende: > >> also just try with >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/190551/display-error-when-installing-ubuntu >> >> >> Regards, >> Abhayadev S >> http://sites.google.com/site/abhayadevs >> >> >> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:19 PM, Abhayadev S <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> can you skip the live and go for the installation? Please backup your >>> important data first and then try the installation? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Abhayadev S >>> http://sites.google.com/site/abhayadevs >>> >>> >>> On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Henry W. Peters < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> The only card I have (& use) is a sound card, which is an Echo Corp., >>>> "MiaMidi." Probably more important, no message what so ever showed. just >>>> the dark (& lighter) screen, alternating. >>>> >>>> Henry >>>> >>>> On 05/22/2013 01:48 AM, Abhayadev S wrote: >>>> >>>> do you have any special gfx card? if possible try installing without >>>> live it might also wroks sometime... also did it show any message eon >>>> screen? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Abhayadev S >>>> http://sites.google.com/site/abhayadevs >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >> I tried installing Ubuntu Studio 13.04... does the same thing (gets > hung up). I also tried the Ubuntu 13.04 net install, doe the same... I > started out on Linux, with Ubuntu... CPU was "fast enough" then... perhaps > things have changed in that regard... but (I'm guessing), probably not THAT > much. Thinking of going to Gentoo... At least their LiveDVD will load... > (hard learning curve for me, though). > > Any suggestions (as usual) welcome... Would really like to support a > community such as this (Ubuntu Studio). > i would try 12.04.. i would try nomodeset with 13.04 http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132 its likely graphics card related.. in that case, you *could* go and install using the alternate, and create a custom xorg.conf and put it in place... sometimes i use a knoppix live CD to create these for me, and grab them and edit them and use them in ubuntu (or where ever) ..i usually just try live CD's with different kernel versions til something works, and make a note of the version... support for all devices cant stay in the linux kernel, and sometimes device drivers get removed. if linux used to run on your particular hardware, then it likely can be made to run again. its not going to be that your CPU is too "old" or "slow".. it'll more likely be you have a piece of hardware (the graphics card) that is not supported out of the box anymore... > > > Henry > > > -- > Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users > > -- MH mikeholstein.info <http://www.mikeholstein.info/>
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