[Yhslug] installing ubuntu on an inspiron B130

[Mackenzie Morgan]

Try upgrading to a newer version.  Maybe it's a video card that wasn't
supported during the Breezy days and is now.

On 8/10/07, Phil Shapiro <pshapiro at his.com> wrote:
>
>
> hi group,
>
>      a very nice community member asked me for help installing ubuntu on
> her
> dell inspiron B130 laptop. windows had crashed and she was ready to say
> goodbye
> to it.
>
>       i happened to have an ubuntu 5.04 disk nearby. the install looked
> like it
> went well, but now she's getting a black screen right after entering her
> user name.
>
>        it feels like a hardware problem to me. anyone have any experience
> with
> something similar?
>
>                 phil
>
> the fun thing about this is that i'm doing this linux install as part of
> my
> regular work day at the takoma park maryland library.  this is not an
> official
> library service, but nobody is going to tell me not to do it.  i work
> pretty
> hard here and my supervisor approves of me serving the community in
> whatever
> ways i see fit.
> --
> Phil Shapiro  pshapiro at his.com
> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html
> http://philsrssfeed.blogspot.com
> http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html
>
> "Wisdom starts with wonder." - Socrates
> "Learning happens through gentleness."
>
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Mackenzie Morgan
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