[Jim888]

ok so I'm trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 (used it a while back and really liked it, but I'm having terrible trouble installing it

I've wiped the drive using Gparted (btw 500 gig samsung laptop drive)

I can run the install but when I get to selecting a partition to install to I get this


now granted I am somewhat of a Linux noob so I tried to format it to different types...ntfs (being the windows guy I am) ext4, ext2, XFS

everything gives me this blank screen on the "prepare partitions step"

I can see the drive in disk utility
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but if I try and do anything in disk utility I get errors like this:



it says that daemon is inhibited...I have NO CLUE what this means

any help is greatly appreciated

 

[adramalech707]

Try this in the terminal:
Quote:

sudo killall udisks

If you cannot run sudo then try
Quote:

su -c killall udisks

sudo = super user do. It is like running admin temporarily for a given time to run certain admin only commands..
su = super user and will log you in as an administrator if you don't use the -c command which su -c is like saying run this one command as an admin.

This problem should be fixed then either exit out of the installer program and reopen the installer or just when you get to the gparted part of the install do this and hit back on the installer and try the partitioning again...

 

[Jim888]

Quote:

Originally Posted by adramalech707

Try this in the terminal:
If you cannot run sudo then try
sudo = super user do. It is like running admin temporarily for a given time to run certain admin only commands..
su = super user and will log you in as an administrator if you don't use the -c command which su -c is like saying run this one command as an admin.
This problem should be fixed then either exit out of the installer program and reopen the installer or just when you get to the gparted part of the install do this and hit back on the installer and try the partitioning again...

I' left my laptop at the office so I'll have to give it a try tomorrow, any recommendations on what I should have my drive formatted as?

ext4?

 

[thiussat]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim888

I' left my laptop at the office so I'll have to give it a try tomorrow, any recommendations on what I should have my drive formatted as?
ext4?

Ext4 is what you want.

Also, why not install 12.04? Why 10.10?

 

[animal0307]

Quote:

Originally Posted by thiussat

Ext4 is what you want.
Also, why not install 12.04? Why 10.10?

If I remember correctly 10.XX doesn't have Unity and not everyone likes that abomination.

 

[Shrak]

Quote:

Originally Posted by animal0307

If I remember correctly 10.XX doesn't have Unity and not everyone likes that abomination.

Easy enough to change, while still getting any/all critical updates.

 

[Jim888]

Quote:

Originally Posted by thiussat

Ext4 is what you want.
Also, why not install 12.04? Why 10.10?

a while back I tried about 15 different distos and that was the one I settled on, (they had whichever was the first one with unity) and I really decided that I didnt care for it, but I really liked the way this version was set up

Quote:

Originally Posted by animal0307

If I remember correctly 10.XX doesn't have Unity and not everyone likes that abomination.

yup I really didnt care for it.

 

[thiussat]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim888

a while back I tried about 15 different distos and that was the one I settled on, (they had whichever was the first one with unity) and I really decided that I didnt care for it, but I really liked the way this version was set up
yup I really didnt care for it.

If you must use a 10.x series, you need to downgrade to 10.04. Why? Because it is an LTS release and will be updated and maintained until 2015. Version 10.10 is no longer being maintained (it's life-cycle ended last month). So please go with 10.04. This is important! You do not want to be running a release that is not receiving updates and security patches.

 

[joshd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by thiussat

If you must use a 10.x series, you need to downgrade to 10.04. Why? Because it is an LTS release and will be updated and maintained until 2015. Version 10.10 is no longer being maintained (it's life-cycle ended last month). So please go with 10.04. This is important! You do not want to be running a release that is not receiving updates and security patches.

He is trying to install that...

 

[Jim888]

Quote:

Originally Posted by thiussat

If you must use a 10.x series, you need to downgrade to 10.04. Why? Because it is an LTS release and will be updated and maintained until 2015. Version 10.10 is no longer being maintained (it's life-cycle ended last month). So please go with 10.04. This is important! You do not want to be running a release that is not receiving updates and security patches.

thanks for the info but if you read the OP you will see that I am installing 10.04, I think someone else along the way mentioned 10.10

 

[Transhour]

its giving you that error cause the installer has locked the drive, so it can't get exclusive rights to it.

you will want to partition the drive BEFORE clicking on install.

open up terminal and type in:

sudo gparted

and use gparted to format the drive, you will want to use ext3 or 4 (i recommend ext3 in 10.04, as the ext4 drive wasn't fully mature yet in that version of ubuntu and it gave me all sorts of problems).

 

[Jim888]

Quote:

Originally Posted by adramalech707

Try this in the terminal:
If you cannot run sudo then try
sudo = super user do. It is like running admin temporarily for a given time to run certain admin only commands..
su = super user and will log you in as an administrator if you don't use the -c command which su -c is like saying run this one command as an admin.
This problem should be fixed then either exit out of the installer program and reopen the installer or just when you get to the gparted part of the install do this and hit back on the installer and try the partitioning again...

Did this sudo killall udisks does not give any reply or anything just seems to go through but it still will not work, so I tried su -c killall udisks and I get this in return "Unknown id: udisks"
Quote:

Originally Posted by Transhour

its giving you that error cause the installer has locked the drive, so it can't get exclusive rights to it.

you will want to partition the drive BEFORE clicking on install.

open up terminal and type in:

sudo gparted

and use gparted to format the drive, you will want to use ext3 or 4 (i recommend ext3 in 10.04, as the ext4 drive wasn't fully mature yet in that version of ubuntu and it gave me all sorts of problems).

I did this and then tried the install, same thing

any more Ideas?

 

[Nivacs]

since you are going to be completely wiping the hard drive, You may want to take a look at Lubuntu //http://lubuntu.net/

It is a lighter version of Ubuntu that does not use the Unity desktop interface.

 

[Jim888]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nivacs

since you are going to be completely wiping the hard drive, You may want to take a look at Lubuntu //http://lubuntu.net/
It is a lighter version of Ubuntu that does not use the Unity desktop interface.

thank you but I still cannot get it to even show my HDD...Ive tried 12.4 (or what ever the most recent one is)

(btw I dont know if it matters but I'm using unetbootin to put the ISO on a usb stick)

 

[joshd]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim888

thank you but I still cannot get it to even show my HDD...Ive tried 12.4 (or what ever the most recent one is)
(btw I dont know if it matters but I'm using unetbootin to put the ISO on a usb stick)

It shouldn't matter but can you try with a cd?

 

[Jim888]

Quote:

Originally Posted by joshd

It shouldn't matter but can you try with a cd?

LOL thats the reason I use a usb cuz I had no writable CD's around, I'll take the laptop home and try with a CD tonight

 

[Jim888]

went into bios and changed HDD from ACHI to ACA hoping to fix it...no dice

 

[Mr_Torch]

I have had similar problems with installing Ubuntu 10.04 on a system that had ATI on-board graphics, The solution for me was while I was in the LiveCD to run the Terminal and type;

Code:

sudo apt-get install fglrx
sudo apt-get update

Then I would double click on the "Install Ubuntu" Icon

 

[Jim888]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr_Torch

I have had similar problems with installing Ubuntu 10.04 on a system that had ATI on-board graphics, The solution for me was while I was in the LiveCD to run the Terminal and type;

Code:

sudo apt-get install fglrx
sudo apt-get update

Then I would double click on the "Install Ubuntu" Icon

when I try and run the first

Code:

sudo apt-get install fglrx

it says that the following packages have unment dependencies:
fglrx: depends: lib32gcc1 but it is not going to be installed
depends: libc6-i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

 

[Mr_Torch]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim888

when I try and run the first

Code:

sudo apt-get install fglrx

it says that the following packages have unment dependencies:
fglrx: depends: lib32gcc1 but it is not going to be installed
depends: libc6-i386 but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

Do a sudo apt-get update then sudo apt-get install fglrx then do a sudo apt-get update again and see if that works.