[Cialug] Ubuntu 12,04 LTS

[David Champion]

What was the error message?

-dc


On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Tom Sellers <tomsellers2001 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I have been running Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 on a Dell Optiplex GX270 for
> some time with no problems to speak of.  I wanted to get off that version
> and on to one that would be supported for an extended period so I upgraded
> to 12.04.  That did not go very well and after finally getting all the
> updates finished I started getting pop up errors on the screen very
> regularly.  I decided to install from scatch and downloaded the 12.04.3
> version and burned it to a USB stick.  When I attempted to install the
> 12.04.3 version on the previously mentioned machine it encountered an error
> during the installation.  I tried reinstalling and encountered the error
> again.  I used the same USB stick and installed this 12.04.3 version on a
> different system.  It ran flawlessly during the install and seems to be
> working fine other than some video issues which seem to indicate I need to
> install an additional program.
>
> I have looked on line but have not located any web page that specifically
> identifies the Dell GX270 as not being compatible with this version.  Does
> anyone know if there is a problem with this computer running the newer
> version?  Can someone point me to a site that might shed some light on this
> issue for me?
>
> The Optiplex GX270 has a 3.0 Ghz Pentium IV processor and 2 GB or ram
>
> Thanks!
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