installed with no problems whatsoever!
Now waiting for them to incorporate an option to use selected free space as a new partition, create it and install there without a cd. Great program and nice OS.

I installed Ubuntu with wubi all went well untill the reboot seemed to install ok but I have no image Monitor flashes a few times then shuts off, Video card? I have uninstalled and reinstalled I get the Ubuntu Start screen then nothing...I'm new at this please help

You did not give much information about your system or video card but if when you choose ubuntu from the boot menu you should be able to boot to a text log in and from there to a prompt. At the prompt, assuming that this is a video problem and that you have the information about your video setup, type "sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg " (minus the quotation marks). This will allow you to reset up the video for you video card and monitor type. I hope that this helps.

Hi,

You are the only person commenting that seemed to have a clue.
I did the install and on the reboot and chose Ubuntu I got this screen (it tool some time) http://www.mustangcorral.com/test.htm
It never got past this whatever it is.
Any idea how I can get it working?

thanks

mitch


Abit mobo Core 2 duo 6750 CPU
Nvidia 7900GS
2 GB 800 RAM
Pinnacle capture Card

Thank you for your help.I'm up and running!
Jim

It is nice, I did not know that and I installed Ubuntu on another partition. I left some 6 other partitions for other Linux distros, as well. No problem

It seems easy - but so far no luck for me.
I am doing this on an older pentium 3 pc and it boots from the disk fine and ran a system check telling me all was okay then the ubuntu bar comes up showing its install progress - then a screen showing the ubuntu brownish background - it then just hangs there with nothing else for hours - any help?

Installing is easy, but we must take care before we install it on windows. Also I think there will be a problem about hibernation and restore points getting deleted........

how do you uninstall ubuntu if you are not completely satisfied?

good forum but my problem is that when i finish ubuntu application style of installation successful, then it reboot, on booting some installation started and give error (no root file define)plz how can i define this root file.help me cos i need ubuntu for my school project.

i had a probloem when my screen would say "invalid mode" but then at start of ubuntu when it said to press ESC i did and i went down to "safe graphic mode and it said it was copying files and whatnot so i waited and next time i booted it it worked fine with my monitor

I tried to install UBUNTU 8.10 from Windows and get as far as the dual boot screen. When I select "UBUNTU" I then get the GRUB and LINUX does not load. It seems like I need to launch something but have no idea what (and have not seen the same issue on forums). I run WinXP Pro SP3 and my processor is an Intel Core2 6600 2.4Ghz with 3 GB of RAM. UBUNTU runs fine from the CD I've burned, no apparent hardware issue. Can anyone tell me what the next step - from the "grub" - might be, please ?

After installing ubuntu 8.10 using a cd and selecting"install in windows"option then rebooting the machine i get an error:Filename path must be a parameter or absolute parameter or blocklist.Someone help please,thanks in advance.

It does NOT "just work".
All I want is to install Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop to it's own partition in a standard traditional dual-boot configuration. Even though I left a large chunk of hard drive open for the necessary Linux partitions Wubi refuses to install there. I even tried pre-formatting the partition with ext3. Wubi does not even recognize the Linux partitions exist. It will only install into an existing Windows partition which basically defeats the whole purpose [for me] of using Linux in a dual boot.

Y should not install it on windows partition because often after installing ubuntu the windows boot is destroyed and y need to repair windows installation with windows recovery cd.Create a new one if y dont have another partition when to install ubuntu or shrink the particion y have using aplications like partition resizer.

It does not work because it is not supposed to work that way. If you want to install Ubuntu on a partition of its own to have a dual boot configuration you have to use a Ubuntu Live CD.

To do that you can get the Ubuntu 8.04.2 LTS released from here: http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Ubuntu-Hardy-Heron-32974.shtml.

I was trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 in my windows Machine, in my E drive which has about 30 Gb space. I was using 10 GB for Ubuntu. There are 2 problem that i am facing here

1. I am getting the following error while installing Ubuntu 9.10, i found this in the installation log file which Wubi is creating.

03-07 08:05 DEBUG TaskList: ### Finished get_metalink
03-07 08:05 DEBUG TaskList: New task download
03-07 08:05 DEBUG TaskList: ### Running download...
03-07 08:05 DEBUG btdownloader: downloading http://releases.ubuntu.com/9.10/ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent > E:\ubuntu\install\ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso
03-07 11:25 ERROR TaskList: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\bittorrent\RawServer.py", line 229, in listen_forever
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 70, in error_callback
DownloadError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\bittorrent\RawServer.py", line 221, in listen_forever
File "\lib\bittorrent\Rerequester.py", line 96, in fail
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 70, in error_callback
DownloadError: Problem connecting to tracker -

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 79, in download
File "\lib\bittorrent\download.py", line 303, in download
File "\lib\bittorrent\RawServer.py", line 256, in listen_forever
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 70, in error_callback
DownloadError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\bittorrent\RawServer.py", line 229, in listen_forever
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 70, in error_callback
DownloadError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\bittorrent\RawServer.py", line 221, in listen_forever
File "\lib\bittorrent\Rerequester.py", line 96, in fail
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 70, in error_callback
DownloadError: Problem connecting to tracker -


03-07 11:25 ERROR TaskList: Non fatal error Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\bittorrent\RawServer.py", line 229, in listen_forever
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 70, in error_callback
DownloadError: Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\bittorrent\RawServer.py", line 221, in listen_forever
File "\lib\bittorrent\Rerequester.py", line 96, in fail
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\btdownloader.py", line 70, in error_callback
DownloadError: Problem connecting to tracker -

in task download
03-07 11:25 DEBUG TaskList: ### Finished download
03-07 11:25 ERROR TaskList: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'E:\\ubuntu\\install\\ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 492, in get_iso
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 348, in download_iso
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'E:\\ubuntu\\install\\ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso'
03-07 11:25 DEBUG TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
03-07 11:25 DEBUG TaskList: # Finished tasklist
03-07 11:25 ERROR root: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'E:\\ubuntu\\install\\ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 56, in run
File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 130, in select_task
File "\lib\wubi\application.py", line 156, in run_installer
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 197, in __call__
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 492, in get_iso
File "\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 348, in download_iso
OSError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: u'E:\\ubuntu\\install\\ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso'


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2. Before Wubi download, i had already downloaded the Ubuntu 9.10 ISO file from the site and now Wubi is downloading it again and that is taking longer time for me. Is there any way that i can tell Wubi to take the file from my hard drive instead of Installing again.

I have tried all the ways to install Ubuntu 9.04 ie by using wubi in windows and by tring to boot with the cd but i got the follwing errors
1: By using wubi keep getting the messege that i dont have sufficent privillegde to proceed while my account is admnistrative
System specs
Windows xp sp 2, 1 gb ram, and all other are built-in(graphic card, sound card, etc) for winsonic mother boards
2:Booting with cd (on dell optlex 300) with the aim of putting the two together side by side but i ended up getting a blank disk and no ubuntu installed
Please help me

I have the same problem as Paul, using Ubuntu 10.4 LTS. First the hassle of changing resolution in VirtualBox (i still can't get over 800x600), now this. And this PC won't boot from external storage either.

I think the Gnome version of openSUSE was the most tolerable distro i've used this year.

Musíš mít volné místzo na disku kde je Windows i na tom na který chceš instalovat Wubi :) Jak pochopitelné a já osobně tento problém vyřešil tak že jsem odpojil mechaniku a dal jsem Wubi instalovat z oddlu který jsem si vyhradil pro wubi :)

U MUST TRANSLATE from "čeština" Czech republic :)

if you feel the need to, this also allows you to install it on a separate drive. (possibly a repartitioned one)

hey.. I installed ubuntu 9.04 using WUBI, successful installation, but, i think its not able to recognise my WLAN, because of no drivers i guess, is there a repository of some sort where i can get the solution for this..?

You should go to http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=336 .. I'm sure the guys there will do their best to help you ;)

at the finish of installation,the computer displays an error window,and recommand to see a log file.i didnt shrink my disk,c:,as it is not working.why is the error window being displayed? please help...

Could paste the contents of the error here? It would be a lot easier to figure out what's wrong.

i installed ubuntu using the above steps but after booting from ubuntu a coloured page appears without any message.the system hangs at this time.plz help.