Try installing a more recent operating system than ubuntu's unsupported 10.10

On 21 May 2013 15:03, dep <dep@...> wrote:
> greetings.
>
> i was given a used but fairly recent (though it still said "ibm"
> not "lenovo") desktop machine with a 1024x768 lcd, which i thought i
> would fix up for a disabled neighbor. it has XP on it, but my
> neighbor used to program in C and so i thought i'd make it a
> dual-boot machine. it has two 3gHz pentium processors and a batch of
> memory. it's old enough that i figured i'd put trinity-ubuntu 10.10
> on it. i boot from the CD, and i get the usual dab of text messages
> during boot, but then -- nothing. screen goes and stays dark, in
> auto-sleep. machine and monitor work fine on windows side, but i
> can't get trinity to install. i can go ahead and give it to him with
> windows, but would rather offer both, because he'll like linux
> better.
>
> ideas?
> --
> dep
>
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