zorin 12 education will not install

1939d11

Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:17:23 am

installed zorin 9 and i like it;but after update the screen went black.tried to make it work.next i tried to install zorin 12 education.it will not install tryed other os with no luck.when trying to install os i get i/o error,buffer error,faild to start login service,etc please help me.thank you very much.

Del369

Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:11:54 am

Had a quick Google on this but there doesn't seem to be much listed, it could possibly be a hard drive space error, or the amount of space you are allocating /root. does Zorin OS 12.1 Core install ok? if not can you post the complete error message.

1939d11

Sun Apr 23, 2017 1:34:04 pm

158036 BLK Update Request I/O/ ERROR DEV Sr0 Sector 9193976

981525 BLK Update Request I/O/ ERROR DEV Sr0 Sector 9193976

981584 Buffer I/O ERROR ON DEV Sr0 Logical Block 1149247 ASYNC Page Read

325086 Buffer I/O ERROR On DEV Sr0 Logical Block 2298494 ASYNC Page Read

WCONV: failed to change the mode of /etc/ pass WD to 0600

Failed to start remove custom DNS service

Failed to start login service

Swarfendor437

Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:08:50 pm

Are you installing directly to the hard driver or are you using WUBI?:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/209712/ ... stallation

1939d11

Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:15:10 pm

tried zorin 12 education run without installing and install to hard disc.will not install.1st time i installed zorin 9 install went good worked good liked it good.every thing good until i did an update on zorin 9 and screen went black. now no other linux os will install. please help thank you

Swarfendor437

Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:27:23 pm

Did you backup your data and then reformat the drive in respect of Zorin 9 removal?

1939d11

Sun Apr 23, 2017 4:49:09 pm

l did not back up data and format because of black screen.so i reinstalled windows xp with clean install and format. windows xp installed good works good.but i want zorin back and window xp gone. please help thank you.

Swarfendor437

Sun Apr 23, 2017 5:54:03 pm

I suspect you have a graphics card issue - can you give information on your machine details as much as possible please? Thanks. - See here:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=5449

1939d11

Sun Apr 23, 2017 6:45:12 pm

graphics card is intel (r) 82815 graphics controller dac type internal total memory 4.0 mb current display mode 1280x1024 (24bit) (60hz) main driver i81xdn5.d11 version 5.13.01.2753

Swarfendor437

Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:51:00 pm

Seeing that you have a low spec graphics card this is an old Notebook (= misnomer, Laptop). I think the specs of your machine are probably too low to handle that graphics of Gnome Shell which are very intensive. I would advise you to wait for the release of Zorin 12 Lite and simply search for Education software in the Software channel after it is released - still in production at present:

http://zoringroup.com/blog/2017/03/21/z ... downloads/ - "We’re also excited to be working on Zorin OS 12 Lite, which will be featuring a new XFCE-based desktop environment designed to be more user friendly than ever before. We’re planning to give you our first sneak peek of Zorin OS 12 Lite within the next few weeks."

1939d11

Sun Apr 23, 2017 11:25:34 pm

thank you for your info. my pc is dell optiplex gx 150. intel pentium 3 processor 996 mhz 512mb of ram 20 gb hard drive. is there a better os for this pc other than zorin please do tell

1939d11

Mon Apr 24, 2017 1:00:01 am

zorin 9 lite will no longer run on my pc will zorin 12 lite run on my pc my pc dell optiplex gx 150 intel pentium 3 processor 996 mhz 512 mb of ram 20gb hard drive

Swarfendor437

Mon Apr 24, 2017 11:56:32 am

Give SolydX community Stable edition which uses XFCE - that should give you an indication of how Zorin 12 Lite should run on your machine.

https://solydxk.com/

Failing that give Qelitu a try:

http://wavesofthefuture.net/computers/l ... free.shtml

1939d11

Mon Apr 24, 2017 4:03:30 pm

thanks for replying. solydx is a 64 bit and 32 bit is community edition not officially tested nor supported by solydxk team.according to wikipedia.my pc is 32bit what do i need to do. thank you for helping me

1939d11

Mon Apr 24, 2017 9:20:46 pm

i tryed quelitu like you said,and it will boot up.but it will not go on web or install. is there another i can try please,pleasedo tell thank you

1939d11

Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:05:35 pm

i have 2 old pc im going to give to neighberhood kids;after i put new software on them. zorin 9 was installed on both and woked very well,until zorin 9 update. afer update i had black screen on both. i tryed other os zorin core, zorin 11 lite, zorin 12 education, lubuntu, xubuntu, ubuntu, linux lite3.0, linux lite 3.2, peppermint 7, linux mint 18.1, linux lxle 16.04.2 all these will not boot up. zorin 9 was running good now it will no longer boot up. after zorin 9 update no other will work. same thing on 2 pc quelitu boots up good but no web no install number 2 pc is dell 8200 2gb ram 40gb hard drive

Swarfendor437

Mon Apr 24, 2017 10:26:27 pm

Try the community SolydX stable 32-bit - when you get opportunity to edit the bootsplash, add 'nomodeset xforcevesa noapic' and see if that gets things sorted. I suspect the update that crashed your Zorin 9 install will have been a kernel update - if you know which update it was you could try reinstalling Zorin 9 but watch out for the updates that caused the issue - use Software Updater rather than the terminal as this will let you uncheck the updates that come through.

1939d11

Tue Apr 25, 2017 5:44:38 am

tryed solydx does not boot up showes errors. zorin 9 i stated with,worked way better than windows until update. you said something about the grub i think.would that be from windows or linux. do i need bios up date,driver update on windows xp,then install zorin. or does zorin supply every thing it needs. seem to me it had ever thing until update and lost it. installed xp service pack 3 working ok but now it rejects every os i need anti-reject **** for my 2 dell pc. thinks for your help.what next

1939d11

Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:01:36 pm

is there some software i can buy that will fix my pc problem? or should i throw away my 2 pc .. im new to linux is this a common problem . can some one tell me

Swarfendor437

Tue Apr 25, 2017 10:32:45 pm

My Bad - I should have spotted the post on machine spec - 512 Mb is way too low in memory terms - even XP the advice was to get it running sweetly to have 1 Gb RAM - coupled with the fact you have a miniscule amount of memory allocated to graphics from the 512 Mb of RAM installed. Can you not buy more RAM and also purchase a separate Graphics Card?

1939d11

Wed Apr 26, 2017 1:17:31 am

graphics card part of mother board, ram can be changed if that will help. or what about damn small linux? will that work? mabe to old. my number 2 pc is dell 8200 intel pentium 4 cpu 2.00 ghz 2gb ram 40gb hard drive, graphic card nvidia geforce 4 mx 420 in pci slot what would you do with 2 pc. please help

Swarfendor437

Wed Apr 26, 2017 11:46:08 am

The first one I would donate to a charity/3rd world recycling? I did some searching for Graphics cards that are DAC and GNU/Linux and appears to be an issue that never got resolved. I will look into 2nd pc later when time allows.

Swarfendor437

Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:07:52 pm

Hi, Just been looking around for distros that have a very lean resource requirement and this MIGHT fix both. Please be sure that you have deleted all partitions from your had drives and just create 1 FAT32 Partition that a fresh install of GNU/Linux can then overwrite with the correct file system.

Please take a look here:

http://debi.sourceforge.net/tour.html

1939d11

Fri Apr 28, 2017 8:47:29 pm

hard drive formated and waiting on os

1939d11

Fri Apr 28, 2017 11:33:04 pm

in my post, a list of error codes with numbers. what do the numbers mean

Swarfendor437

Sat Apr 29, 2017 10:10:42 am

Hi, block errors are codes for hardware issues, in this case a potentially failing hard drive. As a rule of thumb, most drives have a useable life of 3 years and for this I am talking about conventional Hard Drives not SSD's - even hard drives from the factory at new can have faults. My favourite drive used to be Samsung but they were bought out by Seagate after the Thailand Floods where they were produced. I no longer buy Seagate Drives because I bought one when I read that they had got the major market for PVR's (TV set top boxes) and had a 5-year warranty. The drive was barely 3 years old when it suffered armature failure. When I contacted the Warranty section I was advised I would have to send by mail at my expense and they would send out a 're-conditioned' drive, not a new one! I am currently using Western Digital Black and they are pretty quiet drives.

1939d11

Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:10:14 pm

good news zorin 12 education installed all the way. bad news after reboot i now have black screen. all i see on monitor is mouse cursor. what do i do now. please help,thanks

Swarfendor437

Sun Apr 30, 2017 10:56:39 pm

When you reboot the machine, can you please press the Left Shift key to view the Grub Menu, then press 'E' to edit the bootsplash command interface, press the spacebar, enter:

Code:: nomodeset acpi=off xforcevesa

and report back.

Thanks.

1939d11

Mon May 01, 2017 9:27:21 pm

/ dev / sda5: clean, 332762 / 923888 files, 3502441 /3691008 blocks
zorin os 12.1 ben-dimension-8200 ttyl
ben dimension -8200 login:
this shows up on black screen,after i put in command. did i put command in proper or no.

Swarfendor437

Mon May 01, 2017 11:49:38 pm

Back to square 1 - Do you see a black square with a blue-green border at start after post screen (Bootscreen of motherboard)?

1939d11

Sat May 06, 2017 12:56:49 pm

yes i see black screen with blue-green boarder for one sec,then menu shows up. with zorin 12, recovery,or windows xp . if i go to zorin 12 i have black screen. if i go to windows xp every thing good. if i go to recovery,and in menu choose reboot, zorin 12 home page will come up. but no internet. all so no repair has been made. reboot and black screen again.

Swarfendor437

Sat May 06, 2017 7:47:34 pm

OK, when the menu shows up, press E then at the end of the command line that appears:

press spacebar then enter:

Code:: nomodeset acpi=off xforcevesa nolapic

then press return.

Let us know if you get any further.

1939d11

Tue May 09, 2017 12:56:46 am

when you turn on computer and the menu is on screen to choose windows or linux , I push E on keyboard then a small window comes up and at the top it has gnu grub version 2.02 on the inside of window it has setparams zorin along with alot of other stuff. dont see where the code: select all. Do you mean to push E at the bottom of screen?

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