Problems installing Zorin 12.1 Lite

valadar

Tue Aug 08, 2017 8:12:13 am

Good day Zorin community.

I want to install Zorin 12.1 Lite 32 bit on an old laptop.

I am trying to boot from a USB, after the boot splash animation, the laptop screen alternates between a blank screen and a blank screen with a blinking cursor. It does not proceed any further.

The specs of the machine are: Dell Latitiude D610, 1.6 GHZ CPU, 2GB RAM and an in-built Intel graphics card.

What is very strange is that the beta of Zorin 12.1 Lite Beta worked on it...what changed? I used Rufus VER 16 to create the bootable USB drive...

mdiemer

Tue Aug 08, 2017 4:15:02 pm

Can you still boot the Beta version? If so, you can try performing an upgrade to current version.

valadar

Thu Aug 10, 2017 8:43:16 am

Good day mdiemer. No unfortunately not, when I try to boot using the Beta now it does the same thing as the problem I have mentioned...

Any ideas?

mdiemer

Thu Aug 10, 2017 4:33:20 pm

I'm no expert, but at this point I would consider reformatting the drive. I always use FAT 32. My machine is older, like yours, so FAT 32 should work. You may need to create a bootable CD to do this. A Macrium Rescue CD might do the job. Or you could try Clonezilla. Any rescue-type CD should allow you to format the drive. Doesn't matter if it's Windows or Linux. Then try installing Zorin again.

Swarfendor437

Fri Aug 11, 2017 6:17:10 pm

Just remembered it could be a PAE issue if your old machine cannot cope with that - worth a try?:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PAE

Also

Code:: nomodeset, forcevesa

after the bootsplash command might work if you can get to that?

valadar

Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:52:20 am

Thank you to everyone who responded.

So far no success... Despite trying the

Code:: forcepae --forcepae

options and

Code:: nomodeset, forcevesa

(maybe I have entered it wrong) The installer starts but then encounters a fatal error and then wants to exit and start the live portion which also fails. It is really strange as it worked before once on the beta vesion when it had just come out now it won't start at all even with it?

MBMz10

Thu Aug 17, 2017 3:56:14 am

Assuming you have followed the advice from Zorin team here https://zorinos.com/help/install-zorin-os/
Does the machine still have a working OS on it and boot up OK?
Do you have another USB stick (some unbranded/generic ones can be ordinary) you can try? And/or create it with a different app such as Etcher? Or even try a different Distro EG Linux Mint!
Try removing the CD/DVD drive from the machine or disabling it in the BOIS. Alternatively Create bootable DVD and try that. Also try removing any other peripheral devices like mice etc!
Thats about all I can think of for now.

Swarfendor437

Sun Aug 20, 2017 9:01:08 pm

I think you have a typo there - which could be my bad? :oops:

Look here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BootO ... ore--after

valadar

Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:43:19 am

Thank you to Swarferndor437, MBMz10 and the rest of the Zorin Group Community.

I finally managed to get Zorin 12.1 Lite 32 bit to install. Now my next question is how to set the default resolution to 1024x768 or lower as it is struggling set to the default resolution of 1280x1024.

Thanks to you all.

mdiemer

Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:42:22 pm

Go to Settings/Display. You can change the resolution there. Or, if you have Nvidia or other proprietary graphics, use their tool.

valadar

Thu Oct 12, 2017 12:54:22 pm

Good day Mdiemer, unfortunately for some reason that option to change the resolution under settings / display is not there. I need to manually change it from the settings or something.

Thank you for your assistance.

mdiemer

Thu Oct 12, 2017 4:12:51 pm

Does your monitor have settings that you can adjust manually, that is, right on the monitor itself? Like, some buttons on the side you can press to access various features?

valadar

Tue Oct 31, 2017 10:05:18 am

Good day Mdiemer and others.

Please note that the option to set the display resolution under Settings/Display is not there. It is an old laptop with only an Intel on-board graphics card. Thus the reason why I am asking for a way to change the resolution either via the terminal or if that does not work via the config file (whatever that file is called and where it is located in Zorin) Please notethat Im using it on a Dell laptop

Many thanks...

Swarfendor437

Sun Nov 05, 2017 1:50:04 pm

Hi, please take a look here to see if anything stated helps - be sure to read it in its entirety:

https://superuser.com/questions/679923/ ... wn-monitor

valadar

Thu Nov 09, 2017 1:04:22 pm

Good day Swarfendor437

Thank you for your assistance. I tried reading the article you suggested and unfortunately it did not help me. The resolution is stuck at 1280 x 1024 as you can see - below

[code]geckofp@GECKO-ZORIN-1:~$ xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1280 x 1024, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
default connected 1280x1024+0+0 0mm x 0mm
1280x1024 77.00*[code/]
geckofp@GECKO-ZORIN-1:~$

Thanks

Swarfendor437

Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:11:57 pm

Hi, my bad - should have asked for specs in the first place - Notebook/Desktop? Graphics Card Model?

In the meantime:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/817661/ ... tu-16-04-1

valadar

Mon Nov 13, 2017 7:53:10 am

Hi Swarfendor437.

It is a Dell D610 Notebook. It has a Cenrtino 1.66GHZ processor with an Intel GMA 945 onboard graphics. With 2GB or RAM and a 40GB hard drive. It seems to be a Ubuntu 16.04 issue as well as I also tired a live distro of ChaletOS (Also based on Ubuntu 16.04) and the same error occured that I mentioned in the beginning of this post.

Thanks again...

Swarfendor437

Mon Nov 13, 2017 1:03:14 pm

Hi, I suspect like an old Dell 600 I play around with it is not PAE compatible. I would give SolydX a try (Community 32-bit stable edition) - see my review here:

posting.php?mode=reply&f=4&t=13332

and video here:

https://vimeo.com/198422833

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