This one has me stumped. This problem is the same whether I'm using a laptop or a desktop and I have tried several Linux distros on several different machines with the same result. I simply cannot install newer versions of Ubuntu/Lubuntu/Linux on many of the AMD/ATI gpu-based machines I work on these days. This is true whether or not the gpu is onboard or in the form of a discrete card. I have only tried this with Live CDs and it will not either install or run from the live CD. Everything is fine up through choosing my language and choosing whether I will "install" or "try it" and when I hit enter the screen goes blank and the hard drive locks up (the LED is on continually). And I'm dead in the water. This is happening with computers whose gpus are several years old. However, I do not run into this problem on systems with Intel or Nvidia GPUs. Any ideas what's going on? Any suggestions? Now I realize that the ATI/AMD Linux drivers have never been as good as the Nvidia ones but you would think that would not be a problem with the install. Note, I can run Ubuntu 13.10 on my PC that has an AMD 6850 video card. Is the problem that the newer versions of the linux kernel have dropped all but newer AMD gpu drivers?
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