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I want to become a new user of Ubuntu, however this problem is preventing me.

I have/had Window 7 professional on my computer. I recently looked into getting linux. I discovered dual-booting and decided to give it a try.

First I created a bootable flash drive with ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. I then followed the instructions on:

after I finished going through the setup, my computer rebooted.

After the reboot I was able to select Ubuntu, advanced options for Ubuntu, 2 memory tests, and windows 7 (loader).

So I chose Windows ( honestly i was more concerned that i still had everything on windows at this point). I then rebooted again and selected Ubuntu. When i selected Ubuntu, the background screen of Grub (the crimson/burgandy color) stayed for a few seconds then the screen went black:

video here>>>

After rebooting the same thing happened. After that i was stumped, so i figured it could hurt to experiment. after all i backed up my windows 7 stuff, and i have the software disk.

I tried booting in recovery mode under "advanced options for Ubuntu" and sure enough, after selecting continue to normal reboot it worked.

So i updated and everything but when i rebooted it still wouldn't boot under Ubuntu. It would always boot after recovery mode. So i try installing 12.10 32 bit Ubuntu. the same problem keeps happening. I can still get to Ubuntu through recovery mode. so i went online and tried using the terminal (in ubuntu that i booted through recovery mode) when i was using it i discovered that "Error in sitecustomize; set PYTHONVERBOSE for traceback:

EOFError: EOF read where not expected" kept showing up. also i noticed a notification in the top right corner that looked like a do not enter sign. it said "an error occured, please run package manager from the right-click menu or apt-get in a terminal to see what is wrong. the error message was: 'ror in sitecustomize;set PYTHONVERBOSE for traceback:
EOFError: EOF read where not expected
traceback (most recent called last): File "/usr/bin/lsb_release
EOFError: EOF read where not expected 39;0' this usually means that your installed packages have unmet dependencies"

Naturally i assumed this was what was causing my boot problems. I downloaded synaptic and updated everything and the error went away. but my boot problem was still a problem. so i go online find some things that have worked for others, like this>

Try to do this (in your terminal:

sudo nano /etc/default/grub

Look for:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

Change it too :

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet"

And update Grub:

sudo update-grub

This should fix stuff.)

I did this and i still have the problem. sorry for the excessive explanation,

please help.

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  1. Run Boot-Repair --> Advanced Options --> GRUB options --> tick Uncomment GFXMODE --> Apply
  2. Write on a paper the URL (http://paste.xxxxxx) that will appear.
  3. Reboot the PC. If any problem, please indicate the URL.
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la mejor opcion seria que en vez de hacer particiones hubieras instalado con wubi, la unica limitante es que solo puedes darle 30gb de espacio a ubuntu :/ , instala la de 32 bits aunque tu proceasador sea amd de 64 , es mejor la de 32, ahora mismo la estoy instalando desde wubi, te ahorras la particionada y es mas sencillo al momento de instalar, reinstalar y formatear.

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  • Please post in English.
    – user98085
    Nov 1, 2012 at 11:25
  • ok but my english is bad xD you should install ubuntu in windows(typing in google wubi) , you should download ubuntu 32bits(no 64 NO!! NOOOOOOO!! ), and be happy :D
    – ripper2hl
    Dec 7, 2012 at 17:15

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