UBUNTU install problem..

[//siddhartha//]

Hi! Guys,
I have Win XP SP2 Home. I have a 40 GB hard disk with 4 Partitions. I started installing UBUNTU on my computer but when I reached the Partition area I was confused. I don't know how to move forward from here. I wish to install UBUNTU on " E: " which is perhaps, hda6.
What settings do I change. My Windows is installed on " D: ". And "C: " and " F: " contain important files. I have completely freed " E: " for UBUNTU. HOw do I configure my " E: " in the partition table....
Help quick...

[JIJO]

Hi siddartha,
.......I think u r new to Linux...
* select manually edit the partition table option and press enter

* Select the partition u want to install (in ur case hda6) and delete the partition

* again select the FREE SPACE and select the automatic partition

* now it will create 2 partitions mounted to SWAP and /(root) automatically

Now ur partitions OK ,then proceed

All the best...........

[ravishankar]

Even I had the samp problem. Just choose Manual Partion and format the free space with EXT file formate. Then select a space for swap...
Now I could not connect internet....?

[//siddhartha//]

Hi! Guys,
I installed UBUNTU and successfully logged in
It failed to load XServer. So, I wrote the command:

sudo pico /etc/X11/XF86Config-4

I configured my horizontal and vertical frequencies for the monitor. And saved it by Ctrl+O and exited by Ctrl+X.
But when I gave the command:

startx

it still was not able to start XServer. What should I do now? On start up, it still shows one test fail. It is something of "NAME RESOLUTION" and also shows some 5 errors or something (regarding my sound devices, etc..
What can be the problem???
Plz help....

My /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 is below:

# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
#   cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
#   md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
#   dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Section "Files"
   FontPath   "unix/:7100"         # local font server
   # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
   FontPath   "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
        # paths to defoma fonts
   FontPath   "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
   FontPath   "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
   Load   "GLcore"
   Load   "bitmap"
   Load   "dbe"
   Load   "ddc"
   Load   "dri"
   Load   "extmod"
   Load   "freetype"
   Load   "glx"
   Load   "int10"
   Load   "record"
   Load   "speedo"
   Load   "type1"
   Load   "v4l"
   Load   "vbe"
   Load   "xtt"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Generic Keyboard"
   Driver      "keyboard"
   Option      "CoreKeyboard"
   Option      "XkbRules"   "xfree86"
   Option      "XkbModel"   "pc104"
   Option      "XkbLayout"   "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
   Identifier   "Configured Mouse"
   Driver      "mouse"
   Option      "CorePointer"
   Option      "Device"      "/dev/input/mice"
   Option      "Protocol"      "ImPS/2"
   Option      "Emulate3Buttons"   "true"
   Option      "ZAxisMapping"      "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
   Identifier   "NVIDIA Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
   Driver      "nv"
   BusID      "PCI:1:0:0"
   Option      "UseFBDev"      "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
   Identifier   "Generic Monitor"
   HorizSync   30-54
   VertRefresh   50-120
   Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
   Identifier   "Default Screen"
   Device      "NVIDIA Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
   Monitor      "Generic Monitor"
   DefaultDepth   24
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth      1
      Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth      4
      Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth      8
      Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth      15
      Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth      16
      Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
   EndSubSection
   SubSection "Display"
      Depth      24
      Modes      "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
   EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
   Identifier   "Default Layout"
   Screen      "Default Screen"
   InputDevice   "Generic Keyboard"
   InputDevice   "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
   Mode   0666
EndSection

Plz see if there is any problem and help me plz...

[pradeep_chauhan]

After doing startx and x server crashing there will be some output on the screen with EE post those error messages also. In the mean time try reducing the Default Depth to 16

[ujjwal]

# XF86Config-4 (XFree86 X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the XF86Config-4 manual page.
# (Type "man XF86Config-4" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xfree86 package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xfree86
# package.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following commands as root:
#
# cp /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 /etc/X11/XF86Config-4.custom
# md5sum /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 >/var/lib/xfree86/XF86Config-4.md5sum
# dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
# paths to defoma fonts
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType"
FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID"
EndSection

Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "v4l"
Load "vbe"
Load "xtt"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
Option "XkbModel" "pc104"
Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Configured Mouse"
Driver "mouse"
Option "CorePointer"
Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
Driver "nv"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
Option "UseFBDev" "true"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30-54
VertRefresh 50-75
Option "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV5M64 [RIVA TNT2 Model 64/Model 64 Pro]"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 1
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 4
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 15
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "720x400" "640x480" "640x400"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen "Default Screen"
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
EndSection

Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection

Try making this change, it may help as your monitor may not support such high refresh rates at high resolutions.

[//siddhartha//]

But my monitor supports 50-120, so the range given by you @ujjwal already comes in the slot.. I will try reducing the depth 2moro..
The errors remain only for a few seconds and so I cannot catch what is written..

[pradeep_chauhan]

No even after x crashes the errors are on the screen alternativly go to /var/log/xorg.0.log and post the end part that corresponds to the time the x server crashed.