Im tryin to install ubuntu 10.04 on my new dell laptop. at first, i couldnt get it to install at all, it just freezes after splash screen. i (acpi=off noapic and nomodeset)and was able to install, but now it runs slower that dirt, or freezes at login screen. i tryed ubuntu forums and was less than helpful, and ubuntu suport that was about the same.
system info:

Dell INSPIRON M5010
AMD Phenom II N850 tripple core
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4250
4gig ddr3 memory.

i was told to run this command, (sudo lshw -C display )

popojijo@popojijo-box:~$ sudo lshw -C display
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: M880G [Mobility Radeon HD 4200]
vendor: ATI Technologies Inc
physical id: 5
bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
version: 00
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
resources: irq:11 memory:c0000000-cfffffff(prefetchable) ioport:e000(size=256) memory:fe800000-fe80ffff memory:fe700000-fe7fffff

thats as far as i got with them. https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/178097

Try 11.11 or another in live cd. Try at least opensuse 12.1 and Fedora 16. Do they work correctly? Did you test this disk.

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i started out with 11.10 ubuntu, and was only able to get 10.04 to install. all disks were checked and came out fine. i tried fedora and was not able to get anywhere, less than my ubuntu10.04.
**also, wireless doesn't work, but wired works.

im going to give salix a shot, i need help people lol. im a hopeless windows user that needs to be saved.

alright, every iso i try to install hangs up. i tryed fedora, opensuse, ubuntu, linuxmint, and salix, im out of distributions. can someone help me with this issue.

**this did come up on suse

[ 97.237352] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Unhandled error code
[ 97.237414] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] Result: hostbyte=DID_BAD_TARGET driverbyte=DRIVER_OK
[ 97.237468] sr 1:0:0:0: [sr0] CDB: Read(10): 28 00 00 00 51 fb 00 00 02 00
[ 97.237531] end_request: I/O error, dev sr0, sector 83948
] 128.238725] systemd-readahead-collection[998]: Failed to open pack file: Read-only file system