Hey,

I've installed ZorinOS 10, at least, I believe so? It went through all the normal installation routine with no problems. I rebooted, removed the disc when asked to do so. The login screen came up, I logged in. The default blue screen came up. A moment later the 'default sound came on and that was it. No welcoming screen, nothing but the Zorin blue screen.

I had a somewhat similar issue with Ubuntu, but that had to do with something done, after it, Ubuntu, had been up and running. I can't even get that far with Zorin.

The same thing happened regardless whether the Zorin used was one I bought from 'OSDisc.com' or one I burned myself.Ideas would be most welcomed.

herakles_14

You've been a member for 5 years and have hundreds of posts - you should know that you MUST list your hardware specifics if you want any help...

Frankly, I don't see what this has to do with why 'Zorin' is acting the way it does, but here is what i found:

I am on a Dell Dimension 9100
Intel Pentium
4CPU 3.00Ghz x1
2.00GB Memory
A NVIDIA G72 Graphics card.

If I find any additional info, I will post it. If this is not what you were looking for then please be more specific.

usually, this sort of problems are graphics related.
knowing what sort of graphic card you have is important. in your case:is particularly prone to "no GUI" errors.
reality check: it is you who is looking for something (namely a solution to your problem), no?

next, please post the output of
and, while you have the blue screen, change to a non-graphical tty with ctrl-alt-F2 and execute this command:
and posts it output.

ps:
if you have difficulties posting output from a text only interface, you might need to attach " >> filename" to the commands, then find the file "filename" and post its contents.

I'm personally very tired of trying to help folks that have bad attitudes...

This is what I came up with following your first command:

'01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G72 [GeForce 7300 LE] (rev a1)
Subsystem: Dell Device 0405
Kernel driver in use: nouveau
Kernel modules: nouveau
05:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation NM10/ICH7 Family LAN Controller (rev 01)
Subsystem: Dell Device 01a7'

This was done while I was using Manjaro Linux, I'd assume it would be the same with all the distros I have on the PC.

I was unable to initiate the command of:

sudo cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -iEC3 'nouveau|nvidia'

While I was on the Zorin 'Blue Screen', seeing as nothing works, it is frozen. I tried Ctrl+F2 with no results. I can try and see what results I get with Ctrl+F2 then "sudo cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | grep -iEC3 'nouveau|nvidia'" at the login screen. I will endeavor to post the results.

an old nvidia card.

it is running the nouveau driver.
however, it is doing that on manjaro, not zorin.
so not relevant to your problem - but at least we know the card now.

it would be good to get at the Xorg log file of the session where the error occured.
there's different ways of achieving that, but you should try changing to a non-graphical terminal first with
CTRL-ALT-F2
and not
also, doing this before the actual error occured (at the login screen) is probably not so useful.

so try that again and post the output of both commands from my previous post and don't make a typo.

ps:
if you're able to use manjaro, why do you want to use zorin, a distro that is trying to make linux less transparent...

pps:
did zorin ask, at any point during or after the install, to install proprietary drivers or something similar?

Do you have an option to boot into Recovery Mode in Zorin? If you can do that, use the Software Manager or Software Center and look for an option to install Additional Drivers. If not, take a look at thee link below for installing from a terminal using apt-get.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Bi...erHowto/Nvidia

I am not sure, I know there is an 'advanced' option but whether it leads to a 'recovery mode' or not??

Zorin is not the best distro on older hardware much like full Ubuntu or Mint Cinnamon. The desktop environments are very resource intensive and old video systems may not work well or at all. Even if you get the proprietary graphics drivers installed, it may not run very well. Your choice to keep fighting this battle but you could also look for a distro that better works with older hardware - or go back to Manjaro...

yancek, ZorinOS does have a 'recovery mode' under the 'Advanced' option. I'll have to look up on how to use it. otherwise, I may screw things up more than they are already. I took a quick look at the site your link gave me. It looks to be informative.

NBIB, I have Ubuntu Mate 15.10 running fairly smoothly. and I have had LinuxMint 17.2 running not too long ago. Both had no issues nor have any of the other distros I've installed in the past.

I am not quite ready to give up. I could go to Manjaro, or Mageia, or PClinuxOS or even Ubuntu. But I want to see how ZorinOS runs.

Success of sorts. I updated the driver for ubuntu (Nvidia 304) Found some info on using the recovery mode. I booted into the recovery mode for Zorin, found network, typed, 'sudo apt-get install nvidia-current'
I rebooted using "Ctrl+Atl+Del"
When the Grub screen came up, i scrolled down to Zorin and left clicked it.
The login screen came up and I logged in. This time, I got past the 'blue screen'. Not all is well, Zorin is slow loading Apps, and a couple times it crashed/froze but at least there is hope.