Screen flickers whilst trying to install Ubuntu

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WedgeBob(Posted 2006) [#1]
I was just rebooting my machine once (a Dell Inspiron 6000 w/ ATI graphics, btw), and was making an attempt to install Ubuntu on my notebook as a dual-boot w/ Win XP Pro. However, when I tried entering the default installation interface, a strange flickering came up, and it flashed so quickly, that I couldn't see what I was doing. Do you think that this is a problem with notebook graphics cards, or doesn't ATI support Ubuntu at all? Does this have anything to do with that installation at all?


Robert(Posted 2006) [#2]
Hello,

The Ubuntu forums are really the best place to get support for this kind of thing:

http://ubuntuforums.org/

Most ATI graphics chips should work under Ubuntu, although depending on exactly what ATI graphics processor you have, there may be one or two extra things that will need doing.

By the way, which version of Ubuntu did you download?