[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-08-29 Thread Mohamed Amine IL Idrissi
The last commenter said he could install Lucid without any problems, so marking this as fixed. ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because yo

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-08-06 Thread Olin le Chat
Hi all, Installed Ubuntu latest version Lucid Lynx .64 on compaq 615 this is how : In bios, put startup sequence with cd on top. (press f10 during startup and get to the startup sequence) Start with cd inserted, a pink/violet screen appears for a few moments like 1_2 minutes with two icons on bot

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-04-25 Thread daviboy
I too have had this problem and it was making me pull out what hair I have left. I uninstalled Ubuntu then when I tried to reinstall nothing but the BLINKING cursor in the left top hand corner. I came here and elsewhere but there were no solutions. In the end and for some unknown reason, I remounte

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-04-20 Thread Kamillus
I now know for sure that this is a problem with "b43" module that kernel loads. The walk through for me is boot installation with acpi=off parameter and after install another time and install "bcmwl" driver, this will ensure that "b43" won't get loaded at startup. As I see Ubuntu 10.04 will get shi

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-04-18 Thread Les Noland
I have the exact same problem. I had 9.10 on this machine before but it was an upgrade to 9.04. I had some problems with it and decided to reload from scratch only to find that I can't reload from scratch. It lets me choose the language and select the menu item to do the install, the CD spins fo

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-03-19 Thread Andrew Cartine
I have the exact same problem with hp pav dv6-2162nr. I love Ubuntu but this is a big step backward, and super disappointing that after 3+ months the problem has no resolution. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug noti

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-02-26 Thread LittleMouse87
This problem has been reported a number of times with computers from various manufacturers, and it is a major problem - the installer will not run! There doesn't seem to be a work-around and the (prospective) linux-adopter is left helpless (and disillusioned)! It is essential that this problem gets

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-02-25 Thread LittleMouse87
The problem is that even if someone fixed the bug (and no-one seems to be interested in doing that, four months on from the original filing of the bug), there is no way to get the update, since the ISOs are never updated after the original release. Since we can't even boot into the LiveCD environme

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-02-22 Thread c.k.
Someone says too '' it's about the 2.6.33 kernels link is here http://www.mail-archive.com/acpi-bugzi...@lists.sourceforge.net/msg28393.html -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-02-15 Thread wrg
8.04 works fine, i'll stick with it untill this problem is solved. btw, I have same problem with Kubuntu 9.10! I am disappointed to say the least. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-02-13 Thread Kamillus
Problem disappear when installing Broadcom STA wireless driver from repositories, don't think it's Bios fault, but rather kernel is the problem. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2010-02-06 Thread c.k.
I am still fighting with this problem .ı had some succesful installs when checked efi , virtualization etc. section in bios but ı got bored . now ı use 7 because of this problem :(.I hopefully waiting for new LTS. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-11-09 Thread Bruno Bernardino
After updating Karmic I had to remove nolapic, maintaining noapic to get it to work (referring to comment #11). I also had some trouble installing Broadcom wireless restricted drivers (it crashed and freezed on install) but I fixed it installing bcmwl- kernel-source ( $ sudo apt-get install bcmwl-

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-11-09 Thread TBarregren
The workarounds 'noapic', 'nolapic' and 'vga=716', suggested above, don't work for me. Instead I found that 'acpi=off' works for me. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu B

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-11-09 Thread TBarregren
I upgraded from Jaunty (not Intrepid as I wrote above). When booting in the recovery mode, the last message I see before the boot hangs is: "ACPI: EC: missing configuration, switch off interrupt mode." In addition to all duplicates, I have found other reports that might have something to to with

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-11-08 Thread TBarregren
I encountered the same problem after updating from Intrepid to Karmic. The computer hangs immediately after Grub, with an underline cursor blinking at the top-left position A **workaround is to select version 2.6.28 of the kernel** in Grub instead of version 2.6.31. I've also tried a fresh install

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-11-01 Thread Jouni Mettala
** This bug is no longer a duplicate of bug 454268 9.10 live CD not booting on HP Compaq 615 (rs780) -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to U

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-11-01 Thread LittleMouse87
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 454268 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454268 First off, the "duplicate status" is wrong, since the issue here is that the installer hangs after selecting Language and saying Install, so I'm posting here. My issue is exactly the same, so here's a little

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-30 Thread Kamillus
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 454268 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454268 In my case both 'noapic' and 'nolapic' works for me. I also upgraded BIOS but it doesn't work without one of those two comands. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.ne

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-29 Thread jason
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 454268 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454268 Using 9.10 released Live CD, HP DV2432CA hangs before installing, too. BIOS has been updated to latest version from HP.com, and tried both 'noapic' and 'nolapic' options, but still hanging. -- Can't install

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-24 Thread Jouni Mettala
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 454268 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/454268 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 454268 9.10 live CD not booting on HP Compaq 615 -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received th

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-24 Thread niklaskb
Using 9.10RC LiveCD, Compaq 615 boots with the "noapic" option. The "nolapic" did not work. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. --

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-24 Thread Nevyn
I have just tried to do a fresh install with the 9.10-rc 32 bit version. I can choose the language and if I choose run from disk or install It freezes. this is new on the RC disk the previous beta I had installed although there were some missing files. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-23 Thread Kamillus
I will try both methods and see what happens. But first I will upgrade my BIOS. -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-23 Thread Rostislav
in this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/454268 somebody said to use "noapic" option -- Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/459198 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -

[Bug 459198] Re: Can't install Ubuntu 9.10, hangs before installing

2009-10-23 Thread Rostislav
same problem with the same laptop with installed OS but I workaround it with change kernel line "...ro quiet usplash" to "...ro quiet vga=716" just one space between ro and quiet and for example vga=716 to boot LiveCD you can press F4 and choose save graphics mode. I've completely don't