Public bug reported:
My hardware:
Model: HP Pavilion dv5-1060eo laptop
Processor: AMD Turion X2 Ultra 64
Graphics: ATI Radion HD3450
(can provide more information if it is requested)
Scenario:
I downloaded the Ubuntu 8.10 beta, the x86-64 version. I did an md5sum
check before I burned the CD, which was fine (identical to the reference
string). I rebooted my computer and loaded the CD. I edited the boot
command to remove "quiet", and hit enter.
Everything seemed to be going fine, if very slowly, until it got to
'starting powernowd'. After a couple of minutes, the Ubuntu logo and
progress bar disappeared, and the screen changed to showing all the
recent events ('starting CUPS' was the last one to register "OK"), with
'starting powernowd' at the bottom of the screen. Underneath was a blank
line with a blinking cursor. I left it like that for at least fifteen
minutes, but it didn't change, so I forced a shut-down by holding down
my laptop's power button for five seconds.
I booted again, and decided to use the live CD's self-test option. It
showed the progress bar for a long time, and then it changed to a blank
screen, except for a blinking cursor in the top left. I left this for
about ten minutes, but nothing changed.
I booted back into Windows, and used UNetbootin to burn the ubuntu iso
to a 1GB USB stick. I restarted again and tried loading that. This time,
I got a lot further, but still not to the desktop - I got to the light
brown blank screen that usually shows before the face chooser or the
desktop, but at that point it stopped doing anything. I could move my
mouse cursor on the screen, but that was it.
As I did an md5sum check on my iso, and tried booting it from two
different methods, I suspect there might be a hardware compatibility
issue.
I'm not really sure where to go from here.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Unable to boot 8.10 beta x86-64
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/277684
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