I'm experiencing the same issue. Acer laptop; acquired as a 'spares or repair' and I've no idea what the spec is. I will try and get a system report via 11.10, 12.04 doesn't boot on this system at all.
I can't boot the system into 12.04 at all, so I'll see what I can do about attaching a hardware spec using 11.10 I'm booting the system via PXE/tftp and NFS. System boots fine into the i386 11.10 live disk this way; I get the GUI etc. Other systems boot ok off this image. System didn't boot into any of the 12.04 alphas I tried, or the beta1 disk. I get the same problem in single and multi user. Single user (S appended to kernel boot args) * starting configure network device security * starting mount network filesystems * starting failsafe boot delay * starting network connection manager * stopping mount network filesystems * starting bridge socket events into upstart * starting bluetooth daemon * starting configure network device * starting configure network device security * starting mount network filesystems * stopping mount network filesystems * stopping failsafe boot delay * starting system V initialisation compatibility * starting set sysctls from /etc/sysctl.conf * stopping set sysctls from /etc/sysctl.conf * starting configure network device * starting configure network device security * starting configure network device [ xx.xxxx] b43-phy0 ERROR: firmware file "b43/ucode5.fw" not found [ xx.xxxx] b43-phy0 ERROR: firmware file "b43-open/ucode5.fw" not found [ xx.xxxx] b43-phy0 ERROR: You must go to http://wireless.kernel.org [snip] read all the instructions on this website. throughout the boot process, i was toggling the numlock key this responded right up to this point; it is now non-responsive. this suggests to me that it isn't something stalling the process; waiting for a timeout etc, but the kernel is no longer listening. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945257 Title: freeze hang boot broadcom b43 wifi firmware 12.04 i686 amd64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bcmwl/+bug/945257/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
