I experienced this bug when trying to start Ubuntu 18.04.2 Live DVD on an ASUS R515M. What happened was that the screen was blank, at first I thought the issue is with UEFI... I edited grub boot options for Linux (adding "nomodeset" instead of "quite splash") and then I saw the logs about r8169, where loading stopped.
I tried following the instructions from this bug report to disable LAN from the BIOS, but to no avail (there wasn't such an option, at least I couldn't find it). The workaround finally was to add to the grub boot options: "modprobe.blacklist=r8169". With this I managed to start Ubuntu Live DVD. May be useful for someone :) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225749 Title: Ubuntu 8.04 LiveCD fails to boot when RTL8102E LAN chip is enabled - with modprobe abnormal exit on ICH8M laptop To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/openvz-kernel/+bug/225749/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
