2011/7/22 Charles-Michel Marle <[email protected]> > ** > Good morning! > > Yesteday, stimulated by Nicolas Wolovick's message, I tried again to > install > ubuntu with kernel 2.6.37 on my ac100, on which was installed, in the > internal memory, > phh's latest ubuntu (which I installed following the instructions given on > the page > http://salaliitto.com/~gildean/ac100/wiki/phh/). I followed closely the > instructions given > on the README file of the page > http://people.canonical.com/~ogra/tegra/2.6.37/, > for an internal installation on the largest partition of the internal > memory. > > Alas, I did not succeed. At the beginning all went well, except, maybe, > messages saying > > /script:init-top/plymouth: line 19 /sbin/plymouthd not found > line 20 /bin/plymouth not found > > > just before the ubuntu installer started. But nevertheless, the ubuntu > installer started in graphic mode, > asking for the language, the country, the keyboard configuration, > my name, password, ... > > But then an error message appeared, in French (I make here an approximate > English translation): > > "Sorry, the installer met an error. Report it to > https://launchpad-net/ubuntu/+sources/ubiquity/+filebug";, > and asking to join the files /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman. > > I tried then to work in console mode (with Control-Alt-F3 or F4), but the > password > I had chosen was not recognized, I could not log in and had to restart the > ac100. > So I was unable to look at the files /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman. > > After reboot, the installer did not continue its job, instead there was an > endless cycle of junk on the screen, > which I stopped by removing the battery and the external source of > electricity. > > I tried again and again, at least 10 times, each time flashing again the > installer on part 6, putting > the ubuntu tarball on an usb key (I even tried two different usb keys, and > also an sdcard). No success! > Sometimes, the installer was stuck just after the keyboard configuration, > with the mouse pointer frozen, > sometimes I got again the "Sorry, the installer met an error" message. Once > I even tried not to configure the keyboard, letting > the default US keyboard, with no more success. > > Finally I reinstalled on my ac100 phh's latest, which works rather well: > with it I did not observe any > instability of the wifi: on my ac100 the wifi is very stable and works > perfectly. I got once or twice, > in one month of use, a breakdown (mouse pointer frozen, nothing > responding), but that occcured rarely. > Now I have to install again the software I had on my ac100 before this > attempt (my personal files were > safely copied on my main computer, I lost nothing). > > I do not say that the installation of kernel 2.6.37 does not work, since it > worked fine for Nicolas Wolovick, > I just indicate that on my ac100, I was unable to make it work, probably it > is my fault, but I do not see > what I did wrong. > > Which exact model? Perhaps there are more people with that model having the same problems.
Best, Nicolas > Best regards to all, > > C.-M. Marle > >
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