[Bug 1121503] Re: Alienware AM17xR4 can't enter installer on 12.10

2013-03-21 Thread Xcad Lex
Hey, I returned the pos a while ago, but I forgot to mention that while I was doing more searching, I found out the ATI card I had was an 'AMD Enduro' card which meant the system was able to switch between using the discrete AMD graphics card for intense application and then back to the built in

[Bug 1121503] Re: Alienware AM17xR4 can't enter installer on 12.10

2013-02-13 Thread Xcad Lex
I googled a while back and the noun x.org came up. Maybe there's a package I could attempt to upgrade to that's in Ubuntu 12.10 or 13 that isn't in 12.04, then after the upgrade of that single package (and thereafter other candidates until the culprit is found)? Once everything goes foobar, we'd

[Bug 1121503] Re: Alienware AM17xR4 can't enter installer on 12.10

2013-02-12 Thread Xcad Lex
I just checked and it doesn't give the same error/ crash, though it's not functional. It boots me into some kind of a UI with a menu bar at the top and the buttons on the right side of that bar. But in the middle of the screen, where I'm supposed to see a fancy orange desktop, I only see black.

[Bug 1121503] [NEW] Alienware AM17xR4 can't enter installer on 12.10

2013-02-10 Thread Xcad Lex
Public bug reported: AM17xR4-7526bk Specs: Intel Core i7-3610QM Processor 2GB AMD Radeon HD 7970M Graphics When I insert the latest Ubuntu disk, it hangs with these kinds of messages [quote] udevd[143]: timeout: killing '/sbin/modprobe -bv pci:v8086d0166sv1028sd0551bc03sc00i00'

[Bug 1121503] Re: Alienware AM17xR4 can't enter installer on 12.10

2013-02-10 Thread Xcad Lex
I might be able to get that command to work in version 12.04, but wouldn't that only mislead debuggers into thinking that those specs came from the versions of software being tested? Please get back to me, in the meantime I'll set this to confirmed. ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu) Status:

[Bug 1064098] [NEW] Wired NIC doesn't allow internet connection over PXE

2012-10-08 Thread Xcad Lex
Public bug reported: When booting a machine into Ubuntu via PXE as a LiveCD, the booted machine will not beable to ping google.com or any other domain. It will be able to ping the IP addresses of local machines. So I guess this is a DNS resolution problem? Trying to fix the situation through