** Description changed:

- Panel load of acpi applet (clips off soundevent playing the boot theme)
- is broken in Ed+Ubuntu on this laptop, with all available upgrades in
- place (386), disabling Gnome controls once upset (batt charging mode).
+ 'OT' Context: on Ed/ubuntu, with all available upgrades in place (386),
+ Gnome control gets lost on this laptop (no clicking - touchpad?). Gnome
+ might work to start with, but once it's upset a novice must reinstall.
+ Fault: At boot, Panel load of acpi applet halts (in battery charging
+ mode) clipping off the boot theme soundevent playback. Effective desktop
+ lockup, with pointer movement only (& maybe workspace switching).
  
- So I tried Kubuntu, but this fails at step 5 of 6 in the Installer
+ So we tried Kubuntu, but this fails at step 5 of 6 in the Installer
  [bugfile below] - it can't seem to get the hda partition info up at all.
  This phase is slow in Ubuntu, but does partition correctly and finish
  installing - not like Kubuntu:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
      install(sys.argv[1])
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
      ret = wizard.run()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 
311, in run
      self.process_step()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 
731, in process_step
      self.gparted_to_mountpoints()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 
804, in gparted_to_mountpoints
      print >>self.qtparted_subp.stdin, "apply"
  AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'stdin'
  
- 3 x files attached.
+ 3 x files attached, as per Installer Crash instruction.

** Description changed:

  'OT' Context: on Ed/ubuntu, with all available upgrades in place (386),
  Gnome control gets lost on this laptop (no clicking - touchpad?). Gnome
  might work to start with, but once it's upset a novice must reinstall.
  Fault: At boot, Panel load of acpi applet halts (in battery charging
  mode) clipping off the boot theme soundevent playback. Effective desktop
  lockup, with pointer movement only (& maybe workspace switching).
  
- So we tried Kubuntu, but this fails at step 5 of 6 in the Installer
+ So we tried Kubuntu, but this Crashes at step 5 of 6 in the Installer
  [bugfile below] - it can't seem to get the hda partition info up at all.
  This phase is slow in Ubuntu, but does partition correctly and finish
  installing - not like Kubuntu:
  
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
      install(sys.argv[1])
    File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
      ret = wizard.run()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 
311, in run
      self.process_step()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 
731, in process_step
      self.gparted_to_mountpoints()
    File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 
804, in gparted_to_mountpoints
      print >>self.qtparted_subp.stdin, "apply"
  AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'stdin'
  
  3 x files attached, as per Installer Crash instruction.

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Kubuntu LTS on an HP Compaq nx9110
https://launchpad.net/bugs/54527

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