Public bug reported: #916736... It looked kind of like this documented bug, but I'm totally new to Linux. Installing ubuntu 11.10 and have been struggling with it for a week. I burned the iso files fine (or so it seemed) on my hpDVD640b drive. I've never had any consistent problems with this drive, but occasionally I'll have to reload a disc to get it to read. I've burned audio cds and played them on other machines with no problems, but on trying to install ubuntu, the problem was consistent. It would seem to boot from the CD fine... I'd get the isolinux copyright message, then a purple screen with an icon-sized graphic at the bottom, it would flash to black for a second, then Ubuntu with a little loading bar below it. That would last about 10 seconds, then I'd have a black screen and the cd/dvd drive went completely unresponsive. I couldn't even manually open the tray. I tried some blind key strokes (esc, CTRL+Alt+Del, F1) without any sign of response. Finally, I'd have to manually power down. I could then eject the cd on re-boot before bios kicked in.
I tried the alternate installation iso on another cd... (still using the same drive)... I could boot into the text-based installer and could progress through "install the base system" before it told me that there was no CD ROM. I concluded that it was probably a defective drive and bought a used drive this morning.... I was thrilled when the installation progressed much farther, and dismayed again when I got this error/bug. I've been spoiled by Windows and have forgotten anything I know of DOS, command line, and code. At this point, I don't know whether to reboot with the CD ROM in or without it, if I should reformat the partition I have reserved for Ubuntu or what will happen next! Any help would be appreciated. [email protected] P.S. I did go through apport and created a launchpad ID, but otherwise don't know anything about attaching the requested files to the bug report. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: ubiquity 2.8.7 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.287 Date: Sun Jan 22 21:45:42 2012 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE= PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 oneiric ubiquity-2.8.7 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/920290 Title: installer crashed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/920290/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
