Same issue on an AMD Athlon XP 3200+. The workaround also worked for me. I saw in some duplicate bugs that some users do not know how to apply the workaround. For those interested, here are the steps : - start your computer from the live-CD (or live-USB), and choose "Try Ubuntu without installing" instead of "Install Ubuntu" - after some time, you should reach the desktop : click on the Ubuntu logo in the top left corner and type "terminal" (without the quotes) - a terminal icon should appear below : click on it. You should have a command-line in a dark window - type "sudo apt-get remove ubiquity-slideshow-xubuntu", and confirm the uninstallation when it is asked - close the window with the red cross in its top left corner - double-click on the desktop icon "Install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS" and follow the usual installation steps - when all the information will be entered, instead of having a slideshow of Ubuntu features during the installation, you will have a small window with a progress bar. But the installation should work fine
In any case, be aware that there is at least one other issue with these old CPUs on Linux : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source /flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/968759 . It seems that Adobe compiled the recent Flash plugin versions with some options that are incompatible with our CPUs. So Flash crashes every time and is unusable... Thank you Adobe -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/968216 Title: IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/968216/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
