Public bug reported: Apparently, the X drivers supplied with ubuntu 12.04 for a new installation have a bug that causes a window freeze during or soon after installation on a Dell Dimension 2400 having on-motherboard Intel video hardware. The problem could be reliably induced by almost any manipulation of Firefox, though other interactions also seemed to trigger the problem. Notably, the automatic screen saver appeared to cause a freeze 10 minutes into an initial pkg update, ultimately resulting in a broken install.
The resolution was a driver update using ppa:ubuntu-x-swat before attempting any user interaction in X, by logging into the console ASAP with cntl-alt-F1. It seems these updates need to be incorporated into the 12.04 release iso image, and into the normal repository if not already there. For further details, see the following thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2089195 ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1084575 Title: 12.04 window manager freezes during or soon after installation To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1084575/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
