[VMWare Player 5.0.x] Quantal+ as guest hangs at end of install

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As it freezes, I can not collect any logs.

Did you have an issue using previous Ubuntu releases ? Would it be possible for you to see if the 12.04 version installs without the hang?

12.04 works fine.

David Balažic, could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, could you please run the following command in the live environment from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

I downloaded saucy-desktop-i386 (at about 13:00 UTC today, the web page on your link says : saucy-desktop-i386.iso 10-Aug-2013 08:19 878M

I used VMware Player 5.0.2 build-1031769 on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit.

After booting the ISO I got this screen: attachment first_screen.png

I can not continue, as every screen is like that (went one further) and half of it is not visible, including the Next button, I would have to "navigate blind".

Also (later), with the blue circle icon menu at the "top" I turned on High Contrast mode, but then there is no way to turn it off.

There is no crash.

There is no hang either.
Just a gfx corruption. As pictured on the screenshot. I doubt there is a line like "due to reason x, the screen is shown 300 pixels lower than normal" in any log.

David Balažic, it would be helpful if we had the log from the point it starts the graphics corruption. Could you please capture this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DebuggingSystemCrash ?

Here is the /var/log/kern.log (attached)

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I sent the above from ubuntu 13.04 desktop i386.
In the terminal I got also this:
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apport-collect 1077440
The authorization page:
 (https://launchpad.net/+authorize-token?oauth_token=lNbKz0hWlWG9m84gbnjC&allow_permission=DESKTOP_INTEGRATION)
should be opening in your browser. Use your browser to authorize
this program to access Launchpad on your behalf.
Press any key to continue or wait (5) seconds...
Waiting to hear from Launchpad about your decision...

(process:5730): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed
ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/general-hooks/cloud_archive.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 197, in _run_hook
    symb['add_info'](report, ui)
  File "/usr/share/apport/general-hooks/cloud_archive.py", line 18, in add_info
    if '~cloud' in packaging.get_version(package) and \
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/packaging_impl.py", line 123, in get_version
    raise ValueError('package %s does not exist' % package)
ValueError: package linux does not exist
dpkg-query: no packages found matching linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$

I see the same graphic problem an a real PC. So:
 - it is hardware independent (read: if you're interested, you can most probably reproduce it)
 - this is not actually the bug I opened here (hang versus broken toolbar)

I just tried 12.04 again, and it hung again after clicking the Reboot button.
After a few minutes I pressed ctrl-c and then after a second it rebooted.

Given the number of bugs that the Kernel Team receives during any development cycle it is impossible for us to review them all. Therefore, we occasionally resort to using automated bots to request further testing. This is such a request.

We are approaching release and would like to confirm if this bug is still present. Please test again with the latest development kernel and indicate in the bug if this issue still exists or not.

You can update to the latest development kernel by simply running the following commands in a terminal window:

    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

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Thank you for your help, we really do appreciate it.

The above is not possible for the installation scenario, changed status back to Confirmed.

David Balažic, if this is indeed a kernel issue, the current daily ISO would have the latest kernel Joesph is requesting via http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ .

I tried the todays daily * and it seems OK, with one thing (which I experienced before too):
when after installation the reboot is done, the shutdown scripts is waiting for a press of ENTER key, but the text saying so is not visible (see screenshot).
So it hangs there until I press ENTER.
After that it reboots into the installed Ubuntu system.

I guess the original bug is solved (it was a bit sporadic and frankly I have no will to pursue this further).

* http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/saucy-desktop-i386.iso
md5sum eb8ff86ce4fc10a305b918ce28e0908e
.disk/info:
Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta i386 (20131005)

David Balažic, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1077440/comments/32 regarding this being fixed with an update. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.