Ubuntu
ubiquity package

install fails at beginning

Bug #79012 reported by Luke Townsley
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I just tried to install Xubuntu fiesty herd 2. It boots up fine as a live CD. When I try to install it, it asks my time zone and keyboard and then gives me a screen with a broad black band across the top and bottom of the screen. The middle of the screen has blue, white and greyish vertical stripes of varying widths.

When I hit the power button, it powers down.

My computer is a Gateway Profile 4 (all-in-one design) with a 17inch screen.

It was running Ubuntu Edgy just fine and will still boot up normally into Edgy after the failed install attempt.

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Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu) wrote :

Does this workaround function?

(from #79027):
Solution: I got to Terminal (Alt+F1) and next return (Alt+F7) and continue the installation.

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Luke Townsley (townsley) wrote :

When I do Alt+F1, there is some CD disk activity, but nothing changes. Just for fun, I also tried Alt+F7 after that and it seemed to do absolutely nothing.

CTRL-ALT-BKSP brings me back to the liveCD desktop which seems to open programs and work just fine.

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Luke Townsley (townsley) wrote :

I just tried to install Xubuntu Fiesty herd 2 via the alternate install disk on the same computer mentioned above. The install failed.

I noticed two things of interest. First of all, my standard ide disk seemed to be detected as SCSI and was labeled SCSI1. There is no scsi hardware on my machine. The disk is as standard as they come for a home desk desktop system.

Then the install proceeded to "Select and Install Software" until it got to 85% whereupon it did nothing else. Pushing the computer "on" button didn't shut it down and Alt+F1 did nothing.

I have 512 MB of ram.

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Luke Townsley (townsley) wrote :

I just downloaded and installed herd 3. It works fine installing from the Live CD and clicking on the icon on the desktop. I resized my partition instead of using the whole disk.

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Luke Townsley (townsley) wrote :

Seems to have been fixed in later version

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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