[Bug 973789] Re: Precise beta install crashes from cd after boot

[Peter Wagner]

Inbetween I have tried the alternate CD, also beta, downloaded 4/15.
Install ran without disruption. Previous OS get started without trouble.

First start (and any further) of Precise began with a blank violet
screen (for a second), followed by an introduction screen (20 secs?),
with four horizontal bars in violet-black-violet-black, separated by
tiny dotted coloured lines, which slightly move (seemingly a reminder of
the moving dots of the welcome-screen). Then a completely black screen
without any sign of life. CTRL+ALT+PrtScrn+REISUB shuts the system down.

In recovery mode, the system boots correctly and enables a glimpse into
Ubiquity. I updated everything, but a full start rendered the symptoms
described above.

I enter some logs which may help with finding the problem. Can add any
more, of course.

Two months ago I had also problems with install, then of the 11.10
version, and to a completely different computer for a friend, but with
the same monitor. It has seemed to me a problem of the intel video card,
which didn't cope with my new monitor BENQ GL 2240, and after a
reduction of the screen size, the system worked fine, without these
strange effects (stripes across the screen, disappearing letters etc.).
With my friend, my installation works without problems, with another
monitor.

** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/973789/+attachment/3068389/+files/Xorg.0.log

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Title:
  Precise beta install crashes from cd after boot

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Sorry for filing it with "ubiquity", but the bug is linked to the
  install process of the beta version of Precise Pangolin, and I had to
  choose a package for Apport.

  Steps:
  1 downloaded live CD from  http://releases.ubuntu.com/precise/ by April 2nd,
  2 boot with live CD
  3 ubuntu loading page appears, dots moving
  4 funny welcome page appears: parts of my standard Lucid Lynx desktop, strangely shifted across the wallpaper. Let's say, the upper left quarter at the lower right, etc. system goes on working for a while, then freezes. no input, even not the REISUB sequence. why does the live CD install take info from my harddisk???
  5 switch off power, new boot, I repeat steps 2 + 3
  6 very colourful screen with many pixels, as if taking a random bitmap and displaying by the graphic card. comp seems to work for some seconds (CD player active), no input accepted
  7 the same like steps 5 + 6

  I see no chance to intervene, i.e. to make a mistake.

  Where can I find logs to post? Those in the /var/log/installer are
  very old. Can I stop the process?

  No hurry, I'm safely and happily working on Ubuntu 10.04 and open for
  testing.

  Peter Wagner

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
  Package: ubiquity (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-25.45-generic 2.6.32.21+drm33.7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.32-25-generic i686
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Apr  4 23:24:10 2012
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release i386 (20100429)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=cs:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity

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