[Bug 1263966] [NEW] crashing on installation; have not been able to successfully install ubuntu after many tries; works from live cd without difficulty

[Tom Gretton]

Public bug reported:

ubuntu used to run like a charm on this machine till ~13.10 came out.

have not been able to complete a full install from scratch after many
attemps (including 12.04, 12.10, server edition, etc.)

failures appear to be random - sometimes a text screeen, sometimes a
machine hang, sometimes a reboot - at different phases of the install

changed video card from nVidia GT220 back to original ATI 3450HD and
this is the furthest i have got (second try; first try failed with a
text screen about a NULL pointer dereference

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
Date: Tue Dec 24 11:51:57 2013
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug saucy ubiquity-2.15.26 ubuntu

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Title:
  crashing on installation; have not been able to successfully install
  ubuntu after many tries; works from live cd without difficulty

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  ubuntu used to run like a charm on this machine till ~13.10 came out.

  have not been able to complete a full install from scratch after many
  attemps (including 12.04, 12.10, server edition, etc.)

  failures appear to be random - sometimes a text screeen, sometimes a
  machine hang, sometimes a reboot - at different phases of the install

  changed video card from nVidia GT220 back to original ATI 3450HD and
  this is the furthest i have got (second try; first try failed with a
  text screen about a NULL pointer dereference

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.26
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  Date: Tue Dec 24 11:51:57 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Release amd64 (20131016.1)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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