[Bug 1103252] Re: My computer just shut down one day while I was using it, and Ubuntu wouldn't start up after that. When I tried to reinstall Ubuntu I got the message that something went wrong.

[Henrik Giversen]

Thanks for the answer.

Well, the only reason why I tried to install an older version was that
it was what I had on me (a USB stick). I physically installed Ubuntu
11.10 with this USB stick originally, and then later did an update to
12.04 via internet.

The problem is the bug - or whatever it was - killed my computer, while
the OS was 12.04 LTS.

And it killed my computer so severely I can't reinstall at all, it
seems.

Do you think I won't get the error message if I try installing 12.04?

I am new to Ubuntu, almost a year now. I'm just an average user, for
instance I don't really understand programming language. As I said below
I've been hyping the product shamelessly nonetheless - or just because,
since it's so simple and easy to use, and works better.

But this... I do remember a friend warned me that when Ubuntu went wrong
it wasn't like Windows - where you just bring over the guy who knows a
little more about computers than you do and he can fix it. My friend
said that when Ubuntu went wrong it went really really wrong and you'd
need "expert or a little above expert-level help."

Now I wonder if he's right... ;-)


> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 04:16:17 +0000
> From: 1103252 at bugs.launchpad.net
> To: henrikgiversen at hotmail.com
> Subject: [Bug 1103252] Re: My computer just shut down one day while I was	using it,	and Ubuntu wouldn't start up after that. When I tried to reinstall	Ubuntu I got the message that something went wrong.
> 
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better.  I noticed that you are installing an older version of
> Ubuntu, unless you have some specific requirements to run an older
> release I recommend trying to install the latest LTS version of Ubuntu.
> We released version 12.04, in April of 2012, and it is a Long Term
> Support release.  You can find different ways to obtain it at
> http://download.ubuntu.com.  In the event that you really want to run
> the older version of Ubuntu please set this bug's status back to New.
> Thanks!
> 
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> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
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> Title:
>   My computer just shut down one day while I was using it, and Ubuntu
>   wouldn't start up after that. When I tried to reinstall Ubuntu I got
>   the message that something went wrong.
> 
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
> 
> Bug description:
>   I am not an expert, I cannot explain any further than in the summary.
>   But since I installed Ubuntu almost a year ago I've hyped it
>   shamelessly. Can't say I expected my computer to commit suicide with
>   it.  ( :
> 
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
>   Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
>   Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
>   ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
>   Architecture: i386
>   CasperVersion: 1.287
>   Date: Wed Jan 23 01:25:08 2013
>   LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANGUAGE=da_DK.UTF-8
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
>   SourcePackage: ubiquity
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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Title:
  My computer just shut down one day while I was using it, and Ubuntu
  wouldn't start up after that. When I tried to reinstall Ubuntu I got
  the message that something went wrong.

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I am not an expert, I cannot explain any further than in the summary.
  But since I installed Ubuntu almost a year ago I've hyped it
  shamelessly. Can't say I expected my computer to commit suicide with
  it.  ( :

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Wed Jan 23 01:25:08 2013
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=da_DK.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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