[Bug 292817] Re: Install from boot menu produces a different result to installation from live CD

[Phillip Susi]

I'm afraid that without any information on what went wrong or how to
reproduce it there is nothing to be done at this point, so I'm closing
this bug.


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Install from boot menu produces a different result to installation
  from live CD

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  When installing Intrepid on a friend's Acer Aspire 5100 over the
  weekend, I ran into major problems using the install option from the
  boot menu.  When the installation had completed (apparently
  successfully) and booted up, X wouldn't accept any input (though the
  console would). In an attempt to diagnose this problem, I removed the
  gdm package.

  Unfortunately, the installation then wouldn't accept the CD as a
  source of the packages, so I had to add some online sources in order
  to reinstall it. At this point, I discovered that none of the network
  interfaces seemed to be configured in a usable manner (i.e. ifconfig
  wasn't able to do any setup).  So, I went to reinstall.

  Unsurprisingly, by this point, my friend was becoming rather
  impatient, so we booted into the LiveCD so he could actually use his
  computer as something more than an inefficient space heater.  When
  he'd finished checking Facebook, we went through the install from the
  live CD environment. When we booted into the new installation it
  worked perfectly, and he's now the happy user of a GNU/Linux laptop
  (hurrah!).

  To summarise:
    * Installed using boot menu option
    * X wouldn't accept input, network interfaces weren't configured
    * Reinstalled using live CD desktop shortcut.
    * ...
    * Profit.

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