[Bug 1319517] [NEW] Cannot install 14.04 on my Acer

[Scott]

Public bug reported:

Attempted to install 14.04 on my Acer Aspire, but the install crashed just as it started. 
I had planned on making a partition of 14.04 and keeping Win8 for a dual-boot, but the install doesn't give me this option. I chose wipe&install and now I'm here.

In the past I have tried to "try" 12.04 also from a USB, but the screen just boots up as a lit-up black screen. I tried plugging in an external monitor and there it is, the desktop. (??????) This doesn't happen for all distros. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the crash or not, but these are the issues I've been having consistently since I first tried making the Ubuntu switch on this machine.
Thanks

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Wed May 14 14:03:23 2014
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug trusty ubiquity-2.18.7 ubuntu

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Title:
  Cannot install 14.04 on my Acer

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Attempted to install 14.04 on my Acer Aspire, but the install crashed just as it started. 
  I had planned on making a partition of 14.04 and keeping Win8 for a dual-boot, but the install doesn't give me this option. I chose wipe&install and now I'm here.

  In the past I have tried to "try" 12.04 also from a USB, but the screen just boots up as a lit-up black screen. I tried plugging in an external monitor and there it is, the desktop. (??????) This doesn't happen for all distros. I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the crash or not, but these are the issues I've been having consistently since I first tried making the Ubuntu switch on this machine.
  Thanks

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  Date: Wed May 14 14:03:23 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140417)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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