This has been affecting my installation routines for a number of versions of Kubuntu now. I found a workaround that involves temporarily disabling nouveau until nvidia drivers can be installed:
Boot from the Ubuntu installation media. When the boot menu appears : Highlight Try Ubuntu without installing and press the E key. Add the nouveau.modeset=0 parameter to the end of the linux line ... Then press F10 to boot. Having entered the desktop start the installation process, once completed restart the PC. Again. When the GRUB boot menu appears : Highlight the Ubuntu menu entry and press the E key. Add the nouveau.modeset=0 parameter to the end of the linux line ... Then press F10 to boot. Now install the latest official NVIDIA drivers. This is a bug that needs to be addressed. Anyone new to *ubuntu who encounters this would assume that installation is impossible, even using the Live Disk has become a problem. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-nouveau in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1217585 Title: System hangs after some time with nouveau and GT240 Status in Nouveau Xorg driver: Confirmed Status in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in xserver-xorg-video-nouveau package in Fedora: Unknown Bug description: With the Nouveau driver I get random system hangs in the Live CD - any version since it was switched to nouveau up until today's daily images. It happens after half an hour to a couple of hours usage and affects installed systems as well, until they are switched to the proprietary driver. This is a well known bug in other trackers but I can't see it anywhere on Launchpad, so I'm reporting it and will add bug watches. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.8-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-4.9-generic 3.11.0-rc7 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-4-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.336 Date: Tue Aug 27 22:16:06 2013 LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130827) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nouveau/+bug/1217585/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
