I encountered the exact same issue as the OP, with the same steps
performed (Kubuntu 13.04 liveUSB via UEFI mode). It would finish
installing packages, but fail with one of the errors mentioned in the OP
(depending on whether I was reinstalling or running the boot-repair
utility). The boot-repair t
I had extremely low/absent sound on my Toshiba A105-S4134.
Upgrading the alsa drivers to the most recent version made the sound work some
of the time.
however, adding 'options snd-hda-intel model=auto' to my /etc/modprobe.d
/alsa-base made the sound work perfectly.
Thanks a million for the worka