Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Kubuntu Karmic, 9.10
System information: CPU: Intel Core i5, Bios Version: 0711
On the computer specified above we were not able to start the Live CD
correctly. It hanged during the booting process, leaving only a black
screen with a blinking cursor.
Providing a special boot parameter via F6 at the Live CD prompt
(acpi=off) allowed us to boot up the machine correctly. However, after a
successful permanent installation onto the harddrive, the computer
didn't boot up correctly (we ended up again at the cursors blinking on
an otherwise black screen). In order to solve this problem, we had to
manually provide the necessary boot parameter to Grub2 via the following
procedure:
sudo fdisk -l (to list the devices)
sudo mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
sudo mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
sudo chroot /mnt
nano /etc/default/grub (add acpi=off to the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT entry)
update-grub
sudo umount /mnt/dev
sudo umount /mnt
Given that Ubuntu states that it is Linux for human beings, we would
have assumed that the Live CD installer would automatically take care of
this situation and install Ubuntu to the the harddrive the way the Live
CD was booted. The user could be warned during the permanent
installation process about the necessary change to the Grub2
configuration and presented a choice if the installation should install
with or without the provided special boot parameters.
ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Dec 23 10:42:00 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release amd64 (20091027)
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-16.53-generic
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-16-generic x86_64
XsessionErrors: (polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:1795): GLib-CRITICAL **:
g_once_init_leave: assertion `initialization_value != 0' failed
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug
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Special boot parameters of Live CD not carried over to installation
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/499782
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