[Bug 572878] Re: Lucid LTS Live CD installer hangs after keyboard selection (Step 3)

[Brian Murray]

** Tags added: ubiquity-2.2.24

** Tags added: lucid

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Title:
  Lucid LTS Live CD installer hangs after keyboard selection (Step 3)

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  During install from the Lucid LTS live CD, I proceed to Step 3 -
  Keyboard selection.  I select the keyboard type, press "proceed" and
  the install just hangs.  I have waited over an hour for a response,
  and nothing happens.

  Can anyone suggest a way I can get past this? I have successfully
  installed Lucid LTS on my EeePC 701 netbook at home, but using the
  same live CD on my Acer Aspire at work, it hangs as above.  I have
  verified the MD5 checksum is correct.

  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to gather diagnostics, or of
  any workarounds I might try. After looking through the threads on this
  forum I have tried the "nomodeset" and removing "quiet splash" from
  the boot options - bot made no difference at all.

  If I allow the live CD to boot it all seems to go fine, and I get the
  live system up on the PC. Trying to do an install from this system
  gives me the same hang as it does without loading the live system
  first.

  The only thing I can really add at present is that one time when I
  tried installing from the live desktop, I had mounted a couple of
  partitions on my hard drive first, and before the hang occurred it
  asked if I wanted to dismount these partitions before continuing, so
  it seems it hangs after completing keyboard setup and either just
  before or during the part 4 which I assume will be looking at disk
  partitions and asking where you want the system installed to.

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