[Bug 881131] [NEW] Ubuntu 11.10 freezes during installation on Athlon XP. Segfault in BusyBox.

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Oneiric freezes during installation (The Release notes did not say, that
my Athlon XP CPU was too old for Oneiric.)

a) From Live CD: "Install Ubuntu icon" opens a new window, where I can choose the language. But it won't let me continue, only quit. No matter, which language I choose.
   When I try to start the installer again, the GUI disappears, the text console appears, with the mouse cursor on top. Cannot switch terminals with Ctrl-Alt-F1/2/3. Only Alt-SysReq-E/U/K/B possible.

b) When I try to install from the Alternate CD:
Everything works fine ... install basic system, enter username, configuring apt, no automatic update, configuring language-pack-en-base, tasksel additional software (none chosen) ... 
up to the point "Configuring apparmor". Then system freezes and the Shift-Lock and Scroll-Lock LEDs on the keyboard begin to flash. No Ctrl-AltF1/2/..., no Alt-SysReq-E/B/... So, unfortunately I cannot tell you anything about the logs.

>From a previous try with the Alternate CD, where I had the syslog
console active during installation, I remember, that the final message
was "panic. init terminated." and a BusyBox problem. I do not remember
the exact call stack output. But if it helps, I can try to re-produce
it. Maybe I can capture the log output via ttyS0.

I am not sure, if the problem has really something to do with
'apparmor'. I believe, that I have seen the system freeze while
installing other packages as well (tried alternate install several
times).

Probably this is not relevant for the problem, just to let you know: I
ran both installs via netboot.

CPU: Athlon XP (0.13)
Chipset:  VIA KT400(A)/600

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

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Ubuntu 11.10 freezes during installation on Athlon XP. Segfault in BusyBox.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/881131
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