[Bug 178331] 7.10 Installer hangs on Compag nx9105

[khiraly]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: linux-source-2.6.15

Hi!

Im unable to install ubuntu 7.10 on my HP Compaq nx9105 laptop. The installer starts, but it hangs when tries to switch to 
nativ(?) resolution.
I have tried the "Start Ubuntu in safe graphics mode" but didnt helped, it hangs the same way.
Here are some photos, the laptop dont answer to the keyboard (caps lock), so I assume its hard freeze.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/889/img001ga4.jpg
Sometime it freeze just before this:
http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/8306/img008hn6.jpg

I have read the help menu, but unable to boot in the:
rescue
live-expert mode
simply because it does not exist. (failed to boot the kernel image).
The exact graphics controller:
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 420 Go  32M] (rev a3)

I used debian on this laptop the past two years or so. My main winchester almost died 
(it is horribly slow, to boot into linux takes from 30-40 minutes), so I wanted to 
try ubuntu, OR copy my old winchester to the new one. However on this ubuntu installer there is 
no text mode. So it hangs in every way.
(the installer complain about the broadcom 4306 wifi card too. I used this wifi card with the bcm43xx.berlios.de driver)

My question is:
How is it possible to install ubuntu on this computer?

Please let me know if You need some additional information.

Best regards, 
 Khiraly

** Affects: linux-source-2.6.15 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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7.10 Installer hangs on Compag nx9105
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