[ubuntu-mythtv] Mythbuntu 12.04 install hangs at "stopping kernel save messages"

[Owen Stickley]

Before you do anything else, run the built-in memtest+ from the Ubuntu boot
CD to verify that your memory and CPU are not having issues and rule out
those as a source of this problem. My experience with Linux boot issues is
usually down to faulty memory.

On 7 June 2012 14:45, Dave Thacker <dthacker-list at bluestrain.net> wrote:

> On Friday, June 01, 2012 08:10:38 AM GEORGE GATEWOOD wrote:
> > I am going to take a wild guess here. I wonder if this is intel graphics
> > related.
> >
> > You didn't mention if the cd ran fine in live mode or if you had
> > successfully installed other versions of Ubuntu with this hardware
>
> I'll just gather all the replies here......
>
> I changed the default video card to "AGP" in the BIOS and slipped in an
> Nvidia
> card.   I get just a bit farther in the boot process.    I now see:
> disabling saned;  editing /etc/saned
> ...a few network services start ....
> Checking Battery state                         [OK]
> and then it hangs up.
>
> It hangs the same place on a xubuntu install CD  (12.04, i386)
>
> The tab and enter keyboard suggestion does not work.
>
> I cannot locate a "safe video" mode in the kernel options.
>
> I did try a boot option for "Some Dells" that set aicp7xxx to "no_probe"
> but
> that did not help.
>
> Hoping someone else has seen this.  Thanks in advance
>
> DT
>
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Dave Thacker <dthacker-list at bluestrain.net>
> > To: ubuntu-mythtv at lists.ubuntu.com
> > Sent: Friday, June 1, 2012 8:48 AM
> > Subject: [ubuntu-mythtv] Mythbuntu 12.04 install hangs at "stopping
> kernel
> > save messages"
> >
> > Hardware:  Dell Optiplex 260,  Hauppauge PVR 250, using onboard video for
> > monitor during install
> >
> > Media:  Mythbuntu 12.04, i386, md5sum confirmed
> >
> > When I attempted to boot from CD for install, the install process hung.
>  I
> > repeated the boot while watching the console messages.   The install
> stops
> > after a message that says "Stopping kernel save messages   [OK]". How
> can I
> > proceed past this point?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Dave
>
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