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. <div class="gmail_quote">On 7 June 2012 14:45, Dave Thacker <<a href="mailto:dthacker-list@bluestrain.net" target="_blank">dthacker-list@bluestrain.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <div class="im">On Friday, June 01, 2012 08:10:38 AM GEORGE GATEWOOD wrote: </div><div class="im">> 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 </div>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 <div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"> > > > > ________________________________ > From: Dave Thacker <<a href="mailto:dthacker-list@bluestrain.net">dthacker-list@bluestrain.net</a>> > To: <a href="mailto:ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com</a> > 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 -- Dave Thacker Sysadmin, Postmaster, DBA, odd jobs -- Ubuntu-mythtv mailing list <a href="mailto:Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com">Ubuntu-mythtv@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-mythtv</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Owen Stickley <a href="http://owened.net/+" target="_blank">http://owened.net/+</a>