[ubuntu-uk] Latest Feisty

[Eamonn Sullivan]

On 2/3/07, Ted <ted at trufflesdad.plus.com> wrote:
> I have just d/loaded the latest Feisty alternative cd and find it will
> not boot..
> It just hangs after the choose keyboard screen...I also tried the check
> software option
> and that starts but bombs out after a few seconds...I have checked the
> m5sum and]it is correct
> I also tried a torrent dload and this is the same...I have burned it at
> a slow rate to a high
> quality disk three times and all are the same...Has anyone got this
> running ok or is it a bug ??
>   I know the burner/disks are ok as I did a copy of Linux Mint at the
> same time....

I'm having trouble with the Feisty series too. It eventually boots
(after 20 minutes or so), but udev bombs out and hal fails to start.
Network Manager also doesn't work, but i've never seen that work on
any machine, anywhere. (I'm gutted that piece of crap (for me) seems
to be getting all the mind share on all distributions.) The result is
that I can't even do a decent bug report. I can't get any of the log
files off of the laptop to post anywhere. Without hal, even a USB
stick fails to mount, and I don't have a floppy disk. This is on a
relatively mainstream IBM ThinkPad Z60 that installs perfectly (no
tweaking necessary) on Edgy and Dapper.

That said, it's still early in the development process. Since I'm in
London, I wonder if I can just bring this laptop to one of the core
developers and let them take a look. Any of them on this list?

-Eamonn