Dapper install CD won't run on my AMD64 (was: Lots of Dapper Problems)

[Bill Atkins]

I ended up just re-installing Ubuntu on my laptop from a Dapper CD.
This solved all my issues- I'm more interested in having at least one
working machine than in tracking down problems.

Unfortunately, I still can't get my desktop (the homemade AMD64) to
boot from the Dapper install CD.  I've tried:

   - the regular desktop CD (i386)
   - the alternate CD (i386)
   - the regular desktop CD (AMD64)
   - using the debian-installer/framebuffer=false kernel option
   - using the noapic and nolapic kernel options
   - safe graphics mode
   - combinations of these

The one approach I haven't tried is the alternate AMD64 install.  I'll
try that if no one can come up with other suggestions.

Any more ideas on this?  Mario Vukelic's link suggests that this isn't
a video-related problem.  The consistency checkers all indicate that
the CD is OK.  I'm not sure what the problem is here.

Bill

On 7/4/06, Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-07-04 at 11:03 -0400, Bill Atkins wrote:
> > Thanks.  I moved /etc/fonts out of the way, ...
>
> Glad you got one step further
>
> > Still, these other issues are baffling.
>
> They are, but I'd have it easier if I got an answer to my other
> question :) Did you follow the instructions in the DapperUpgrade notes,
> especially regarding making sure that (k,x)ubuntu-desktop is installed
> before upgrading?
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DapperUpgrades
>
> > Is there a better place to
> > look for support on these kinds of problems?
>
> I don't think really
>
> >  Is it possible to talk
> > to Canonical directly, or to talk to the people who make the
> > installation CD's?
>
> There are commercial support options on the Ubuntu homepage somewhere,
> but I don't think that's what you're asking
>
> I guess via bug reports, but before filing one you should make sure you
> followed the instructions in the upgrade notes
>
> > Even though
> > the machines are very different (one is an IBM ThinkPad, the other a
> > homebuilt AMD64 machine), they are having frustratingly similar
> > problems.
>
> To me, his might hint to erroneous upgrade procedures
> (DapperUpgrades? :) or a bug in Dapper you trigger for some reason
>
> > I followed the same procedure on both machines: change breezy to
> > dapper in /etc/apt/sources.lst, sudo apt-get update, then sudo apt-get
> > dist-upgrade.
>
> Just to be sure: installed (k,x)ubuntu-desktop before doing that?
>
> As another poster has noted, aptitude might be a better option than
> apt-get, since it is much better at resolving dependencies.
>
> Also, upgrading via System/Administration/Update Manager (as explained
> in the upgrade notes) seems to be safer. Many people seem to have
> problems doing it the CLI way. For me it went smooth though, but I
> upgraded before the Flight CDs came out.
>
> I don't know if there is a way to force Update Manager to retry now,
> after the CLI approach has already failed.
>
> > I considered doing a fresh install from a Dapper install CD, but even
> > this caused problems for me. (...) I have a hunch this is a video card problem (ATi Radeon
> > 9250SE), but I don't know what to do about it.
>
> I'd think your hunch looked pretty good, had I not googled this:
> http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/ATI/Radeon9xxx
>
> Did you use the Desktop CD or the Alternate Install CD? If not the
> second, it might be worth a try since it needs no X to install
>
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Bill Atkins