Dapper install CD won't run on my AMD64

Thu Jul 6 15:35:29 UTC 2006

Even on COLD boot (i.e. turn off the machine, and then turn it on)?

Gilles

Bill Atkins wrote:
> Sorry, I forgot this was a new thread.
>
> It starts loading services and seems to have no problems until it 
> starts GDM and then "HP Printing Utilities."  At this point, the 
> screen goes blank and nothing else happens.  Neither the CD nor the 
> hard drive appear to be spinning.  This happens with every kind of fix 
> I've tried.
>
> Bill
>
> On 7/6/06, *Gilles Gravier* <Gilles at gravier.org 
> <mailto:Gilles at gravier.org>> wrote:
>
>     At what point does the install CD stop?
>
>     Gilles.
>
>
>     Bill Atkins wrote:
>>     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>
>>     <mailto: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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>>
>>
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