Powerpc Live CD Hangs and doesn't complete booting

[Keith Rogers]

Booting from Live USB flash drive using the following parameters:

live-nosplash-powerpc snd-powermac.blacklist=yes

Boot process hangs and fails to complete.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubiquity 2.15.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-11.17-powerpc-smp 3.8.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-11-powerpc-smp ppc
ApportVersion: 2.10.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: powerpc
CasperVersion: 1.334
Date: Mon Jun 24 23:59:02 2013
InstallCmdLine: ro ramdisk_size=1048576 file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet -- snd-powermac.blacklist=yes
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha powerpc (20130624)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[James King (jlking3)]

Specifically, what happens in my particular case (I have a first generation Mac Mini) is that the text Plymouth screen will change background colors from cyan to black. Typically this is a sign that the boot process is proceeding normally. Usually some extra text will show up , but currently there is only the text "Lubuntu 13.04" and the loading dots, which continue to change color from white to orange and back again. On June 22, I let my Mac Mini run overnight to see if there was some major slowdown, but when I awoke and turned on my monitor, the loading dots were still dutifully changing color with no progress made, so I did a forced shutdown from the power switch.

This does NOT occur to me with the daily build from June 13. I did not test daily builds from June 14 through June 20, but since June 21, the daily build has not booted properly for me.

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1194319

[Lars Noodén (larsnooden)]

Here is the log from the failed boot. It just stops at the splash screen, but the consoles are accessible.

[Keith Rogers (keith-z-deactivatedaccount)]

Problem is still present in the 20130626/saucy-desktop-powerpc.iso

[Keith Rogers (keith-z-deactivatedaccount)]

Problem is still present in the daily-live/20130629/saucy-desktop-powerpc.iso

[Keith Rogers (keith-z-deactivatedaccount)]

This bug is no longer present.