Precise: Very slow boot / Unity 3d does not start on some USB drives
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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casper (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Strange as it is, I have two sorts of USB thumb drives here:
1) 4GB thumb drive, brand "Paradies" (from German drug store "Drogerie dm")
2) 8GB thumb drive, brnd "Müller" (from German drug store "Drogerie Müller")
Trying to install Ubuntu 12.04.1 64-bit live on both of them yields the following (both running on the same Thinkpad T61):
- on the 4GB "Paradies" thumb drive, the live session starts as expected, running Unity 3d.
- on the 8GB "Müller" thumb drive, the live session does not start up as expected: there is no top panel and no launcher, the desktop show the purple background and two icons, but nothing else.
This is also described here (for 11.04): http://
Pressing Ctrl+Alt+Delete I can log out of the session and then chose Unity 2D, whoch runs as expected.
It's very strange that the kind of USB drive should make the difference, but as everything else is the same, I am forced to believe that Ubuntu live does not work with some USB drives (notably the 8GB Müller drive).
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: casper (not installed)
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-30-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelMo
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: amd64
Date: Sat Sep 8 22:32:13 2012
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
SourcePackage: casper
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (133 days ago)
Note that the effect can not be due to a defective thumb drive, as I tried two identical drives of brand "Müller". The live session does not run off either of them.