12.10 live USB crashes on boot

[Will Kemp]

Ubuntu 12.10 live image written to a USB stick using the utility in Ubuntu 12.04.

ISO file matches MD5 hash.

On booting from USB stick, first screen with accessibility icons appears and dialog is functional but after that, i get a flasshing underline cursor in the top LHS position on the screen for a few seconds and then it crashes. If i enter the accessibility menu, i get the boot selection dialog after choosing the keyboard. Then, after selecting the try without installing option, it goes to the cursor and then crashes. If i don't do anything at the accessibility icon screen, after the timeout it goes immediately to the cursor and then crashes.

When i say "crashes", what actually happens is there's no further output to the screen. The monitor reports "no signal". There is a small amount of hdd activity after that, but then no sign of life. After a few minutes, i do a hard shutdown.

The system is a Shuttle XS35V3
CPU: Atom D2700
Chipset: N10/ICH7
VGA: Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller

Ubuntu 12.04 runs on this system without problems (i'm using it to lodge this bug report).

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[Will Kemp (will-swaggie)]

The same USB stick boots without problems in another machine.

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1072965

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

[Will Kemp (will-swaggie)]

No terminal window is available as the system has not yet booted. No log can be provided.

[keghn (keghn)]

 Hello dose current OS on you computer still work. Did you live usb
crash effet them?
 My laptop crash when I took ubuntu 12.10 for A live test.
 It place garbage in the bios, or uefi, or video driver so
that my curent 12.04 would not run.
My laptop is still under warrety and had it sent off
for repairs. They changed out the mother board.
 Ten days later i had it back
and runs fine. That live usb i put mint 13 on it, and works fine.
 The install of mint 13 to the hard drive went ok.

 I had Mint 13 working on the 8 gibbytes SSD that was built
into the mother board befor the crash. So i lost this OS
when the repair man swaped out the mother board.

 I AM SCARED TO TRY PUT 12.10 ON MY LAPTOE AGAIN!

 I hope when mint 14 come out they will remove that problem, but
thery are good at copying ubuntu bugs.

 I might try ubuntu again if i here when they fix this problem
by not touching the current setting or have some kind of
app to reinstall defualt settings.

[Will Kemp (will-swaggie)]

Yes, the computer still works fine with 12.04.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Will Kemp, could you please confirm this issue exists with the latest development release of Ubuntu? ISO images are available from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ . If the issue remains, could you please run the following command in Precise from a Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal), as it will automatically gather and attach updated debug information to this report:

apport-collect -p linux <replace-with-bug-number>

[Will Kemp (will-swaggie)]

Sorry Christopher, i gave up on that system some time ago and no longer have it, so i can't confirm that.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

Will Kemp, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1072965/comments/8 regarding you no longer have the hardware. For future reference you can manage the status of your own bugs by clicking on the current status in the yellow line and then choosing a new status in the revealed drop down box. You can learn more about bug statuses at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/Status. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please submit any future bugs you may find.