"Download updates while installing" stuck

[Christopher Forster]

Hi, Ubuntu 13.04 daily build CD installation problem. I choose a Sámigiella language installation. Ubiquity stuck at: "Preparing to install Ubuntu".

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: ubiquity 2.13.17 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-13.23-generic 3.8.3
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-13-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.330
Date: Sun Mar 24 08:19:16 2013
InstallCmdLine: initrd=/ubninit file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/ubnkern
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20130323)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 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)

[Christopher Forster (christopherforster)]

Defect USB drive? I created the bootable Live USB drive using UNetbootin. I booted the Live USB and ran "Check disc for defects" which did not complete. Ctrl+Alt+F1 gives the following message: "Disabling IRQ #18". It could also be a buggy Live media at alpha stage. I could try to run the daily build using VirtualBox.

[Christopher Forster (christopherforster)]

CD integrity check tested OK on VirtualBox, that means the USB drive is certainly defect. Marking this bug as invalid. With limited Ubuntu resources I didn't mean to report a bug when it's not. Keep up the good work Ubuntu community!

[Christopher Forster (christopherforster)]

I reproduced the bug with another USB drive. I therefore think it has to do with the hardware not being properly recognised. raring won't run with my hardware:

System Information (from Phoronix Test Suite v4.4.1)

Hardware:
Processor: Intel Atom N270 @ 1.60GHz (2 Cores), Motherboard: Acer AOA150, Chipset: Intel Mobile 945GSE MCH + ICH7-M, Memory: 512 MB + 1024 MB DDR2-533MHz, Disk: 160GB Seagate ST9160310AS, Graphics: Intel Mobile 945GSE IGP, Audio: Realtek ALC268, Network: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E

Other important things to know: partition with the btrfs file system, screen resolution: 1024x600

PROCESSOR:

Core Count: 1
Thread Count: 2
Cache Size: 512 KB
Instruction Set Extensions: SSE 2
AES Encryption: NO
Energy Performance Bias: NO
Virtualization: NO
Compiler Configuration: --build=i486-linux-gnu --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-languages=c,c++,go,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-targets=all --enable-threads=posix --host=i486-linux-gnu --target=i486-linux-gnu --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic -v
Disk Scheduler: CFQ
Disk Mount Options: relatime,rw,space_cache
Cpu Scaling Governor: ondemand
Graphics 2d Acceleration: UXA

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[Christopher Forster (christopherforster)]

Why not offer the Ubuntu Installer or the Debian Installer too? For some the live images hardly work.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]