i386 installer crashes

[Eric hilgart]

This was an issue which occurred during setup and brought me to this bug report page. I need an older Ubuntu install for the GMA500 driver which has not been updated for newer distros sadly.

(Should I open another bug for no 3D acceleration with GMA500 on 20.04 or 22.04?)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-142.168~14.04.1-generic 4.4.167
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-142-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.340.2
Date: Sun Feb 13 22:58:37 2022
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20190304.5)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Erich Eickmeyer (eeickmeyer)]

Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.

Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) reached end-of-standard-support on April 25, 2019.

See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases

Please see https://ubuntu.com/support on how to purchase an Ubuntu Advantage subscription.

Please also note that we cannot control what releases hardware manufacturers choose to support. For newer drivers, contact the hardware manufacturer.

[Eric hilgart (tehsux)]

Hello -

This is an older release, on older (then-compatible) hardware. I cannot
sign in with my account for ESR support because I cannot install it.

Replying with the email account I signed up with free the 3-device Ubuntu
Advantage limit.

What is needed to fix this bug?

On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 7:40 AM Erich Eickmeyer  <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Thank you for reporting this bug to Ubuntu.
>
> Ubuntu 14.04 (trusty) reached end-of-standard-support on April 25, 2019.
>
> See this document for currently supported Ubuntu releases:
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases
>
> Please see https://ubuntu.com/support on how to purchase an Ubuntu
> Advantage subscription.
>
> Please also note that we cannot control what releases hardware
> manufacturers choose to support. For newer drivers, contact the hardware
> manufacturer.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
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> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
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> Title:
> i386 installer crashes
>
> Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> This was an issue which occurred during setup and brought me to this
> bug report page. I need an older Ubuntu install for the GMA500 driver
> which has not been updated for newer distros sadly.
>
> (Should I open another bug for no 3D acceleration with GMA500 on 20.04
> or 22.04?)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
> Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.13
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-142.168~14.04.1-generic 4.4.167
> Uname: Linux 4.4.0-142-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
> Architecture: i386
> CasperVersion: 1.340.2
> Date: Sun Feb 13 22:58:37 2022
> InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper
> initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386
> (20190304.5)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=linux
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: ubiquity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
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[Dan Bungert (dbungert)]

@Eric, have you tried the amd64 installer yet? Any better luck with that?

[Eric hilgart (tehsux)]

  * Sadly the Atom D2500 + the chipset is seen as 32-bit by the 14.04 64-bit installer.
  * (The 16.04 32/64bit versions both do not have 3D acceleration, only 12.04 and 14.04… and at least 14.04 still gets ESR patches).
  * 18.04 and newer only boot to a blinking black cursor.
  * Regarding this “GMA500” graphics chipsets and newer distros: it seems to be “up to the distro to implement for their needs and newer kernels, as Intel does not support this chipset”
  * The “recipe” or whatever it is called was originally released for the 3.x kernel line.
  * The EMGD project that is up and running, and needs an OS distro/maintainer to implement is located at the website below
  * So far community efforts have gotten support for up to 18.04
  * https://github.com/EMGD-Community

I’m eager to learn how to help, but not sure how I can at the moment other than donating to Ubuntu efforts, etc.

Best,

Eric

From: <email address hidden> <email address hidden> on behalf of Dan Bungert <email address hidden>
Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 at 4:40 PM
To: <email address hidden> <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1960776] Re: i386 installer crashes
@Eric, have you tried the amd64 installer yet? Any better luck with
that?

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Title:
  i386 installer crashes

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  This was an issue which occurred during setup and brought me to this
  bug report page. I need an older Ubuntu install for the GMA500 driver
  which has not been updated for newer distros sadly.

  (Should I open another bug for no 3D acceleration with GMA500 on 20.04
  or 22.04?)

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.13
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-142.168~14.04.1-generic 4.4.167
  Uname: Linux 4.4.0-142-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.29
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.340.2
  Date: Sun Feb 13 22:58:37 2022
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.6 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20190304.5)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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