CD fails to boot

[Ilja Czolkos]

Dear Ubuntu-Team,
I have quite a new Acer Travelmate 8104 Laptop. When I want to run the Live/Install-DVD in any
modus (live, server, linux, expert) the in order to install the system, it won't commence after
the third line which sounds appr like: 'unpacking kernel...'. I tried the 'vga=771' and 'hw-
detect/start_pcmcia=false' options. Without success.
Experience with other linuxes on this Computer are: I tried to install debian (sarge-stable)
before, which could not set up my TFT 1680x1050 display. Right now I have Fedora Core 4
installed but I it crashes whenever the pcmcia is loaded. I can only make the FC4 system start
by manually deactivating it on every startup. Kernel options 'nopcmcia' and 'hw-detect/
start_pcmcia=false' won't help. Additionally the X-server doesn't recognise my ATI Radeon
Mobility X700 and I can choose 1400x1050 as the maximum resolution.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

Try debian-installer/framebuffer=false

Which version did you try?

[Ilja Czolkos (iczolkos)]

the version was Ubuntu 5.04 "The Hoary Hedgehog"

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

Did the debian-installer/framebuffer=false option get your further into the
installer?

[Ilja Czolkos (iczolkos)]

(In reply to comment #3)
> Did the debian-installer/framebuffer=false option get your further into the
> installer?

Hi,
unfortunately not. As before, the screen says something like 'Uncompressing ...
kernel...'. Then the curser goes to the next line and flashes while nothing
happens anymore.
Yours, Ilja Czolkos

[Ilja Czolkos (iczolkos)]

i could solve this bug partially:
by adding the following boot options: noapic nolapic hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false

this resolves the problem of the computer actually booting after displaying the 'Uncompressing ...kernel...' line.

Another problem remains: the x server does not start properly (tft display switches itself off) even though i can change settings in text mode. the 'vga=771' option doesn't help. I
will file another bug regarding this issue after i tried to change some more settings.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

The availability of a workaround does not invalidate the bug; please leave it open

[Ben Collins (ben-collins)]

This looks more like a kernel bug. Please retest against breezy. If the problem still persists there, then please also test against an Edgy Knot 1 CD.

Thanks

[pearl_scar (pearl-scar)]

hi ppl
well, im new in this community, and as i was trying to install ubuntu 6.10 on my p-4 3.2Ghz i got the same bug which freezes installation after the third bar is completed on the installation progress bar
thanks for listening me

[Adam Niedling (krychek)]

Since Hoary is not supported anymore, please test against new version of Ubuntu. I'm setting this to incomplete. If it still doesn't work please attach Xorg.0.log and lspci -vv as separate attachments. Thanks.

[Connor Imes (ckimes)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comments. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!