setting nomodeset in grub, if live session was started with nomodeset
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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One Hundred Papercuts |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
grub-installer (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
|
Colin Watson | ||
Precise |
Won't Fix
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Raring |
Fix Released
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High
|
Colin Watson |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Posting this as bug because I want to nominate it for 100 papercuts.
Some machines require nomodeset option to boot in to the GUI. For that reason, the livecd has this option more or less (*) conveniently accessible from the boot menu, using F6 key.
However, when this option is selected for the live session, ubiquity will install ubuntu and not set "nomoset' as default option. As a result, the machine will reboot and the user will unnecessarily almost guaranteed again face a black screen, and this time, with no F6 menu to solve it, instead this time requiring complicated grub editing in a menu that is again hidden by default and not even a clue there is one (grub), and then more advanced editing of grub defaults. This is an impossible task for any new user, and a unnecessary one.
If the live session is booted with nomodeset (and possibly other settings like safe graphics), ubiquity should recognise this and either set those same settings as default, or prompt the user and ask if he wants to retain those settings for his install (and it should default to yes).
(*) IMO its "less" rather than "more"; that menu on the livecd is hidden too well for a new user. Ive been using ubuntu for years and I didnt realise the keyboard logo meant I could press a key to open a menu. Why arent these options available in the menu where you select language and keyboard? Just have an "advanced" button or something. But thats another issue I suppose.
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring): | |
assignee: | nobody → Colin Watson (cjwatson) |
Changed in hundredpapercuts: | |
status: | Invalid → Fix Released |
Changed in grub-installer (Ubuntu Precise): | |
assignee: | Colin Watson (cjwatson) → nobody |
milestone: | ubuntu-12.04.3 → none |
A paper cut is defined as: »A trivially fixable usability bug that the average user would encounter in default installation of Ubuntu or Kubuntu Desktop Edition«.
Since this bug is only valid for »some machines« and the fix does not seem trivial, this can not be addressed as part of the Paper Cuts project.
Don’t worry though, it will still be registered as a bug in ubiquity. For more criteria on paper cuts, please see https:/ /wiki.ubuntu. com/PaperCut