[Lenovo ThinkCentre m58p] utopic .iso won't boot to do an install.

[jerrylamos]

.iso 20140718 (and 17) boot to background, two flashing icons, no desktop. Ctrl-Alt-F1 and tried ubuntu-bug which said there were missing packages.

Lenovo M58p:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)

Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E8400 @ 3.00GHz

ubuntu-bug is from utopic 64 installed with a netbook on a USB drive. Utopic usually boots on M58p however several times it would only boot with nomodeset.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: linux-image-3.16.0-4-generic 3.16.0-4.9
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-4.9-generic 3.16.0-rc5
Uname: Linux 3.16.0-4-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.4-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri Jul 18 19:43:22 2014
InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-06-09 (39 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140520)
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-generic root=UUID=88984f1f-1f39-497a-bdca-4733f60b09b1 ro quiet splash
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 01/10/2011
dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.bios.version: 5CKT69AUS
dmi.board.name: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO
dmi.chassis.version: NONE
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr5CKT69AUS:bd01/10/2011:svnLENOVO:pn6234A1U:pvrThinkCentreM58p:rvnLENOVO:rnLENOVO:rvrNONE:cvnLENOVO:ct3:cvrNONE:
dmi.product.name: 6234A1U
dmi.product.version: ThinkCentre M58p
dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO

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[penalvch (penalvch)]

jerrylamos, as per http://download.lenovo.com/express/ddfm.html an update to your BIOS is available (5CKT77A). If you update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BiosUpdate does it change anything? If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report. As well, you don't have to create a new bug report.

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette .

Thank you for your understanding.

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

I've been trying every day to boot utopic .iso since I filed this bug.

Daily-live current image 20140720 finally booted and installed successfully.

At this point the bug is not reproducible so could be marked solved however that is done.

[penalvch (penalvch)]

jerrylamos, this bug report is being closed due to your last comment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1344504/comments/4 regarding this being fixed with an update. 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.