Comment 35 for bug 1377878

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Boris Reinhard (reinhard-boris) wrote : Re: [Bug 1377878] Re: PPC - GUI freezes except for mouse pointer

Thanks Lars,

still learning the ropes with this, from Walters response I gathered we
could call it, but I'm glad we can work the installer defaults in, makes
more sense that way and I expressed as much on the bug, was just not sure
if this should be left open all the way.
Am 11.11.2014 05:45 schrieb "Lars Noodén" <email address hidden>:

> Boris, it's still a bug until the installer adds those boot options and
> the installed system ends up with them in yaboot.conf
>
> ** Changed in: linux (Ubuntu)
> Status: Invalid => Confirmed
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> Title:
> PPC - GUI freezes except for mouse pointer
>
> Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> During the installation the computer freezes completely except for the
> mouse pointer. And even that is stuck with whatever shape it happened
> to have at the time it froze. The steps I have to cause the freeze
> are run Ubiquity to start the installation open a terminal, run
> Ubuntu-bug and let it launch Firefox. It will freeze every time then.
> Even the consoles (ctrl-alt-f1 etc) are unavailable. What kind of
> information can I collect and how?
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