Can't boot 14.10 LiveCD without "nomodeset" option - Macbook Pro 8.2

[Michael Bell]

on Macbook Pro 8.2 (Early 2011 15"), and maybe some other models,
if you will try to launch 14.10 Ubuntu LiveCD "as usual", you will be stuck at "i8042: No controller found" message

(but this error message is not pointing to a particular problem which hangs a booting process --- because the same error message could be found at dmesg of successful booting with nomodeset option. it looks like the boot-breaking problem happens a bit later after an error message above)

Workaround is to edit the booting option by adding "nomodeset", but such a step could be unobvious to unexperienced users. Ideally, if nomodeset option is really "must have" for booting some computers, the booting process should automatically check hardware IDs and detect if nomodeset should be enabled for the computer in use (at the early stage of booting) -- and user still would be able to remove nomodeset by editing the boot options, if there's a need

[Michael Bell (gorilla1337)]

dmesg of successful booting with nomodeset option also exhibits many errors and problems

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[Michael Bell (gorilla1337)]

This bug is related to the LiveCD as a whole, I am sorry but I cant point out a specific package which causes a problem

[Brad Figg (brad-figg)]

This bug is missing log files that will aid in diagnosing the problem. From a terminal window please run:

apport-collect 1406832

and then change the status of the bug to 'Confirmed'.

If, due to the nature of the issue you have encountered, you are unable to run this command, please add a comment stating that fact and change the bug status to 'Confirmed'.

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