Comment 2 for bug 290129

After installing using the Wubi program on the disc, the computer hangs while booting, just as above. I press the power button, it continues booting. But, then it crashes. It flashes some lines on the screen containing error messages regarding xserver, then reverts to a console with ubuntu@ubuntu prompt. The error messages are only on the screen for about a second before it is cleared. One of the messages says there is no device found. I have nvidia onboard graphics. Perhaps the generic driver is failing?

In the console, I am now running "sudo apt-get upgrade" which reports that there are 143 packages to upgrade. It's working on downloading them now. Maybe my laptop will boot after that. I'm glad I didn't waste time messing with partitioning and such yet. Wubi is an easier way to see if an install will work or not. It would be better if Wubi could pull down updated packages before installing, though.