12.10 Beta2 does not boot properly. Boot Error or Black Screen
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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syslinux (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I have tested 12.10 Beta 2 using a USB drive created with usb-creator
This works properly on the following hardware:
Asus EeePC 2G Surf i386
Dell Mini 9 (Inspiron 910) i386
This fails on the following hardware:
MSI-7437 (Black Screen, Precise using USB works) i386
Intel DG965MQ (Boot Error) i386
Virtualbox 4.1 Virtual Machine hosted on Lucid (Freezes Host) i386
Mac Mini (Boot Error) amd64+mac
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: syslinux 2:4.05+dfsg-6
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-15-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.2-0ubuntu4
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.324
Date: Tue Oct 2 17:53:02 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta i386 (20120926)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: syslinux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
I have a similar problem using an Acer Aspire S3.
Sometimes I get a black screen, however I always hear the "drums" sound.
I am not sure if this problem only happens when there is no network connection, will test it tomorrow.