Modprobe causes kernel NULL pointer crash desktop install

[Jonathan Lynch]

While installing 32-bit 12.10 Quantal Quetzal on my Asus M2N-e from DVD, the GUI disappears and the error shows:

[ 1000.576189] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000004c
...
[ 1000.576734] Process modprobe (pid: 17582, ti=c6b08000 task=f213bf70 task,ti=c6b08000)
...
[ 1000.576860] Call Trace:
[ 1000.576877] [<c1037af8>] ? default_spin_lock_flags+0x8/0x10
[ 1000.576898] [<c15c924d>] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x2d/0x40
[ 1000.576916] [<c105f5e2>] destroy_workqueue+0x12/0x130
[ 1000.576969] [<cf90811a4>] ieee80211_unregister_hw+0xd4/0x119 [mac80211]
[ 1000.576994] [<fa161dd8>] b43legacy_remove+0x88/0xa0 [b43legacy]

(The full error is in the attached photo.)

If I wait a bit and hit ctl+alt+F7 I can get back to the GUI, and the status is still "Loading module 'usb-storage' for 'USB storage'..., and in the little window below it says:

Nov 10 22:59:41 ubuntu ubiquity: /bin/check-missing-firmware: 259: /bin/check-missing-firmware: mountmedia: not found
Nov 10 22:59:41 ubuntu ubiquity: /bin/check-missing-firmware: 267: /bin/check-missing-firmware: mountmedia: not found
Nov 10 22:59:41 ubuntu kernel: [ 1000.576189] BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000004c
(the above dump follows)
Nov 10 23:23:29 ubuntu kernel: [ 925.215855] ---[ end trace 1cadb8b154af9f2e ]---
Nov 10 23:23:29 ubuntu ubiquity: Killed
Nov 10 23:23:29 ubuntu acpid: client 2965[0:0] has disconnected
Nov 10 23:23:29 ubuntu acpid: client connected from 2965[0:0]
Nov 10 23:23:29 ubuntu acpid: 1 client rule loaded

And then it just sits there...

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

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