Windows 8 is not recognized by Ubuntu 13.04 installation routine

Bug #1184576 reported by Rubeosis
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Expired
Undecided
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Bug Description

On a Dell XPS One with Ubuntu AMD64 the preinstalled Win8 is not recognized correctly by the ubuntu installtion routine. For this reason no boot option for win8 is added into the grub boot loader. This bug can be fixed with the boot-repair package.
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ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
 USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
 /dev/snd/controlC0: fabian 2086 F.... pulseaudio
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=77bc43d3-5c57-43bb-890d-f3fb0734bb6f
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-15 (11 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130424)
MachineType: Dell Inc. XPS One 2710
MarkForUpload: True
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
Package: linux 3.8.0.22.38
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-3.8.0-22-generic root=/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-22.33-generic 3.8.11
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-3.8.0-22-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-3.8.0-22-generic N/A
 linux-firmware 1.106
Tags: raring
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-22-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip libvirtd lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 08/03/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.bios.version: A06
dmi.board.name: 02XMCT
dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.board.version: A01
dmi.chassis.type: 13
dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
dmi.chassis.version: 00
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvrA06:bd08/03/2012:svnDellInc.:pnXPSOne2710:pvr00:rvnDellInc.:rn02XMCT:rvrA01:cvnDellInc.:ct13:cvr00:
dmi.product.name: XPS One 2710
dmi.product.version: 00
dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.

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Brad Figg (brad-figg) wrote : Missing required logs.

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

apport-collect 1184576

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'.

This change has been made by an automated script, maintained by the Ubuntu Kernel Team.

Changed in linux (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
tags: added: raring
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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : AlsaInfo.txt

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tags: added: apport-collected
description: updated
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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : BootDmesg.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : CRDA.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : CurrentDmesg.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : Dependencies.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : IwConfig.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : Lspci.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : Lsusb.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : ProcCpuinfo.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : ProcInterrupts.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : ProcModules.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : PulseList.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : RfKill.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : UdevDb.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : UdevLog.txt

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Rubeosis (faspie) wrote : WifiSyslog.txt

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affects: linux (Ubuntu) → ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. If you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect https://api.launchpad.net/1.0/bugs/1184576

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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