Ubuntu 16.04.4LTS installation doesn't finish, sends report

Bug #1758251 reported by Gary Ford
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

My computer is a Dell laptop, Inspiron, 7559
Intel Core i5-6300HQ
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M 4GB Graphics
256GB SSD
8GB RAM

I used the boot options:
i915.preliminary_hw+support=1
nouveau.modeset=0

With these two options, I can boot and try Ubuntu, but still unable to install.
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I was expecting the installation but it didn't instead it aborted and gave option to send report.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.13.0-36.40~16.04.1-generic 4.13.13
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.15
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376.2
Date: Thu Mar 22 23:18:26 2018
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed cdrom-detect/try-usb=true noprompt floppy.allowed_drive_mask=0 ignore_uuid boot=casper only-ubiquity i915.preliminary_hw_support=1 nouveau.modeset=0 quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Gary Ford (fordgwf-1) wrote :
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Gary Ford (fordgwf-1) wrote :

Further note and another try at installation:
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I used the "Universal USB Installer-1.9.8.0" to create the USB stick that I then used to install Ubuntu.
From this USB stick, I booted to "Try Ubuntu"

Once booted I opened a terminal:
sudo rm /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/40cdrom

Then I click the "Install 16.04LTS" icon.
I selected Download updates while installing
and I selected Install third-party software.

I've tried installation quite a few times, and trying different things. The new thing that I hadn't tried was the removing of the 40cdrom file. I tried numerous times and ways, but that was new this time, and of course I'm not sure if this was the trick, but I thought I would mention it.

After awhile, it completed installation and I was able to reboot, and then login. So as far as getting the basic installation, I'm okay.
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Phillip Susi (psusi) wrote :

Your USB stick contains a mix of xenial and kali-rolling. You need to clean it before reusing it for a different distro or release.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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