Comment 15 for bug 968216

Xubuntu 12.10 install goes fine till the last leg, then: 'The installer encountered an unrecoverable error. a desktop session will now be run so that you may investigate the problem and try installing again.'

Used xubuntu-12.10-desktop-i386.

Did multiple attempts. Sometimes you just hang at that point with a busy-sign cursor.

Did the suggest fix for AMD chips: 'sudo apt-get purge ubiquity-slideshow-xubuntu' in the LiveCD, then carry on with installing again. This works.

CPU is Athlon 1300, bios-clocked to 1733.

o@bluefish:~$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 10
model name : AMD Duron(tm) Processor
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 1745.942
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow up
bogomips : 3491.88
clflush size : 32
cache_alignment : 32
address sizes : 34 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
power management: ts

The previous install of lubuntu-12.04-desktop-i386 did not have this problem.

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Thanks for working on this, guys. Please do consider adding this one to the Release Notes for 12.10. I had a multi-hour black-comedy before I found out this was the problem.