upgrade 12.10

[David Oxland]

after two fresh installs upgrade to 12.04.4 and upgrade to 12.10 system is inop.
 went to blue screen and flashing dot for awhile then screen shutdown
This being reported from boot off of USB stick and fresh demo mode.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: update-manager 1:0.156.14.11
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-15.25~precise1-generic 3.11.10
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-15-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.6
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315.1
Date: Thu Apr 3 17:35:33 2014
GsettingsChanges:
 com.ubuntu.update-manager first-run false
 com.ubuntu.update-manager launch-time 1396558125
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-height 500
 com.ubuntu.update-manager window-width 600
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.4 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20140204)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: update-manager
Symptom: ubuntu-release-upgrader-core
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)