Install stalls...

[RadixLecti]

Hi,

When installing Hoary, it stops cold during the "Configuring apt...", "Setting up primary installation repository..." part. 25% completed, and then complete halt. I've tried waiting 10 minutes, I've tried installing again, but it hangs at the same place every time.

Could it be a bad cd? Or is there something else wrong? Warty installed like a treat.

[kahping]

i'm also experiencing stalls here. but mine is right after hoary detects my mouse :-(

that's with the Release Candidate, though, so i'll try again with the final release :-D

hope it works :-P otherwise, i'll be without Ubuntu for a while since i'm clean installing for this release.

kahping

[bored2k]

Hi,

When installing Hoary, it stops cold during the "Configuring apt...", "Setting up primary installation repository..." part. 25% completed, and then complete halt. I've tried waiting 10 minutes, I've tried installing again, but it hangs at the same place every time.

Could it be a bad cd? Or is there something else wrong? Warty installed like a treat.
Never for forget to do and md5 check on your .iso's, specially distribution discs.

[RadixLecti]

Never for forget to do and md5 check on your .iso's, specially distribution discs.
I downloaded a new .iso, checked the md5 and burned it. Same problem; it stalls at "Configuring apt...", at 25%, and won't go on.

Has anyone else tried the i386-iso and succeeded in installing Hoary?

[RadixLecti]

The problem seems language-related. I've been trying to install Hoary with Swedish as my language of preference... when I tried English, "Configuring apt..." worked like a charm.

Bug?

[EDIT] It worked once. Now it's haywire again. Also, it seems that under the English language, DHCP network setup works, and under Swedish, I get a static network setup... Wierd, huh?

I'm getting tired of this. I'm thinking of returning to Warty, the installer there WORKS.

[RadixLecti]

I've decided to try a few more times, but there doesn't seem to be much to do about it.

I've tried switching to the console (alt-f4) to see whether something is happening below the surface, but the install seems completely frozen.

Could it be that the repositories are swamped? There ARE a few people installing Ubuntu now, I'd wager. ;)

[Christoffer_V]

I got exactly the same problem! When trying to install with Swedish lang I always get this error.
When I installed the RC of hoary it worked like a charm. Now it stalls at 25%.

Is their any fix for this? Or do I have to install with English?

[HackeR_54]

same problem here, but I´ve tried Swedish / English non of them work!

EDIT: I GOT IT TO WORK LIKE A CHARM :P

When you get to the setup user press ESC and jump right away to install grub, lilo
when it reboots it will continue without the cd and setup user etc then it asks for cd just put it in and it said for me the cd isnt a valid one just use http then... it will work for a while and then its done!

[alekzandr]

Hi,

When installing Hoary, it stops cold during the "Configuring apt...", "Setting up primary installation repository..." part. 25% completed, and then complete halt. I've tried waiting 10 minutes, I've tried installing again, but it hangs at the same place every time.

Could it be a bad cd? Or is there something else wrong? Warty installed like a treat.
Mine fails at the same "Configuring apt...", "Setting up primary installation repository..." part. 25% completed" stage. I have left it running all night, and it does not progress. There appears to be no way to skip this step, or exit once this happens. US English install. Does anyone know how to find out what is happening, is there a log visible on an alternate terminal?

[madzzoni]

same problem here, but I´ve tried Swedish / English non of them work!

EDIT: I GOT IT TO WORK LIKE A CHARM :P

When you get to the setup user press ESC and jump right away to install grub, lilo
when it reboots it will continue without the cd and setup user etc then it asks for cd just put it in and it said for me the cd isnt a valid one just use http then... it will work for a while and then its done!

Did you set the username before or after the reboot?

[HackeR_54]

After the reboot

[ganesh]

I also have the same problem with 5.04. In fact I am having this problem since Array 6 of Hoary.

I found work around for this problem.

Please refer to my following posts:

[1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=19408

[1] http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=18190

I do not know if it matters, but following is my hardware configuration:
I am using Dell Latitude C600 and I am installing from CD (This is at device /dev/hdc).

Let me know if this helps

- Ganesh

[Topper]

I experieced it too, but after waiting for ½ hour installation continued...not nice, but at least installation continued;)

[benkorkor]

anyone got solution to this?

[crazybill]

First, a former roommate of mine back when I was a student at Georgia Tech (Ulf Bergqvist) informed me on a revisit to this country that more people in the US speak Swedish than in Sweden! I found that interesting. It seems the population of Sweden and the population of the state of Georgia are about the same. Thus, there are as many folks in the US as in Sweden that probably want an answer to this.

But on to the computer problem. I had a computer that I could not install Hoary on. This is what I did: I installed Warty. which did work. Then I upgraded it to Hoary.

I modified the /etc/apt/sources.info with vi /etc/apt/sources.info changing "warty" with "hoary" whereever I found it.. and saved the new file.
Then sudo apt-get update
Then sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Then sudo apt-get install ubuntu-base ubuntu-desktop
I then edited /etc/mkinitrd/mkinitrd.conf replacing the line
#RESUME=
with
RESUME=/dev/hda5*** (***note that hda5 was my swap partition, but your swap partition might be different. Check it out with sudo fdisk -l or tail /proc/swap and replace hda5 with the partition that is correct for your machine)
For Swedish language, you may find that it is necessary to install language-pack-xx, language-pack-xx-base and language-support-xx where "xx" should be replaced with the language code for the Swedish language.
Reboot.

I hope that helps you.

[blakdogg]

Ran into the 25% freeze while installing 5.0.4. Experienced the problem with both the i386 and am64 install CDs, same media, same burner and same pc. With amd64, I somehow managed to complete two installs out of 10-15.

Still struggling with i386

Tried the 'server' install workaround ... but that froze while installing grub

Tried bailing on user config, and installing grub at that point ... downloading packages. Will followup

[madzzoni]

My problem with the "freezing-installer" was solved with, using a SIMPLYMEPIS 3.3 Live-CD as root, to get access to the /etc/network/interfaces in ubuntu 5.04 and edit the configuration to a STATIC setup instead of Aut. DHCP.
Then i rebooted ubuntu and it connected to the internet and finished the installation with success :-)
For some strange reasons my ZITECH Barebone w/NVIDIA PC wouldn't accept DHCP in either debian Sarge or Ubuntu Hoary!

With Linspire, Simplymepis and Xandros 3.0 i got no problems with DHCP when installing.

[LongTooth]

I too have had this problem with Hoary. I've tried just about everything I could think of to solve it. But to no avail. You see, I could download ISOs of other distros (Mepis, DSL, PC-BSD, Knoppix), burn them and install them in my test box. To save money I've been using CDR-Ws. I've used the same CDR-W for Hoary that I used to burn the other ISOs. So it wasn't the medium. Same test box so that couldn't be the problem. All other installs work on my test box except Hoary.

My install would stop at several places along the way. The error message was that some part of the program was in error and the suggested help was to burn my CD at a slower rate. Bittorrent, FTP, HTP, slower burn rate, nothing helped. I thought that once I got my pressed CDs the problem would be solved. I just got them yesterday. I rushed to my test box and...same problem. Well, hells-bells?!

Of course I can install Hoary via the Warty, dist-upgrade method. But it is disapointing to see that this might be a bug in Hoary. Recently I had to reinstall Ubuntu/Hoary on my main box. Nothing wrong with the install but in a moment of pure, unmitigated dumbness, I screwed it up and thus a reinstall was called for. Still thinking I had defective CDs or bad burns I used my Warty CD to get Hoary back up and running. If I had know what I know now, I would have tried the downloaded Hoary burn on my main box to completely rule out a quirk on the test box.

For a while I thought I was the only one having this kind of trouble. Now it seems that that is not so. I shudder to think of what this means. I've just received 20 CDs that I was going to pass out to friends and others interested in Ubuntu/Linux. Should I wait? I just might try a fresh install on my main box and see if I get the same results. But I'd hate to go through all that work.

I'd be interested to hear from other and how and if they solved this problem. Thanks.

[blakdogg]

FOLLOWING UP .. IT WORKS :smile:

As suggested earlier in the thread, I ESC'd out of configuring the user and went straight to installing GRUB. After the install the setup rebooted, and completed the install. - SO IT WORKED

Unfortunately, Setup claims that the CD was not valid after the reboot so I had to download all my packages off he net. I also have no sound, and i think my sond card was not configured.

[LongTooth]

OK, maybe you've found a work around. But for newbies or even experienced user this is not the way to go when promoting a distro. The basic install should be as painless as possible without having to use a work around. I, or anyone else, might as well use the Debian net-install and work to get other programs installed to make our systerm preform as required instead of needing a work around on the initial installl! That's just insane!

I believe this is a major glitch and it should be address as soon as possible before anymore pressed CD are send out.

Am I the only one who has had this experience? I'd like to hear more from the Ubuntu community. Thanks.

[poofyhairguy]

I've had problems when I don't burn the ISO at low speeds. For some reason when I burn it at high speeds, it sometimes doesn't work.

Try like 4x or 10x instead....

[medication]

OK, maybe you've found a work around. But for newbies or even experienced user this is not the way to go when promoting a distro. The basic install should be as painless as possible without having to use a work around. I, or anyone else, might as well use the Debian net-install and work to get other programs installed to make our systerm preform as required instead of needing a work around on the initial installl! That's just insane!

I believe this is a major glitch and it should be address as soon as possible before anymore pressed CD are send out.

Am I the only one who has had this experience? I'd like to hear more from the Ubuntu community. Thanks.
I'm new to kubuntu and I loved the Live CD so i thought that I'd install it as my primary OS on a machine that I just built (AMD64)... unfortunately, I'm experiencing the stall at 25% trying to install. I was able to install the base system using the 'Esc'->User Setup work-around but I was really looking forward to a better experience with the install.

I agree that this is should be addressed... I'm definitely willing to provide info to anyone if it would help.

[alankstewart]

It seems for me the problem is related to the CD I am using to install. I recently got a new NEC internal DVD DL burner/CD reader/burner for my Dell 8300, but all the Hoary ISOs burnt with this device do not get past the Configuring APT 25% mark. CDs burnt with my older burner never gave me a problem on the install.
Could be speed related on the burn as others have said. I'm going to try single speed to see if it works. If anyone's interested, I'll post the results.
Regards
Alan

[woodraft]

Hi all

I'm having the exact same problem. My other PC is now just sitting there with 25 % progress. There is no activity from CD or harddisk. When I hop to console 2 and type ifconfig, I see my network is properly configured. I thought it might go on after a certain amount of time, but now after .5 hour it is still not moving on.

I see that this topic started appx a month ago. Has nothing happened officially to fix or explain this issue since then?

I chose english language, Irish locale (EURO support) amsterdam timezone and us keyboard. This is actually my 5th try... still hanging in there. Could it have anything to do with my CD rom device? or my harddisk layout (that was just recently painfully fixed for use with windows after another linux distro nuked the partition table.... ;-( )Oh, by the way, Kubuntu installed fine a while ago on the same system.

[alankstewart]

I burnt a hoary install iso disk today at 2x speed and it installed OK
Regards
Alan

[Bicky]

Hello everybody,

I've kind of the same problem. During the instalation it just crashes and i can't do anything anymore, not even open my cd-player.

I've tried another cd-player and another cd, other keyboard and mouse other graphic card.

Can you help me ?.

[jsuen]

Hello everybody,

I've kind of the same problem. During the instalation it just crashes and i can't do anything anymore, not even open my cd-player.

I've tried another cd-player and another cd, other keyboard and mouse other graphic card.

Can you help me ?.
sorry, what do you mean with 'just crashes' ? does it stall or just reboot again, or it gives you an error?
you can open your cd player after turning your comp off manually, other options i'd say is to burn the ISO again, maybe at a lower speed (i had problems too before with that). i don't think changing your keyboard/mouse/vga card would help entirely...

[Bicky]

it stalls, no error mesage or something. After I've put the reset button on my pc i can open my cd-player again (knew that, but it was just to say that it really doesn't works anymore).

I've ordered the CD's at this site, so that will not be the problem I think. But I will try it.

some more information of my PC:
AMD athlon thunderbird 1400mhz
128 mb SDRAM

can it have something to do with my bios ?

BTW: Same problem if I try to run te live-cd

EDIT: It works now, but when I start internetting it keeps stalling. I'd seen a topic about this but I wasn't able to find it anymore, can somebody help me out ?

[Lord Kel]

Hi There,

I am pretty much a noob when it comes to anything linux (I have successfully installed mandrake before but was never able to get my wifi card working)

I downloaded the iso today(13/07/05) and am experiancing the same problem with the instal (stalls at 25% configuring apt)

Now what I am trying to achieve is get an old laptop running with this (pent 300mhz, 64meg ram) and then get it on the net with a wifi card. Currently the laptop is not connected to the net and the only way it will be is via wifi, so I am at a loss as to why this error is occuring in the first place.

When it goes through the install it can't find any network devices (far enough as I have nothing attached).

I have rebooted several times and it still get stuck in the same place.

Is there any reliable work - arounds for this problem. I would really love to begin using ubunto but.. given the issues I'm not sure if its a good idea..


Edit: I have rebooted without the wireless card in and it now proceeds through the install o.k

[MythBinder]

Burning a New DVD at slowest Speed 2.4? according to Nero Fixed this Problem for me

[floppy]

FOLLOWING UP .. IT WORKS :smile:

As suggested earlier in the thread, I ESC'd out of configuring the user and went straight to installing GRUB. After the install the setup rebooted, and completed the install. - SO IT WORKED

Unfortunately, Setup claims that the CD was not valid after the reboot so I had to download all my packages off he net. I also have no sound, and i think my sond card was not configured.

This method also worked for me, completely without problems. Everything, including sound, is working fine. After the reboot I had to install packages from the net, also, but that wasn't a big deal.

I tried numerous methods prior to this, none worked. It seems to be a problem with configuring atp during the intial install process and appears to be network setup related.

[jaime_vives]

Hi All:

Good news... perhaps your problem is similar to mine and you can use my experience at solving it:

This morning I was trying Ubuntu for first time, and encountered the exact same problem (hang at 25% of the primary repository setup). After retrying several times with typical boot parameters, I found that the problem was my SCSI card for the HP Scanjet 5P. It is a sym53c416, and I saw a tip for a similar card on the installer help, so I used this when booting:

linux sym53c416=safe:y

It worked nice and now I'm finishing the installation after a successful reboot... :)

Hope this helps!

--
Jaime

[UNHOLYwoo]

I am having the same problem (why else would I be posting here esp as my first post)... anyways, heres something I can add to the confusion:

I have an official live/install cd set, both 5.04 and it does this. The odd part is that I've isntalled off this disk before, about a week ago... and it has been in the case ever since.

[PBK]

I had the same thing happening here. My problem was my NEC ND 3500 DVD drive...

I just downloaded Ubuntu 5.10 last week to try it out. Loaded it on a few computers with no problems. Distro looks great (Thank you!) so I ordered a new hard drive and DVD drive to upgrade a system for my MythTV box. The hard drive is a WD 320Gb SATA, BTW.

Now, with new drives, I attempt to load Ubuntu. All looks well until I get to the part about configuring apt... 25%. Locked. After reading something in an earlier post, here, I remembered that I built a Windows XP computer a few weeks back and had similar problems. I see from my records that it's the same DVD drive! Stupid me; 1st time shame on you, second time shame on me. That first time I placed a call to NEC and they mentioned that the firmware needs to be upgraded in order to install new from the DVD drive.

I temporarily replaced the DVD with an old CD drive and all loaded without problems. After installation, the DVD drive works fine.

I just wanted to hopefully let someone else know of a possible solution and to thank all the Ubuntu team for a very promising Unix/Linux distribution. I have to learn it better and might plan to push it on the streets around my neck of the woods!

Paul

[arthur]

Well, I am (sort of) glad I am not alone. Same problem here.
The funny thing in my case: I already installed 5.10 before, using exactly the same HW, and it did not freeze. Why should it do this only "sometimes"?

Weird. Will try the workaround (not setting user).
No solution for this yet? :confused:

[arthur]

Started installation again (4th attempt):
SETTING APT STALLS, even not defining the user :mad:

[arthur]

Fixed it:

DOWNLOAD LOCAL LANGUAGE SUPPORT?
SAY NO
SET UP USERS?
PRESS ESC

That will do the trick :-D

[abqGold]

OK, got around the apt@25% hang using a mixuture of advice from above:

Chose British, rather than American (does screw up the KB a bit ;) )
Chose ext3 rather than LVM partition
Escaped out at set up users, and continued with install from install grub
On reboot, removed CD, and waited for installer to ask for it again

Unlike other posts, at that point the CD was used succesfully to complete the install.

I really have no idea which steps made a difference, and which didn't; only that I have a very nice ubuntu installation now, and did not have to http stuff to complete the install.