Unable to install Ubuntu 64 on Asus U46E Bal7

[vra5107]

Hi

I have been trying to install ubuntu 11.10 64 on my new laptop. The installation goes fine but the OS never boots up. So far I have gone through quite a few options.



Add acpi=off boot option
Add noapic boot option
Add nolapic boot option
Edit Grub to include quiet splash nomodeset.
Edit grub to include acpi_osi="Linux"



OS boots up very inconsistently, so I am unable to find a repeatable solution. Each of the above options works once and then on reboot everything goes wrong. I can't restart it again for a while.


Here are the last few lines I see.




[0.303961] ... version: 3
[0.303993] ... bit width: 48
[0.304026] ... generic registers: 4
[0.304058] ... value mask: 0000ffffffffffff
[0.304093] ... max period: 000000007fffffff
[0.304128] ... fixed-purpose events: 3
[0.304160] ... event mask: 000000070000000f
[0.304519] ... Booting Node 0, Processors #1
[0.423851] #2
[0.531725] #3




Thats it, it just stays there. I have spent quite a bit of time on this. Any help is appreciated. Also, if you can think of an alternative OS that I can get up and running please let me know. I could always try but I have done way too may installations already. Listed below are the ones I have tried.



Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop 32Bit ( Only 4 gb of memory out of the 8GB, but it works great )
Ubuntu 11.10 Desktop 64Bit ( Doesn't boot )
Ubuntu 11.10 Server 64 Bit ( Fails to boot )
Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 1 Desktop 64Bit ( Fails to boot )





Sincere thanks
Venkat

[vra5107]

I was able to install server first and KDE desktop over it. So, I have the computer up, but for some reason it doesn't detect laptop monitor. It does detect the secondary monitor though.

Venkat

[vra5107]

HI


I have looked at the page below and learned a little bit about asking hardware problems. So, I will try to give a little bit more information.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/14008/i-have-a-hardware-detection-problem-what-logs-do-i-need-to-look-into




Xorg.0.log attached to the post.
LIBGL_DEBUG=verbose glxinfo ( look at attachment glxinfo.txt )
lspci -nn | grep VGA


00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0126] (rev 09)

I have added this grub entry to get it running.
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="noapic nomodeset".



Let me know if there is anything missing here. Please help me on this.


Sincerely
Venkat

[vra5107]

bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/912397 (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/912397)

The fix lies dormant beneath the bug.

http://askubuntu.com/questions/109846/screen-resolution-and-multiple-monitors-kubuntu-11-10-asus-u46e-bal7

[skaag]

Did you manage to resolve this?
Having the very same experience myself on the same laptop.