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mcklucker
December 1st, 2012, 10:06 PM
I am attempting to install Ubuntu 12.04 on this HP Mini, and hitting snag after snag. I currently have a dualboot of M$ 7 Starter and Ubuntu 10.04. I attempted to update from 10.04 to 12.04 via the Update Manager, but I *believe* the power cable came disconnected during the update process, and now I can't install anything on the Ubuntu side. Attempting to run Update Manager gives me this window:

Not all updates can be installed
Run a partial upgrade, to install as many updates as possible.
This can be caused by:
*A previous upgrade which didn't complete
*Problems with some of the installed software
*Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu
*Normal changes of a pre-release version of Ubuntu
/Partial Upgrade/ /Close/
Partial crashes out every time I try it. So I tried the LiveCD route with a USB drive (this netbook has no disc drives). Attempting to boot from it gets me just a black screen with a tiny grey rectangle in the bottom left corner. The ESC key from this screen leads me to a centered Win3.1-esque dialog window with no text, and two unmarked buttons. I have no idea what these buttons do, so I attempted to tab to neither.

Oh, here's my lshw if that helps.

makkaros@makkaros-laptop:~$ sudo lshw
[sudo] password for makkaros:
makkaros-laptop
description: Notebook
product: HP Mini 110-1100
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
version: 0393110000201B00000300000
serial: CNU938773J
width: 32 bits
capabilities: smbios-2.4 dmi-2.4 smp-1.4 smp
configuration: boot=normal chassis=notebook cpus=1 uuid=9924DBFA-89F0-CB8A-43EC-A2BF049162B5
*-core
description: Motherboard
product: 308F
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: KBC Version 02.10
*-firmware
description: BIOS
vendor: Hewlett-Packard
physical id: 0
version: 308F0 Ver. F.17 (09/16/2009)
size: 64KiB
capacity: 960KiB
capabilities: isa pci pnp apm upgrade shadowing escd cdboot bootselect socketedrom edd int13floppy1200 int13floppy720 int13floppy2880 int5printscreen int9keyboard int14serial int17printer int10video acpi usb ls120boot zipboot biosbootspecification
*-cpu
description: CPU
product: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU N270 @ 1.60GHz
vendor: Intel Corp.
physical id: 4
bus info: cpu@0
version: 6.12.2
serial: 0001-06C2-0000-0000-0000-0000
slot: CPU 1
size: 1600MHz
capacity: 1666MHz
width: 32 bits
clock: 133MHz
capabilities: boot fpu fpu_exception wp vme de tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts aperfmperf pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl est tm2 ssse3 xtpr pdcm movbe lahf_lm pse cpufreq
configuration: id=0
*-cache:0
description: L1 cache
physical id: 5
slot: L1-Cache
size: 24KiB
capacity: 24KiB
capabilities: internal write-back data
*-cache:1
description: L2 cache
physical id: 6
slot: L2-Cache
size: 512KiB
capacity: 512KiB
capabilities: internal write-back unified
*-logicalcpu:0
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.1
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-logicalcpu:1
description: Logical CPU
physical id: 0.2
width: 32 bits
capabilities: logical
*-memory
description: System Memory
physical id: b
slot: System board or motherboard
size: 1GiB
*-bank
description: DIMM SDRAM Synchronous
product: PartNum0
vendor: Manufacturer0
physical id: 0
serial: SerNum0
slot: DIMM0
size: 1GiB
width: 64 bits
*-generic UNCLAIMED
physical id: 256
bus info: parisc@256
*-pci
description: Host bridge
product: Mobile 945GME Express Memory Controller Hub
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 100
bus info: pci@0000:00:00.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
configuration: driver=agpgart-intel
resources: irq:0
*-display:0
description: VGA compatible controller
product: Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.0
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: msi pm bus_master cap_list rom
configuration: driver=i915 latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fe980000-fe9fffff ioport:dc80(size=8) memory:d0000000-dfffffff(prefetchable) memory:fe940000-fe97ffff
*-display:1 UNCLAIMED
description: Display controller
product: Mobile 945GM/GMS/GME, 943/940GML Express Integrated Graphics Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 2.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:02.1
version: 03
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
resources: memory:fe880000-fe8fffff
*-multimedia
description: Audio device
product: N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1b
bus info: pci@0000:00:1b.0
version: 02
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=HDA Intel latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:fe938000-fe93bfff
*-pci:0
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:24 ioport:1000(size=4096) memory:fea00000-feafffff memory:40000000-401fffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4312 802.11b/g
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 01
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:feafc000-feafffff
*-pci:1
description: PCI bridge
product: N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1c.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1c.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci pciexpress msi pm bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=pcieport
resources: irq:25 ioport:e000(size=4096) memory:feb00000-febfffff memory:40200000-403fffff(prefetchable)
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
vendor: Atheros Communications
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: c0
serial: 00:26:55:c9:11:5a
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=atl1c driverversion=1.0.0.1-NAPI firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=twisted pair
resources: irq:27 memory:febc0000-febfffff ioport:ec80(size=128)
*-usb:0
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 ioport:dc00(size=32)
*-usb:1
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.1
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.1
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:19 ioport:d880(size=32)
*-usb:2
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.2
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:18 ioport:d800(size=32)
*-usb:3
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.3
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.3
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master
configuration: driver=uhci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:16 ioport:d480(size=32)
*-usb:4
description: USB Controller
product: N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1d.7
bus info: pci@0000:00:1d.7
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm debug bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=ehci_hcd latency=0
resources: irq:23 memory:fe937c00-fe937fff
*-pci:2
description: PCI bridge
product: 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1e
bus info: pci@0000:00:1e.0
version: e2
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pci bus_master cap_list
*-isa
description: ISA bridge
product: 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface Bridge
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: isa bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
*-storage
description: SATA controller
product: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family) SATA AHCI Controller
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 1f.2
bus info: pci@0000:00:1f.2
logical name: scsi0
version: 02
width: 32 bits
clock: 66MHz
capabilities: storage msi pm bus_master cap_list emulated
configuration: driver=ahci latency=0
resources: irq:26 ioport:d400(size=8) ioport:d080(size=4) ioport:d000(size=8) ioport:cc80(size=4) ioport:cc00(size=16) memory:fe937800-fe937bff
*-disk
description: ATA Disk
product: FUJITSU MJA2160B
vendor: Fujitsu
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sda
version: 8919
serial: K94NT982DPD9
size: 149GiB (160GB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: ansiversion=5 signature=cd68444d
*-volume:0
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 1
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,1
logical name: /dev/sda1
version: 3.1
serial: caeea319-f1d1-6144-be92-a784815bd948
size: 100GiB
capacity: 100GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-08-28 14:02:32 filesystem=ntfs modified_by_chkdsk=true mounted_on_nt4=true resize_log_file=true state=dirty upgrade_on_mount=true
*-volume:1
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 2
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,2
logical name: /dev/sda2
version: 3.1
serial: f6f3f450-1e93-be49-93df-910ed8212fc8
size: 11GiB
capacity: 11GiB
capabilities: primary ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-09-23 21:50:11 filesystem=ntfs label=RECOVERY state=clean
*-volume:2
description: Windows NTFS volume
physical id: 3
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,3
logical name: /dev/sda3
version: 3.1
serial: e2e8-0c8d
size: 192MiB
capacity: 201MiB
capabilities: primary bootable ntfs initialized
configuration: clustersize=4096 created=2009-09-23 22:27:12 filesystem=ntfs label=SYSTEM state=clean
*-volume:3
description: Extended partition
physical id: 4
bus info: scsi@0:0.0.0,4
logical name: /dev/sda4
size: 37GiB
capacity: 37GiB
capabilities: primary extended partitioned partitioned:extended
*-logicalvolume:0
description: Linux filesystem partition
physical id: 5
logical name: /dev/sda5
logical name: /
capacity: 35GiB
configuration: mount.fstype=ext4 mount.options=rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,barrier=1,data=ordered state=mounted
*-logicalvolume:1
description: Linux swap / Solaris partition
physical id: 6
logical name: /dev/sda6
capacity: 1611MiB
capabilities: nofs
*-scsi:0
physical id: 1
bus info: usb@1:2
logical name: scsi7
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@7:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdb
*-scsi:1
physical id: 2
bus info: usb@1:7
logical name: scsi5
capabilities: emulated scsi-host
configuration: driver=usb-storage
*-disk
description: SCSI Disk
product: SanDisk Cruzer
vendor: SanDisk
physical id: 0.0.0
bus info: scsi@5:0.0.0
logical name: /dev/sdc
version: 8.02
serial: u
size: 3835MiB (4022MB)
capabilities: removable
*-medium
physical id: 0
logical name: /dev/sdc
size: 3835MiB (4022MB)
capabilities: partitioned partitioned:dos
configuration: signature=000cb1cd
*-volume
description: Windows FAT volume
vendor: mkdosfs
physical id: 1
logical name: /dev/sdc1
logical name: /media/E586-5548
version: FAT32
serial: e586-5548
size: 3832MiB
capacity: 3832MiB
capabilities: primary bootable fat initialized
configuration: FATs=2 filesystem=fat mount.fstype=vfat mount.options=rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,uid=1000,gi d=1000,fmask=0022,dmask=0077,codepage=cp437,iochar set=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,utf8,flush,errors=remount-ro state=mounted
*-battery
description: Nickel Cadmium Battery
product: Nikon Ultra Plus
vendor: Nikon Battery
physical id: 1
version: 08/11/97
serial: NI00123
slot: Front side of System
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 0c:60:76:1f:a2:f1
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes ip=192.168.0.18 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
makkaros@makkaros-laptop:~$ ^C
makkaros@makkaros-laptop:~$

zvacet
December 2nd, 2012, 10:24 AM
If you didnīt install all updates try with


sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

If you donīt get any result with it then


sudo dpkg --configure -a
sudo apt-get -f install

ivotkl
December 4th, 2012, 05:22 PM
I also have an Intel graphics card on my notebook. Have you tried pressing F6 key and choosing "nomodeset"?
For further information, read this post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10069997&postcount=1).

You can also edit and add VGA=nomodeset (or something like that, long time since I' ve used that command), but results are the same as following steps above.

Once you make a complete install, if you get the same thing, edit commands (hit E key) before choosing your Ubuntu 12.04 OS on Grub boot loader. You should add nomodeset on the line before the last one, if I recall well. According to this guy' s post (http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12157390&postcount=2), it should be added right after quiet splash line. After you do that, just press CTRL+X to execute modified command.

Final step (go to terminal):

sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.cfg
And add nomodeset on that exact same line, save, exit and restart to check it worked. On next reboot, skip steps on above paragraph.

PS: Are you going through any other situation? Because if not, this SHOULD fix it.