karmic freeze before install

**acracker** · October 30th, 2009

I burned the 64-bit desktop version of 9.10, loaded it in, selected English language, then selected the "Install Now" option. I get a cool white Ubuntu graphic pulsing for about a minute then the cd spins down, the graphic freezes and my computer hangs.

I tried the safe graphics option, tried booting into the live cd, same result. The graphic freezes its animation and my computer hangs. Caps/Num/Scroll lock keys are unresponsive.

I checked the cd for defects, it's fine. I ran the memtest program and got no errors. I had 64-bit 9.04 installed about a month ago, then I upgraded to Windows 7 (over ...uugh.. Vista) in anticipation of dual booting with W7 and Karmic. W7 runs fine so I know its not a hardware problem.

Anyone else have this issue and/or more information?

My hardware:
Intel C2Q 9550
ATI 4850X2
4GB ram, DDR2 800

**Rocket2DMn** · October 30th, 2009

The LiveCD video support has gotten much better over the years, but sometimes it doesn't work. If you can spare the bandwidth, I would just go ahead and skip straight to using the Alternate install cd rather than fiddling with the LiveCD. You can get it from the Ubuntu download page by clicking "Alternative download options, including Ubuntu installer for Windows" and select "Text-based installer". This uses a pseudo-GUI which is actually very easy to use, so don't be intimidated. The disc just doesn't have a Live session which you probably don't need since you are already just planning on installing.

**acracker** · October 30th, 2009

Ok I'll try the alternate CD and post back when I get some results. Keeping my fingers crossed.

**chanfle** · October 30th, 2009

Originally Posted by acracker

Ok I'll try the alternate CD and post back when I get some results. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I hope run alternate CD....because Karmic it's beautiful

**acracker** · October 30th, 2009

Ok, installed 9.10 via the alternate install CD, but I get the same problem when I try booting: the white Ubuntu graphic appears on the screen, but nothing else and then my computer hangs. My hard disk activity light comes in the beginning of the boot process, but soon turns off when my computer hangs.

I tried booting into the recovery mode and booting continues until it tries to start AppArmor profiles, then it hangs. Once again, no response from caps/scroll/num lock keys.

Here are the last two lines on my screen:
* Setting preliminary keymap...
* Starting AppArmor profiles

with a blinking underscore on the right side of my screen.

I used ext4 for the / and /home partitions and created an 8GB swap partition. Maybe I should try ext3?

**Rocket2DMn** · October 30th, 2009

Are you able to get to a tty by doing CTRL+ALT+F1 and logging in to the command line interface? If so, it would appear that something is wrong with X.