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Re: No desktop on beta2 alternate ppc

 

#1 below is for the Desktop image, not the Alternate.  There is a
separate  problem with the alternate install.

Regards,
/Lars

On 9/25/12, Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Lars,
>
> Colin Watson has said that it is not a ubiquity bug, which you confirm -
> the system installs. Just a blank screen. Can you use the workaround [1] to
> get it working? from my reading of the issue, it is a mix of kernel and X
> that is causing the issue. Trying to get one of the teams to not blame the
> other is not going to be easy. What would help is a patch that works which
> I can them take to those two teams. 1046951[2] is now marked as a dupe of
> 1040526, It is my honest opinion that  1040544 be likewise marked so as to
> heard the bug into one area. If we have the information associated with the
> issue in one place, I stand a better chance of getting it looked at :)
>
> The 'script' for who to blame [4] when installs fail does point to Xorg for
> this, but we also know that a kernel change has been made..... Not fun :(
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1040526
> 2.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-ati/+bug/1046951
> 3. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1040544
> 4. https://wiki.ubuntu.com/QATeam/Overview/Install_Bugs
> On 25 September 2012 16:11, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I'm still running in to the same problem with the beta2 as with the
>> earlier dailies.  After the installation is complete, the desktop and
>> window manager seem not to start.  I get only a (corrupted) mouse
>> pointer.  Which package is this most likely against?
>>
>> I can ssh and tunnel X.  So the packages like Firefox are there and
>> working.
>>
>> Also, neither ubuntu-bug nor apport-bug work, both coredump.
>>
>> Regards,
>> /Lars
>>
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