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Re: Cannot install Lucid on my host machine

 

On Tue, 9 Feb 2010 10:41:49 -0600
Tim Cuthbertson <ratcheer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I am new to the team. I have downloaded the Daily 2009-02-09 iso image
> and it will not install on my machine. I have attempted to install
> three times, once directly from the CD (grub) and twice from within
> the Lucid Live system. All attempts fail after the Timezone selection
> screen. The error message is "Ubiquity crashed with NameError in
> rewrite_xorg_conf()". I have attached a failure rep[ort to the already
> existing Bug 514646, which is identical.
> 
> The Lucid Live system runs just fine on my host machine and uses
> nVidia driver 190.53.
> 
> Any ideas on getting around the installation error.
> 
> Tim
> 

It is worth trying the alternate image when the live cd fails.
Sometimes only one or the other works. Also, I check the images daily,
and sometimes they don't get updated. The new alternate image is now
available dated 2010-02-09.



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