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[Charlie Kravetz <cjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:50:17 -0600
Tim Cuthbertson <ratcheer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Tim Cuthbertson <ratcheer@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [Xorg-prop-drivers-testers] Cannot install Lucid on my host machine
> To: Charlie Kravetz <cjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 1:53 PM, Charlie Kravetz
> <cjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 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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> 
> Ok, today I successfully installed Lucid Daily 2010-02-10 from the
> alternate image. After installation, the system rebooted,
> successfully.
> 
> NEW PROBLEM - Then, it automatically found and installed the current
> nVidia driver. Upon completion of the driver installation, it
> instructed me to reboot, again. This time, the system would not reboot
> to Lucid. I tried rebooting,. twice. Then, I was able to successfully
> reboot back to my Karmic kernel.
> 
> What to do?
> 
> Tim
> 
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File a bug ?

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Charlie Kravetz 
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