Public bug reported: I beg your pardon for my horrible english.
>From Ubuntu web site: “Ubuntu is easy to use. It’s easy to trial and install. You don’t have to be an expert. Ubuntu’s quick and easy to get started.” “I use Ubuntu because I need a system that is easy to set up and maintain for the family, that allows them to do what they need and want easily, quickly and without a lot of input.” (Drew Kwashnak) It seems that for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (both ubuntu-12.04-desktop-amd64.iso and ubuntu-12.04-alternate-amd64.iso) this is not the case. On my computer (ASUS P5QPRO, 64 bit quadricore, ram 8GB, 2 disks 1,6 TB total) are installed: on first disk, Windows 7, openSuSe 12.1 (KDE) e Debian 5.0 (KDE); on second one (and until april, 25), LinuxMint 12 (Gnome). On first disk, a dedicated partition for virtual systems – mounted from both openSuSe and LinuxMint and reserved to Virtualbox - 32 bit guest systems are installed: Windows XP, Debian 6.0 (KDE) and until april, 25 Ubuntu 11.10 (Gnome). Network interfaces are: eth0, the classic ethernet cable (Atheros AR8121/AR8113/AR8114 PCI-E Ethernet Controller) wlan0 (BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller). Wlan0 – which needs b43-fwcatter firmware – is not configurated at the moment, because I prefer the ethernet cable. But both openSuSe and others Os (including Ubuntu 11.10) do the istallation using ethernet cable; at first login user can download and install b43-fwcatter firmware. Well, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS istallation (in place of LinuxMint) failed. With my great surprise, the istaller didn't consider the ethernet cable (!) and stopped running because couldn't find b43-fwcatter firmware. In order to give it the firmware, I followed instructions of the Ubuntu site https://help.ubuntu.com/12.04/installation-guide/amd64/loading-firmware.html, but it failed again: Ubuntu istaller does not consider the ethernet cable!! So I have burned ubuntu-12.04-alternate-amd64.iso. The alternate istaller worked very well. But at first boot … here you are: Ubuntu stops again (no login screen) because it cannot find b43-fwcatter firmware. It doesn't matter at all there is an ethernet cable!! Trying to fix the problem, I booted failsafe kernel, reaching root shell. But the istallation was so minimal that I gave up, restoring LinuxMint. As last attempt, I decided to install the guest system Ubuntu 12.04 (32 bit), configuring VirtualBox so that the Ubuntu istaller could only see the ethernet cable. Istallation was successful. At this point I want to do some considerations and expect people will agree with me. First at all, stopping istallation without using ethernet cable is not a good idea. Ubuntu is seen as an operating system easy to use; so during last years it was the first Linux operating system alternative to Windows. It was the operating system that Windows users (who only know setup.exe, windows installer …) chose for their first experience in the Linux world, because it was easy to get started. It's so easy imagine what a Windows user can have in mind when troubleshooting with an istaller that – ignoring the cable – stops running if cannot find a wlan driver! He is going back to Windows (I hope he had made the backup), considering Linux a forbidden world! And Windows will again be the favorite, keeping his position on the market. I expect to find another enhanced version of Ubuntu 12.04 iso, which I would like to run on my daughter's computer (she is still running Ubuntu 9.04, which was so easy to install!). Thank you very match for you attention. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity (not installed) ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic-pae 3.2.14 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic-pae i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: i386 Date: Sun Apr 29 23:34:07 2012 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423) ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise ubiquity-2.10.16 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/991498 Title: 12.04 istaller doesn't consider the ethernet cable and stops running when not finding wireless card drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/991498/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
