Stops/Halts on "Configuring Hardware"

[StevenB]

I'm trying to install Mint 14 MATE for dual booting between Mint and Windows 7. I did have problems to start with due to my NVIDIA card; which I bypassed by either loading in Compatibility Mode or adding nomodespec. A few topics have mentioned network connection, not sure if that matters but I can confirm that is working fine as I have posted this directly from the machine in Mint 14 'trial' mode.

Now when installing Mint 14 it halts on

Configuring Hardware

Here is the result from

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inxi -Fxz

which I have seen requested in previous topics

System: Host: mint Kernel: 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64 (64 bit, gcc: 4.7.2) Desktop: N/A Distro: Linux Mint 14 Nadia
Machine: Mobo: ASRock model: Z68 Extreme4 Bios: American Megatrends version: P1.70 date: 08/25/2011
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i5-2500K CPU (-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx) bmips: 26341.3
Clock Speeds: 1: 1600.00 MHz 2: 1600.00 MHz 3: 3301.00 MHz 4: 1600.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: NVIDIA GF110 [GeForce GTX 580] bus-ID: 01:00.0 X.Org: 1.13.0 driver: vesa Resolution: 1280x1024@0.0hz
GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on llvmpipe (LLVM 0x301) GLX Version: 2.1 Mesa 9.0 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio: Card-1: NVIDIA GF110 High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 01:00.1
Card-2: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: 1.0.25
Network: Card: Broadcom NetLink BCM57781 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3 ver: 3.123 bus-ID: 0c:00.0
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1120.2GB (-) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST31000524AS size: 1000.2GB temp: 27C
2: id: /dev/sdb model: Corsair_Force_3 size: 120.0GB temp: 128C
Partition: ID: / size: 3.9G used: 95M (3%) fs: overlayfs ID: swap-1 size: 10.00GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 30.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 154 Uptime: 25 min Memory: 481.0/7898.8MB Runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 4.7.2 Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4

Just to be clear the DVD that I am using for the install worked fine on my machine at work so I know the DVD is working ok.

I would appreciate some help with this and if you require any more information then ask away.

[Pranas]

I am experiencing the very same problem...

[xenopeek]

I'm not sure if it will help you, but IIRC some users have solved problems with the installer by removing the package ubiquity-slideshow-mint before starting the installation. May be worth a shot.

[Pranas]

I'm not sure if it will help you, but IIRC some users have solved problems with the installer by removing the package ubiquity-slideshow-mint before starting the installation. May be worth a shot.

Doesn't help for me. That's a shame

I'm not too happy about that but I'll try to cancel the stalled installation and see if it works...

[StevenB]

I installed Mint 13 in the end as that has no problems.

I thought it might of been my graphics card causing the problem, but I moved over to on board and removed the card and still didn't work. I will do some more testing when I get a chance and will update this topic if I have any luck.