Comment 12 for bug 459198

I encountered the same problem after updating from Intrepid to Karmic. The computer hangs immediately after Grub, with an underline cursor blinking at the top-left position A **workaround is to select version 2.6.28 of the kernel** in Grub instead of version 2.6.31.

I've also tried a fresh install, but as reported above, the installation hangs immediately after selecting the language.