Installing 12.10 in VirtualBox 4.2.4 on Win 7, installer crashed

Bug #1091666 reported by Libin Thomas
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Expired
High
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Bug Description

Not sure, the graphical Ubuntu OS installer crashed in between

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.12.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.328
Date: Tue Dec 18 19:07:14 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_IN
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_IN
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Libin Thomas (libin-thomas) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote : Traceback

Exception during installation:
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1732, in <module>
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 229, in run
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_hardware()
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 863, in configure_hardware
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "HwDetect failed with code %d" % ret)
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: HwDetect failed with code 1
Dec 18 12:32:54 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

tags: added: installer-crash
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote :

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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