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ubiquity package

Ubiquity gets stuck at restoring previous packages

Bug #747579 reported by Ingo Gerth
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

While trying to upgrade from the live CD, ubiquity got stuck at "Restoring previously installed packages". It is still responsive, but the progress bar just does not advance.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: ubiquity 2.5.32
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-7.39-generic 2.6.38
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-7-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 1 19:37:44 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110330)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Ingo Gerth (igerth) wrote :
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Ingo Gerth (igerth) wrote :

Screenshot with terminal output.

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Ingo Gerth (igerth) wrote :
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David Young (dove-young) wrote :

I can confirm this problem. I am using a Ubuntu 11.04 system with kernel 2.6.39. I have to reinstall system because I accidentally removed some system directory in the evening.

I chosed 'Upgrade 11.04 to 11.04' on the screen, its fine. And I was surfing around with Firefox until met the same problem.

Here is my screen shot. At this time, when I found this defect record and finish my comment, it is still pending on.

BTW. I don't remember whether it has happened when I upgrade from 10.10 to 11.04 last month.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
tags: added: ubiquity-2.5.32
Chad A Davis (chadadavis)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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dennis1200 (dennis-fiser) wrote :

I am noticing this too (currently writing this in a live 11.10 usb install environment, waiting for it to continue after a few hours), but it is clearly due to some sort of download activity. It's already downloaded a couple hundred megs, and still going. Seems like a really stupid process (downloading packages at the END of the install), and unclear, but I don't think it's a bug per se, just poorly communicated by the installer.

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Marcelo (marcelo-dacruz) wrote :

Same here, while upgrading from 10.10 to 11.10. There is a new bug that might need to be merged with this one: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/874615

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zpletan (zpletan) wrote :

Bug #874615 is not a duplicate of this; see comment #4 therein.

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zpletan (zpletan) wrote :

Bug #874615 actually is a duplicate, I think. (Next time I need to read comments . . . . Sorry.)

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zpletan (zpletan) wrote :

My experience is the same as that of @dennis-fiser—that this is a UI bug, not a bug in the installation process per se.

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Marcelo (marcelo-dacruz) wrote :

I got tired of waiting and tried disabled networking: This effectively stopped whatever ubiquity was doing and finished the upgrade process. The system rebooted properly after that, no issues so far.

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dino99 (9d9) wrote :

natty have reached EOL now

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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