Ubuntu
ubiquity package

Installation program crashed while typing username

Bug #944191 reported by dominik
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This bug affects 38 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
James Hunt

Bug Description

I'm using the Ubuntu Precise Pangolin Daily Build (March 1st). I tried to install from usb stick and after I chose to replace my Windows 7 installation and it asked for my time zone it simply crashed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.305
Date: Thu Mar 1 19:01:35 2012
InstallCmdLine: cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Related branches

lp:~jamesodhunt/ubiquity/bug-944191
Stéphane Graber (community): Approve
Colin Watson (community): Approve
Diff: 52 lines (+20/-2) (has conflicts)
2 files modified
debian/changelog (+10/-1)
scripts/install.py (+10/-1)
lp:ubuntu/precise/ubiquity
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dominik (schmidt-dominik) wrote :
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This is also bug 891711, fixed in ubiquity 2.9.19.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Hm, except that you're running 2.9.23 ...

Steve Langasek (vorlon)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → James Hunt (jamesodhunt)
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James Hunt (jamesodhunt) wrote :

@Dominik: do you remember if you ticked the "download updates while installing"?

I suspect that if you do select "download updates while installing" and get unlucky, 'update-apt-cache' will race with copy_all():

1) update-apt-cache created /target/var/cache/apt/archives/.
2) copy_all() (re)moved /target/var/.
3) update-apt-cache created /target/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/.
4) copy_all() attempted to create /target/var, but it existed again due to (3).

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dominik (schmidt-dominik) wrote :

Yes, I'm pretty sure I did. I haven't tried it again since then. But that sounds like it could be the problem.

Colin Watson (cjwatson)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.9.31

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ubiquity (2.9.31) precise; urgency=low

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Fix misc.set_indicator_keymaps to handle ll_CC forms of lang, and also
    to avoid crashing on unknown languages in general (LP: #960047).
  * Strip invalid characters from default username (LP: #783295).
  * Automatic update of included source packages: base-installer
    1.122ubuntu6, console-setup 1.70ubuntu4, partman-basicmethods 49,
    partman-jfs 35, partman-newworld 26, partman-partitioning 83ubuntu2,
    partman-reiserfs 52, partman-xfs 49.

  [ Oliver Grawert ]
  * add support for automatic-oem-config kernel commandline option to the
    oem-config startup scripts to switch oem-config into automatic mode for
    preseeded oem installs
  * add an entry for the new option in oem-config-firstboot manpage

  [ Stéphane Graber ]
  * Properly mark the quit dialog as a child of ubiquity. (LP: #960375)

  [ James Hunt ]
  * scripts/install.py: Ignore mkdir failure if directory does (now)
    exist to accommodate update-apt-cache running in parallel with
    copy_all() (LP: #944191).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:26:54 +0000

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

One way to workaround this when trying to install a release of Ubuntu prior to 12.04 would be to not choose 'download updates while installing'.

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aycee (aycee) wrote : Re: [Bug 944191] Re: Installation program crashed while typing username

Thank you for that and I did that and it worked

regards Alan!

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