Ubuntu
ubiquity package

EBADF talking to debconf

Bug #98731 reported by ewall
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Chose default partitioning options...

It's a 10GB SCSI drive (/dev/sda) that usually shows 1115 sectors which is over the 1024 warning, no LBA32 option in the SCSI BIOS

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 163, in main
    install()
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 57, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 305, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 856, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 628, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1404, in ?
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 385, in run
    self.configure_bootloader()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1163, in configure_bootloader
    raise InstallStepError(
InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1

Revision history for this message
ewall (eric-bekinc) wrote :

Forgot to mention this is the nubuntu 6.10 distro

Attaching /var/log/syslog as recommended

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ewall (eric-bekinc) wrote :

Attaching /var/log/partman as recommended

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This is essentially a nUbuntu bug. They don't preinstall the console-setup package on the live CD, which Ubiquity needs. Please report this to them if they don't have a more recent version available.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: New → Invalid
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