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ubiquity package

disappointing installation crash

Bug #1186735 reported by Chris Bradley
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

btw, last release 12.10 also had problems on this machine. 12.10 installed ok but frequently crashed. screen would freeze, mouse pointer still mobile. lununtu 12.10 and ubuntu studio 12.10 were fine

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: ubiquity 2.14.6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-19.29-generic 3.8.8
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-19-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.331
Date: Sun Jun 2 14:24:20 2013
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release i386 (20130424)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Chris Bradley (cb6031) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote : Traceback

Exception during installation:
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1775, in <module>
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 253, in run
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.remove_extras()
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1460, in remove_extras
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: cache = Cache()
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 105, in __init__
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.open(progress)
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 150, in open
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /target/var/lib/apt/lists/gb.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_raring_main_i18n_Translation-en, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Jun 2 13:23:51 ubuntu /plugininstall.py:

tags: added: installer-crash
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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. If you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 1186735

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

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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