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ubiquity package

Ubiquity failed to install desktop. Crash

Bug #1307174 reported by John Przybytek on 2014-04-13

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This bug affects 1 person

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	Expired	High	Unassigned

Bug Description

Had the same problem when running live desktop. Was able to bring up working terminal (Alt F2). Internet connection working okay.

Ubuntu -gnome 104.04 LTS

I expected a working desktop.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Sun Apr 13 12:56:55 2014
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily i386 (20140412)
ProcEnviron:
TERM=linux
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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John Przybytek (jprzybytek) wrote on 2014-04-13:

#1

Casper.txt Edit (1002 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Dependencies.txt Edit (6.8 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDebug.txt Edit (2.0 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityDm.txt Edit (4.5 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquityPartman.txt Edit (189.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
UbiquitySyslog.txt Edit (109.3 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote on 2014-04-13:

#2

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1307174

tags:

added: iso-testing

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Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel) wrote on 2014-04-13:

#3

From syslog, it seems the python3.4 segafaulted

Apr 13 16:45:20 ubuntu-gnome /install.py: keeping packages due to preseeding: icedtea6-plugin openoffice.org
Apr 13 16:45:20 ubuntu-gnome /install.py: keeping language packs for: en_US.UTF-8
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 747, in <module>
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: install = Install()
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 79, in __init__
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: self.generate_blacklist()
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 316, in generate_blacklist
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: cache, [pkg], recursive=True)
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 614, in get_remove_list
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: brokenpkgs = broken_packages(cache)
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 493, in broken_packages
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: if cache._depcache.is_inst_broken(cache._cache[pkg]):
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity: TypeError: Expected a string or a pair of strings
Apr 13 16:45:31 ubuntu-gnome kernel: [ 397.391855] install.py[7760]: segfault at 0 ip (null) sp bff32afc error 14 in python3.4[8048000+331000]

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance:	Undecided → High

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote on 2014-04-14:

#4

Could you please run memtest from the Live CD to ensure that your system's memory is functioning well?

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

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John Przybytek (jprzybytek) wrote on 2014-04-14:

#5

Ran memtest for a couple of hours and found no issues with memory (1.5G).

Brian Murray (brian-murray) on 2014-04-15

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

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John Przybytek (jprzybytek) wrote on 2014-04-15:

#6

could be related to https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1307776

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Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson) wrote on 2020-03-05:

#7

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 on 2020-05-05:

#8

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

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

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