Ubuntu
ubiquity package

No progress during disk formatting (progress bar sticks at 5%)

Bug #153059 reported by waynorthny
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #211727: Installer partitioner always at 33%. Edit Remove
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
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Bug Description

When: Installing kubuntu desktop 7.10 RC1, after approving manual disk partitioning.

What happens: The progress meter does not go beyond 5%, even though (it turns out) the formatting is actually progressing.

Why it's a problem: This can cause the user to believe the formatting process has hung, so that the user attempts to close the installer while it is still formatting. If closing the installer doesn't go smoothly, user may attempt to reboot system. Even if installer closes smoothly, user will hit the problem again on the next attempt, and even if they suss out the matter they've still wasted time.

Will attach system info to filed report.

Tags: partman
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waynorthny (tuinstd) wrote :

Attachment: output of dmesg (while still in installer).

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waynorthny (tuinstd) wrote :

Attachment: output of lspci (while still in installer).

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waynorthny (tuinstd) wrote :

Attachment: output of lsmod (while still in installer)

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waynorthny (tuinstd) wrote :

What the heck, here's the whole shooting match. Tarball of /var/log attached (while still in installer).

I should note: I did not watch to see formatting behavior on all partitions, but the problem manifested on ALL partitions that I did watch (four or five of them at least). This included small (20Gb or less) and large (250Gb).

The machine is an HP Proliant ML350, the "disk" being formatted is actually a hardware RAID 5 array of three 250Gb drives (for apparent space of 500Gb).

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This bug did not have a package associated with it, which is important for ensuring that it gets looked at by the proper developers. You can learn more about finding the right package at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Bugs/FindRightPackage. I have classified this bug as a bug in ubiquity.

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubiquity:
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
Loïc Minier (lool)
summary: - Kubuntu installer - disk formatting progress bar sticks at 5%
+ No progress during disk formatting (progress bar sticks at 5%)
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