bug: 289663 title: [Intrepid] Live CD Install - incorrect image for free space partition date-reported: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:13:27 -0000 date-updated: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:00:18 -0000 reporter: DanielRoesler (diafygi) duplicate-of: duplicates: 359711 attachments: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/402655/+files/Free_incorrect.png image/png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/402656/+files/Resize_correct.png image/png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/402657/+files/Entire_correct.png image/png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/404179/+files/gparted_partions.png image/png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/404180/+files/debug text/plain https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/404181/+files/syslog text/plain https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/404182/+files/ubiquity_d-bug_289663.png image/png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/405568/+files/guided%20partitioning.jpg image/jpeg https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/446070/+files/Screenshot.jpg image/jpeg https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/578870/+files/PartitionDefault.png image/png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/578875/+files/PartitionFreeSpace.png image/png https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/289663/+attachment/578878/+files/PostInstallPartition.png image/png patches: tags: subscribers: Michael Rooney (mrooney) Ian Hodgkinson (ian-hodgkinson) apfelbart (info-julius-hacker) c brettell (keewulf) Huygens (huygens-25) marcw (marcw) DanielRoesler (diafygi) task: hundredpapercuts status: Invalid date-created: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:25:47 -0000 date-left-new: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:22:53 -0000 date-closed: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:22:53 -0000 reporter: DanielRoesler (diafygi) importance: Undecided assignee: milestone: task: ubiquity (Ubuntu) status: Fix Released date-created: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:13:27 -0000 date-left-new: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:57:58 -0000 date-confirmed: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:07:51 -0000 date-triaged: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:07:51 -0000 date-assigned: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:57:59 -0000 date-inprogress: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:07:51 -0000 date-closed: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:00:16 -0000 date-fix-committed: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 18:07:51 -0000 date-fix-released: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 11:00:16 -0000 date-left-closed: Fri, 01 May 2009 20:21:33 -0000 reporter: DanielRoesler (diafygi) importance: High component: main assignee: Evan (ev) milestone: task: ubiquity (Ubuntu Jaunty) status: Fix Released date-created: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:52:55 -0000 date-left-new: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:57:58 -0000 date-confirmed: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:20:16 -0000 date-triaged: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:20:16 -0000 date-assigned: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:57:59 -0000 date-inprogress: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:20:16 -0000 date-closed: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:20:16 -0000 date-fix-committed: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:20:16 -0000 date-fix-released: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 11:20:16 -0000 date-left-closed: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:23:26 -0000 reporter: Colin Watson (cjwatson) importance: High assignee: Evan (ev) milestone: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============7899011515763012401==" MIME-Version: 1.0 --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When installing Intrepid Ibex 8.10 Release Candidate (as well as beta/alphas) from Live CD/USB, an incorrect preview of the partition setup is shown on the "Prepare disk space" step (Step 4). This error only occurs if the user selects "Guided - use the largest continuous free space" option. When that option is selected the image preview of the hard drive partitions show Ubuntu taking up the entire disk (see Free_incorrect.png). The error does not affect actual partitioning of the system. The free continuous space option still installs only in free space and does NOT write over the entire disk. HOWEVER, users are lead to believe that this option will write over the entire disk. To recap: -Correct previews occur when the "Guided - resize" (see Resize_correct.png)= and "Guided - use entire disk" (see Entire_correct.png) options are select= ed. -An incorrect preview occurs when the "Guided - use the largest continuous = free space" option is selected, but actual partitioner does not write over = entire disk. ATTACHED: [Free_incorrect.png] [Resize_correct.png] [Entire_correct.png] --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:13:27 -0000 Message-Id: <20081026221328.29169.5868.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:14:26 -0000 Message-Id: <20081026221426.29169.24297.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:15:36 -0000 Message-Id: <20081026221536.20884.85783.malone@gangotri.canonical.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:17:13 -0000 Message-Id: <20081026221713.20755.45045.malone@gangotri.canonical.com> Further information that might be important. The free space seen in the screenshots is inside a logical partition, but the two other partitions are not inside that logical partition. I have installed into that free space successfully, even though the preview shows me writing over the entire disk. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2008 22:18:35 -0000 Message-Id: <20081026221836.13105.48708.malone@palladium.canonical.com> Pardon, it is not a logical partition, but an extended partition. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: Evan (ev) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:57:57 -0000 Message-Id: <20081029145758.13643.82926.malone@gangotri.canonical.com> Can you please paste the output of `parted /dev/$DISK print` and attach /var/log/installer/debug and /var/log/syslog after running the install up to that screen with the -d option (`ubiquity -d` from a terminal window). Thanks --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:32:57 -0000 Message-Id: <20081029173257.26623.75938.malone@palladium.canonical.com> Okay, I tried installing on my other laptop with a similar setup, and the bug occurs there, too. Could someone please confirm? The parted command didn't return much of anything: ---------------- WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions. Warning: Unable to open /dev read-write (Is a directory). /dev has been op= ened read-only. Warning: Unable to open /dev read-write (Is a directory). /dev has been op= ened read-only. Error: /dev: unrecognised disk label ---------------- So, I've attached a screenshot of gparted to show the partition setup of th= e disk. I've also attached the /var/log/installer/debug and /var/log/syslog= files as well as a screenshot of the bug with 'ubiquity -d'. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:33:36 -0000 Message-Id: <20081029173336.30722.37809.malone@gandwana.canonical.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:34:00 -0000 Message-Id: <20081029173400.10064.31542.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:34:39 -0000 Message-Id: <20081029173439.26623.94063.malone@palladium.canonical.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: Ian Hodgkinson (ian-hodgkinson) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:44:51 -0000 Message-Id: <20081031194451.25554.68869.malone@gangotri.canonical.com> Same error experienced, ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo parted /dev/sda print Model: ATA HITACHI_DK23FB-6 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 60.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 20.0GB 20.0GB primary ntfs boot=20 Attachment shows relevant ubiquity screenshot displaying incorrect report of 100% partition size. Later installation summary shows the following information The partition tables of the following devices are changed: SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) The following partitions are going to be formatted: partition #5 of SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) as ext3 partition #6 of SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) as swap This suggests correct operation of the largest continuous free space option. However the earlier report of 100% drive partitioning was worrying. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: Ian Hodgkinson (ian-hodgkinson) Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:11:31 -0000 Message-Id: <20081031201132.14875.11951.malone@palladium.canonical.com> After installation, Model: ATA HITACHI_DK23FB-6 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 60.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 32.3kB 20.0GB 20.0GB primary ntfs boot=20 2 20.0GB 60.0GB 40.0GB extended =20 5 20.0GB 58.3GB 38.3GB logical ext3 =20 6 58.3GB 60.0GB 1686MB logical linux-swap =20 The free space guided partitioner performed the correct and expected operation. This just leaves the problem with the misleading and incorrect partition display discussed previously. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:35:21 -0000 Message-Id: <20081107173523.15526.75444.malone@gandwana.canonical.com> What more information do we need to confirm this bug exists? --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: Michael Rooney (mrooney) Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:52:44 -0000 Message-Id: <20081107225244.21689.15241.malone@palladium.canonical.com> I will confirm this based on Ian's confirmation! --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:57:43 -0000 Message-Id: <20090125215744.20761.79691.malone@palladium.canonical.com> I can confirm that this bug still exists in Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 (daily build 1/23/09). I've attached a screenshot. I also think this should be a higher priority bug than Low. It depicts a scenario where a user might think they would lose data in other partitions when they, in fact, would not. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:55:43 -0000 Message-Id: <20090328025544.20075.14953.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com> I can confirm again that this bug is still present in Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 beta Live CD. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: Launchpad Janitor (janitor) Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:11:27 -0000 Message-Id: <20090417171131.662.8410.malone@cocoplum.canonical.com> This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 1.12.10 --------------- ubiquity (1.12.10) jaunty; urgency=3Dlow [ Evan Dandrea ] * Fix a crash when in OEM mode. Child widgets are members of the self.userinterface list (LP: #361668). * Add support for displaying the "Use the largest continuous free space" option in the partition bars. Previously ubiquity would create a single Ubuntu partition that filled the entire drive when this option was selected (LP: #289663). * Pack the SegmentedBar widgets in GtkFrames rather than GtkEventBoxes to work around repainting issues (LP: #362334). * Automatic update of included source packages: flash-kernel 2.13ubuntu7, user-setup 1.23ubuntu20. [ Colin Watson ] * Fix stripping of '=3Ddev=3D' from device names when creating partition = bars to avoid reducing e.g. '=3Ddev=3Dvda' to 'a' (LP: #362466). * KDE frontend: - Start the resize slider at the maximum possible size for the partition being resized; this is in line with the GTK frontend, and fixes the situation where the previous default (half-way between the minimum size and the current size) is out of range. - Use a better colour to represent the results of automatic partitioning (LP: #348461). * Preseed tzsetup/selected up-front rather than filtering it and then preseeding it; filtering it causes the backup state to be reset, which causes an infinite loop when backing up from the timezone page when the default country only has one timezone (LP: #361674). * Preseed passwd/auto-login-backup=3Doem in OEM mode, so that the original configuration files are available for restoration (LP: #361272). * Add a little extra state machine debugging to the partman component. * If an error/question dialog is displayed while changing steps is disabled, we currently need to re-enable changing steps in order to get a normal cursor, but that also enables the Back/Forward buttons and allows people to violate assertions by being too quick (e.g. selecting an autopartitioning choice while the installer is still busy analysing the possible choices). We should clean this up properly later, but for now just restore the allowed-change-step state when the dialog is finished. * Fix preseeding of the autopartitioning question to work in automatic mode: it needs to be preseeded as unseen, otherwise going back from a confirmation question doesn't work (LP: #361828). Remove an old code path that would have been very complicated to fix for this and is guaranteed to never be used nowadays. * Update translations from Launchpad. [ Jonathan Riddell ] * KDE frontend: - port reboot code to KDE 4, (LP: #360838) [ Mario Limonciello ] * Mythbuntu Frontend: - Don't launch GUI applications from within the chroot as this causes problems when libGL.so.1 and friends are diverted. Instead bind mount the necessary files to launch them outside the chroot. (LP: #362419) -- Evan Dandrea Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:07:14 +0100 --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 20:21:31 -0000 Message-Id: <20090501202132.14060.24628.malone@gangotri.canonical.com> The fix released in Jaunty shows an incorrect partition size for the Ubuntu installation. I've attached three screenshots showing this. The first (PartitionDefault.png) shows the menu when you first come to it. Notice the free space at the bottom is listed as 5.2GB. The second (PartitionFreeSpace.png) shows when you select the free space option. Notice how the Ubuntu partition is 2.5GB, not 5.2GB. You can scroll the slider back and forth, but I left it at 2.5GB to see if it really would install to a 2.5GB partition. Where did the other 2.7GB go? The other partitions remain unchanged, so it looks like the space beyond 2.5GB disappeared! The third (PostInstallParition.png) shows the actual size of the partitions installed. It appears that the free space option worked as it's supposed to, installing in the 5.2GB space. So I think the number on the picture (PartitionFreeSpace.png) is simply incorrect. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 20:22:28 -0000 Message-Id: <20090501202228.14180.36464.malone@gangotri.canonical.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 20:24:20 -0000 Message-Id: <20090501202420.4012.29612.malone@gandwana.canonical.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 20:25:16 -0000 Message-Id: <20090501202516.10039.55462.malone@palladium.canonical.com> --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:26:47 -0000 Message-Id: <20090616042647.9918.83276.malone@potassium.ubuntu.com> This seems like a bug that is trivial to fix. It was partially fixed for Jaunty, but still not quite there. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: ShawnJGoff (shawnjgoff) Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:22:52 -0000 Message-Id: <20090617232253.18067.46739.malone@gandwana.canonical.com> This is not a paper cut because it is not a general usability issue, but rather a bug affecting a relatively small user population. --===============7899011515763012401== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Author: DanielRoesler (diafygi) Date: Sun, 11 Oct 2009 01:04:40 -0000 Message-Id: <20091011010440.27672.73832.malone@gangotri.canonical.com> I can confirm that this bug is fixed in Karmic 9.10 beta. --===============7899011515763012401==--