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ubiquity package

installer crashed-trying to install Mint on laptop

Bug #78225 reported by pbcartwright on 2007-01-06

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #47046: breaks if system partitions are not reformatted. Edit Remove

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Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	ubiquity (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I have a DELL XPS laptop. I was trying to install Mint where i already had a Kubuntu install. I selected /, /home and /swap(to be formatted). it started to copy files, and crashed with this error message:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 166 in ?
main ()
File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 161, in main
install(sys.argv[1])
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 last call):
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py, line 1404, in ?
install.run()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py, line 306, in run
self.copy_all()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py, line 475, in copy_all
os.mknod(targetpath,stat.S_IFCHR | mode, st.st_rdev)
OSError:[Errno 17] file exists

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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote on 2007-01-07:

#1

Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman to this bug, following the directions in http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs? Thanks in advance.

Changed in ubiquity:
status:	Unconfirmed → Needs Info

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pbcartwright (cartwrightpaul) wrote on 2007-01-07: Re: [Bug 78225] Re: installer crashed-trying to install Mint on laptop

#2

On Sunday 07 January 2007 10:19, Vassilis Pandis wrote:
> Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and
> /var/log/partman to this bug, following the directions in
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs? Thanks in
> advance.

it wouldn't let me attach those files. I booted from the liveCD, and I did
setup mail, but it wouldn't let me attach system files. Is there a way to do
that, without the sudo command?

--
Paul Cartwright

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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote on 2007-01-07:

#3

You don't neccessarily need mail to attach files. As explained in the wiki page, you can attach files from the Malone interface, from the "ad a comment/attachment" button that you click to post a comment.

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pbcartwright (cartwrightpaul) wrote on 2007-01-08:

#4

here is the /var/log/partman file attachment

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pbcartwright (cartwrightpaul) wrote on 2007-01-08:

#7

syslog for installation crash Edit (68.3 KiB, text/plain)

/var/log/syslog attachment

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pbcartwright (cartwrightpaul) wrote on 2007-01-08:

#8

syslog for installation crash Edit (68.3 KiB, text/plain)

/var/log/syslog attachment

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pbcartwright (cartwrightpaul) wrote on 2007-01-08:

#9

On Sunday 07 January 2007 10:19, Vassilis Pandis wrote:
> Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and
> /var/log/partman to this bug, following the directions in
> http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs? Thanks in
> advance.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info

sorry if I sent the files twice, the web page seemed to hang and not complete
the file transfer.
At least I know I can duplicate the error, it happens every time I try the
install. I also have to change the validation.py file to be able to create
the root partition.
I might try to download & install 2.0 just to see if that works.
--
Paul Cartwright

Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) on 2007-01-08

Changed in ubiquity:
status:	Needs Info → Unconfirmed

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pbcartwright (cartwrightpaul) wrote on 2007-01-08:

#10

/var/log/partman Edit (149.6 KiB, text/plain)

partmon log

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Vassilis Pandis (pandisv) wrote on 2007-01-08:

#11

While this looks like a dupe of 47046, it can't be because it has been fixed.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote on 2007-01-08:

#12

It is a duplicate of bug 47046; pbcartwright, it looks like your nobbling of validation.py broke that again. You need to format /.

You could try upgrading ubiquity to 1.2.6 from edgy-proposed rather than editing validation.py by hand ...

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gary (grcrosby) wrote on 2007-01-09:

#13

OK, I can live with having to format / again, but when I installed I
formatted /, /tmp, /var, /usr & /usr/local. The only partitions that
were not formatted were /home & swap. I am just getting bored of
reinstalling.

gary

On 08/01/07, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 47046 ***
>
> It is a duplicate of bug 47046; pbcartwright, it looks like your
> nobbling of validation.py broke that again. You need to format /.
>
> You could try upgrading ubiquity to 1.2.6 from edgy-proposed rather than
> editing validation.py by hand ...
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 47046
> breaks if system partitions are not reformatted
>
> --
> installer crashed-trying to install Mint on laptop
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/78225
>

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gary (grcrosby) wrote on 2007-01-16:

#14

Ok Colin, problem temporarily solved. Ubuntu does not like partitions
to have any restrictions placed on them. As a derivative of Debian I
thought that I could partition according to their plan and not simply
use defaults for a more secure system. Unfortunately it would seem
not. I edited my fstab file so that instead of defaults it was
restricted with no-exec, no-suid & no-dev. Now it is happy. I am not
sure if I am though.

gary

On 08/01/07, Gary Crosby <email address hidden> wrote:
> OK, I can live with having to format / again, but when I installed I
> formatted /, /tmp, /var, /usr & /usr/local. The only partitions that
> were not formatted were /home & swap. I am just getting bored of
> reinstalling.
>
> gary
>
> On 08/01/07, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> > *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 47046 ***
> >
> > It is a duplicate of bug 47046; pbcartwright, it looks like your
> > nobbling of validation.py broke that again. You need to format /.
> >
> > You could try upgrading ubiquity to 1.2.6 from edgy-proposed rather than
> > editing validation.py by hand ...
> >
> > ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 47046
> > breaks if system partitions are not reformatted
> >
> > --
> > installer crashed-trying to install Mint on laptop
> > https://launchpad.net/bugs/78225
> >
>

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