Kubuntu will not complete install.

Thanks for the bug report, Mark.

Could you please try checking the CD for defects at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck ? Thanks

Let me know how that works for you.

I did run "check cd for defects." The results were:On
the two Kubuntu 6.06 disk I have, were showing all
"ok"s untill it reached
"checking./casper/filesystem.squashfs." The blue
progress bar cycled through a few times, then showed:
"mismatch" then continued checking the disk. Followed
by all "ok"s after that. It did that with both disks.

--- Andrew Ash <email address hidden> wrote:

> Thanks for the bug report, Mark.
>
> Could you please try checking the CD for defects at
>
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck
> ?
> Thanks
>
> Let me know how that works for you.
>
> ** Changed in: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Andrew Ash
> Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
>
> --
> Kubuntu will not complete install.
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/84443
>

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I did not burn these cds. One was purchased from an
ebay seller. And another was sent to me from the
Kubuntu Shipit site.
--- MarkSGT <email address hidden> wrote:

> I did run "check cd for defects." The results
> were:On
> the two Kubuntu 6.06 disk I have, were showing all
> "ok"s untill it reached
> "checking./casper/filesystem.squashfs." The blue
> progress bar cycled through a few times, then
> showed:
> "mismatch" then continued checking the disk.
> Followed
> by all "ok"s after that. It did that with both
> disks.
>
> --- Andrew Ash <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the bug report, Mark.
> >
> > Could you please try checking the CD for defects
> at
> >
>
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck
> > ?
> > Thanks
> >
> > Let me know how that works for you.
> >
> > ** Changed in: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
> > Assignee: (unassigned) => Andrew Ash
> > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
> >
> > --
> > Kubuntu will not complete install.
> > https://launchpad.net/bugs/84443
> >
>
>
>
>
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I did another "check disk for defects". At the end of
the list it stated: "Check finished, 1 checksums
failed". Both disk showed this.
--- MarkSGT <email address hidden> wrote:

> I did not burn these cds. One was purchased from an
> ebay seller. And another was sent to me from the
> Kubuntu Shipit site.
> --- MarkSGT <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> > I did run "check cd for defects." The results
> > were:On
> > the two Kubuntu 6.06 disk I have, were showing all
> > "ok"s untill it reached
> > "checking./casper/filesystem.squashfs." The blue
> > progress bar cycled through a few times, then
> > showed:
> > "mismatch" then continued checking the disk.
> > Followed
> > by all "ok"s after that. It did that with both
> > disks.
> >
> > --- Andrew Ash <email address hidden> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the bug report, Mark.
> > >
> > > Could you please try checking the CD for defects
> > at
> > >
> >
>
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck
> > > ?
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Let me know how that works for you.
> > >
> > > ** Changed in: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
> > > Assignee: (unassigned) => Andrew Ash
> > > Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info
> > >
> > > --
> > > Kubuntu will not complete install.
> > > https://launchpad.net/bugs/84443
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Is this an automated responce?! How many times will I be sent to the same site showing me how to run " check cd for defects"!?!

No, it's not an automated response. Most all work done on launchpad is by volunteer or core developers. Whenever you reply to an email update of this bug, it is posted as a comment. So when your email client quotes me, it appears as if I'm saying the same thing over and over!

Usually whenever I see this sort of error I would tell you to try getting another disc from ShipIt or downloading another yourself. But since you've already tried two discs, I'm not sure what to try next. Hopefully someone who knows more than me can help you.

Thank you for your kind response. I ordered a Ubuntu
cd from ubuntu shipit and will try that one. Hopefully
it won't take too long to get here. Again, thank you.
--- Andrew Ash <email address hidden> wrote:

> No, it's not an automated response. Most all work
> done on launchpad is
> by volunteer or core developers. Whenever you reply
> to an email update
> of this bug, it is posted as a comment. So when
> your email client
> quotes me, it appears as if I'm saying the same
> thing over and over!
>
> Usually whenever I see this sort of error I would
> tell you to try
> getting another disc from ShipIt or downloading
> another yourself. But
> since you've already tried two discs, I'm not sure
> what to try next.
> Hopefully someone who knows more than me can help
> you.
>
> ** Changed in: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: Andrew Ash => (unassigned)
> Status: Needs Info => Confirmed
>
> --
> Kubuntu will not complete install.
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/84443
>

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Great. I'm closing this bug until you can test the new ShipIt CD. Let me know here if the new one _still_ doesn't work :)

Thanks for trying out Kubuntu!

Mark has privately informed me that this is still a problem:

Well I finally received my Ubuntu ver.6.06.1 LTS disk
from the "shipit" site. I installed it on a formatted
clean drive. (Gateway P-4 1.4 Ghz, 256 mb ram, 20 gig
hdd and a nVidia 64 mb graphics card. After a couple
of "installer" crashes, it finally installed. I went
to "update" some files that "Synaptic Package Manager"
said I needed to update. I am connected via cable
modem. It would download but NOT install the programs.
In "Terminal" it would read: "dpkg: parse error, in
file /var/lib/dpkg/available near line 7137 package
libebook 1. 2-5 'depends' field, invalid name 'libdat
! server. 2-7': character '!' not allowed- only
letters, digits and -+,_ allowed E:
sub-process/usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)".
It also tells me that I have "6 broken programs". When
I find them via "broken" filter, I try to update
(reinstall) them I receive the above message. I would
send a bug report via my Ubuntu computer but it will
not let me: "There was an error submitting the bug
report: Failed to execute child
process"/home/mark/bugs" (permission denied)" I can
not download and INSTALL anything. I will get this
message: "The application "file roller" has quit
unexpectedly". I really would like to give this OS a
try but it just keeps frustrating me. Thank you again, Mark

I guess no one knows about what to do with this one!? I am no programmer like some of you might be, but I have built two computers from scratch. I have also installed numerous versions of Windows without ANY complications. I am on my third Kubuntu/Ubuntu disk and I am still having problems installing these operating systems! No, I am not trying to install on one of the built computers. Those have win98se on them and are used by my daughters. I am trying to install one of these versions of Kubuntu/Ubuntu on the described above computer. From what I did see of the Ubuntu system, looks pretty interesting. Like I said above, I did get the Ubuntu system to install. Before I give up on Ubuntu (Linux), any help on this would be appreciated. MarkSGT

The /var/lib/dpkg/available corruption and the other problems you point out very much suggest that you're suffering from bad memory, a CD fault such as a dirty drive lens or scratched disk (probably not the latter since you've tried multiple disks), a hard drive fault, or some combination of the above. Sometimes different OSes are differently sensitive to this sort of thing.

Thanks for a response. I could not get it to fully install on two other computers either. (installer crashes) One with win98 that runs pretty well. And my main computer with win xp pro that runs flawlessly. I went and put win 98se on the computer I was trying to "clean" install Ubuntu/ Kubuntu on, and had no problems installing win 98. I can download AND install all programs. So far it is running flawlessly with only win 98. Maybe when I can get a new or newer computer with perhaps new ram, new harddrive, and a clean or new cd drive I will try again with Ubuntu/ Kubuntu. Or perhaps the developers of Ubuntu will develop an OS that is not so sensitive to older computers. Thanks.

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