crash on out-of-memory

Bug #98996 reported by Sven Killig
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 204, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 199, in main
    install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 58, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 350, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 857, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 638, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1523, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 396, in run
    self.remove_extras()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1460, in remove_extras
    self.do_remove(difference)
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1302, in do_remove
    cache = Cache()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 39, in __init__
    self.open(progress)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/apt/cache.py", line 52, in open
    self._cache = apt_pkg.GetCache(progress)
SystemError: E:Unable to write mmap - msync (28 No space left on device), E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.

Revision history for this message
Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

You're out of memory. I'll see if we can produce a better error message in this case, but there's not going to be a lot else we can do.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
MillenniumBug (millenniumbug) wrote :

This bug report is several years old and concerns obsolete versions of Ubuntu. It has now been marked 'invalid'.

If the bug still appears in Ubuntu 10.10, feel free to open a new report.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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