Ubuntu
qtparted package

qtparted is left running after cancelling Ubiquity in Kubuntu

Bug #44346 reported by Krzysztof Lichota
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
qtparted (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
High
Kubuntu Bugs

Bug Description

Kubuntu version: after flight 7 (installed on disk)
ubiquity-frontend-kde version: 0.99.77

When Ubiquity is cancelled during "custom partitioning" step, qtparted is left running, eating most of CPU.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Jonathan, this is a bug in qtparted; in installer mode, it needs to be careful to exit when its stdin goes away. gparted gets this right, so you can compare with that.

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Krzysztof Lichota (krzysiek-launchpad-ubuntu-com) wrote :

Hm, I don't think it is a major bug. In normal case user will install Kubuntu or in case he decides to cancel, he will reboot the computer if it consumes CPU.

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

I think it's major. All installer subprocesses must make sure that they go away as soon as possible if their stdin disappears, otherwise there is a risk of bugs similar to bug 40464.

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Krzysztof Lichota (krzysiek-launchpad-ubuntu-com) wrote :

Fair enough, nobody wants data corruption :)

Frode M. Døving (frode)
Changed in qtparted:
assignee: nobody → kubuntu-team
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Paul Dufresne (paulduf) wrote :

All people here seems to indirectly agree the bug exist.

Changed in qtparted:
status: Unconfirmed → Confirmed
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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

This is no longer an issue, as the installer no longer uses gparted or qtparted, but implements its own partitioner which doesn't suffer from this problem.

Changed in qtparted:
status: Confirmed → Won't Fix
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