ubiquity is just looping - ubuntu impish

[Chris Guiver]

A series of QA-test installs were made on
- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)

in exploration of https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1942603

The install was left to run overnight; journalctl starts at 07:11 and is not at 23:30 with ubiquity install still running (no progress).

** background on system

dc7700 started with 2 lubuntu impish installs
(1) one was replaced with ubuntu impish; http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/424/builds/236863/testcases/1302/results/ ; no issues

(2) the issue I was exploring had three installs; so I performed a auto-resize (http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/424/builds/236863/testcases/1301/results/) ; no issues

(3) this install; I attempted to replace partition, alas did NOT use FORMAT (which would have been quicker) but it should still have worked.. HERE THE INSTALL THAT JUST LOOPED

** Expected result

Install completes; I reboot & find a lubuntu & 2x ubuntu impish installs; one with changes and one clean (no history, screens wrongly positioned).

(normally for this install I add a package or two to see they get re-installed; but didn't do that; I was trying to explore replace)

** Actual result

It's still just sitting there, no feedback and been running for 15+ hours..

** Comments

I've been unable to see issue, only

[24519.919619] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 >

types of messages are filling the logs..

Given this exploration as looking at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1942603 maybe they are related??

Either way - I don't think this is a fixable issue; maybe a quirk in this box which is getting rather old..

I wonder though if they are related; but still don't think a Ubuntu concern, unless the issue is confirmed on a different box !

** filing this report

Attempts to file this bug with `ubuntu-bug ubiquity` just result in 502 errors... the gathering of info takes a LONG time and I think this causes timeouts... so it was filed online & then apport-collect executed (twice as first time just hung... it's still the same session).

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ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu68
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.465
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Alpha amd64 (20210916)
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
Package: ubiquity 21.10.5
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13
Tags: impish ubiquity-21.10.5 ubuntu
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
---
ProblemType: Bug
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu68
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.465
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Alpha amd64 (20210916)
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
Package: ubiquity 21.10.5
PackageArchitecture: amd64
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-16.16-generic 5.13.13
Tags: third-party-packages impish ubiquity-21.10.5 ubuntu
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-16-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin lxd plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True

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[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1944009

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Repeated this exact type of install using Lubuntu impish (20210916) to same partition, with no-format of partition

Install as expected is good; see http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/424/builds/236888/testcases/1701/results/

(I may zsync my ubuntu desktop daily & re-try over this same sda5 partition later today)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

I've repeated the same install as this bug report is about using the same partition; thus overwriting the Lubuntu impish install in comment #14.

- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)
ie. using sda5 as / with no-format

At near 2 hours into install; dmesg is showing the same results

[ 6994.615914] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 >

endlessly with only the timecode changing...
(no new daily was available for ubuntu desktop so identical daily as yesterday ...)

Install was killed beyond the 4 hour point with no detectable changes

[14778.333508] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 < sda5 >