installation crash (migrating documents) none selected

[Greg Faith]

Testing auto-resizing (Along Side) Installation of Lubuntu precise desktop amd64 dated 20120418. The hard drive had a single encrypted partition prior to attempting the install.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.13
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Wed Apr 18 20:20:47 2012
InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120418)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[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/985358

[Greg Faith (gregfaith)]

Erased entire Hard Drive and attempted Full Drive Installation same crash with nothing to migrate as everything was removed. Same USB was used to do a manual (something else) install earlier.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 285, in pulse
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: self.db.subst(self.info, 'TIME', time_str)
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 81, in command
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: status = int(status)
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py: ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
Apr 18 19:53:23 lubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Greg Faith (gregfaith)]

Created Lubuntu Desktop precise i386 USB tried Full Drive install failed at migration of documents and settings. Seems to affect both amd64 and i386 flavors of Lubuntu. Marked this same bug as fixed in release after newer spins did not fail. It appear to have returned for me anyway. I will zsync the 20120419 amd64 and i386 isos and test again tomorrow.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Are you dual booting with Windows? As far as I can tell it looks like an issue with your windows partition:

Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: NTFS signature is missing.
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: Failed to mount '/dev/sda1'
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: : Invalid argument
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: The device '/dev/sda1' doesn't seem to have a valid NTFS.
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the whole disk instead of a
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu migration-assistant: info: Mounting /dev/sda1 to /mnt/migrationassistant with NTFS failed.
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu kernel: [ 699.052275] FAT-fs (sda1): bogus number of reserved sectors
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu kernel: [ 699.052281] FAT-fs (sda1): Can't find a valid FAT filesystem
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1,
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: missing codepage or helper program, or other error
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity:
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: dmesg | tail or so
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity:
Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu migration-assistant: info: Mounting /dev/sda1 to /mnt/migrationassistant with VFAT failed.

[Greg Faith (gregfaith)]

No Brian there was not a Windows partition at all on the HDD. It is a
testing HDD that I use only when iso-testing. I even removed all
partitions and had nothing but free unallocated space and tried a full
drive install that failed in the migration of documents and settings.
Strange huh?

I believe on the initial installation attempt I did have a full drive
encrypted install left on the HDD. I will save the 20120418 spin and
continue to test the new spins to check for improvement. This same type of
crash happen earlier in the Beta 2 testing that cleared up in a new spin. I
thought about maybe a badly created USB but Live session and manual install
worked fine.

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 9:11 AM, Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:

> Are you dual booting with Windows? As far as I can tell it looks like
> an issue with your windows partition:
>
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: NTFS signature is missing.
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: Failed to mount '/dev/sda1'
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: : Invalid argument
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: The device '/dev/sda1' doesn't seem to
> have a valid NTFS.
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: Maybe the wrong device is used? Or the
> whole disk instead of a
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: partition (e.g. /dev/sda, not
> /dev/sda1)? Or the other way around?
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu migration-assistant: info: Mounting /dev/sda1 to
> /mnt/migrationassistant with NTFS failed.
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu kernel: [ 699.052275] FAT-fs (sda1): bogus number
> of reserved sectors
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu kernel: [ 699.052281] FAT-fs (sda1): Can't find a
> valid FAT filesystem
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad
> superblock on /dev/sda1,
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: missing codepage or helper
> program, or other error
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity:
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: In some cases useful info is
> found in syslog - try
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity: dmesg | tail or so
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu ubiquity:
> Apr 18 20:18:27 lubuntu migration-assistant: info: Mounting /dev/sda1 to
> /mnt/migrationassistant with VFAT failed.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Medium
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/985358
>
> Title:
> installation crash (migrating documents) none selected
>
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Testing auto-resizing (Along Side) Installation of Lubuntu precise
> desktop amd64 dated 20120418. The hard drive had a single encrypted
> partition prior to attempting the install.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: ubiquity 2.10.13
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu4
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.315
> Date: Wed Apr 18 20:20:47 2012
> InstallCmdLine: noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true persistent
> file=/cdrom/...

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