Resolver configuration goes wrong while trying to install grub-efi-amd64 during installation

[zob]

During 12.10 fresh beta1 install on sda1 from usb3-stick, Grub could not be written to sdb as chosen.

No syslog or partman had yet been written to /var/log/installer/

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu quantal (development branch)
Release: 12.10

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy ubiquity
ubiquity:
  Installed: 2.11.30
  Candidate: 2.11.30
  Version table:
 *** 2.11.30 0
        500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.11.30
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-13.14-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-13-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.321
Date: Fri Sep 7 20:19:45 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=da_DK.UTF-8
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

In Syslog:

Sep 7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)/ quantal/main i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.10%20%5fQuantal%20Quetzal%5f%20-%20Alpha%20amd64%20(20120905.2)_dists_quantal_main_binary-i386_Packages)
Sep 7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Duplicate sources.list entry cdrom://Ubuntu 12.10 _Quantal Quetzal_ - Alpha amd64 (20120905.2)/ quantal/restricted i386 Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/Ubuntu%2012.10%20%5fQuantal%20Quetzal%5f%20-%20Alpha%20amd64%20(20120905.2)_dists_quantal_restricted_binary-i386_Packages)
Sep 7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: W: Du kan muligvis rette problemet ved at køre 'apt-get update'
Sep 7 18:19:16 ubuntu ubiquity: E: Kunne ikke hente nogle af arkiverne. Prøv evt. at køre 'apt-get update' eller prøv med --fix-missing.
Sep 7 18:19:16 ubuntu grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi' failed
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity[4714]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1724, in <module>
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 229, in run
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1013, in configure_bootloader
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu plugininstall.py:
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target: device is busy.
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity: (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity: the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity[4714]: debconffilter_done: ubi-partman (current: ubi-partman)
Sep 7 18:19:26 ubuntu ubiquity[4714]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Sep 7 18:19:45 ubuntu ubiquity:
Sep 7 18:19:45 ubuntu ubiquity: (apport-gtk:1303): Gtk-WARNING **: Locale not supported by C library.
Sep 7 18:19:45 ubuntu ubiquity: #011Using the fallback 'C' locale.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.12.0

---------------
ubiquity (2.12.0) quantal; urgency=low

  [ Dmitrijs Ledkovs ]
  * bin/ubiquity-dm: Drop atk-bridge GTK_MODULE as this is now part of
    GTK+ 3.5.
  * bin/ubiquity-dm: Add overlay-scrollbar GTK_MODULE as this is now a
    module. (LP: #1052040)
  * Set create/edit title on the partitioning dialogs (LP: #1048464)

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Drop reconfiguration of usplash and splashy; they were removed from the
    Ubuntu archive in natty and precise respectively.
  * Bind-mount /run while running grub-installer, so that the resolver works
    (LP: #1047550).
  * Update translations from Launchpad.
  * Automatic update of included source packages: choose-mirror 2.40ubuntu1,
    flash-kernel 3.0~rc.4ubuntu24, grub-installer 1.78ubuntu1, partman-auto
    103ubuntu1, partman-efi 25ubuntu2, user-setup 1.46ubuntu1.
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:42:24 +0100