QtParted stopped suddenly when doing kubuntu installation

[Sancho]

Binary package hint: qtparted

I tried to install Kubuntu from original CD brought to my country. Double clicked on the installer icon on the desktop, selecting my country as my location. But when she finished to prompt "Detecting partition" (more or less, sorry I forgot), she suddenly stopped without giving any partitions I have. Besides, all buttons below the installation window were inactive mode. I have no choice but to close the installation process.

The strange thing is I found qtparted it self started finely (I started it from kde menu, not through KDE installer). I doubt that qtparted still have too much bugs. This is my computer specification:

Motherboard:
   CPU Type Intel Pentium 4 640, 3200 MHz (16 x 200)
   Motherboard Name Unknown
   Motherboard Chipset SiS 656
   System Memory 2048 MB (SDRAM)
   BIOS Type AMI (03/21/06)
   Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
   Communication Port ECP Printer Port (LPT1)

  Storage:
   IDE Controller SiS PCI IDE Controller
   IDE Controller Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
   Disk Drive ST380011A (80 GB, 7200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/100)
   Disk Drive ST3808110AS (74 GB, IDE)
   Disk Drive USB Flash DISK USB Device (243 MB, USB)
   Optical Drive LITE-ON DVD SHD-16P1S
   SMART Hard Disks Status OK

 Partitions:
   C: (NTFS) 20002 MB (13533 MB free)
   D: (NTFS) 29996 MB (29237 MB free)
   E: (NTFS) 14998 MB (14932 MB free)
   F: (NTFS) 41307 MB (4433 MB free)
   G: (NTFS) 46320 MB (22895 MB free)
   I: (FAT32) 246 MB (137 MB free)
   Total Size 149.3 GB (83.2 GB free)

[Massimo Forti (slackwarelife)]

Thanks for report this bug. To understand we need more info about your hardware and Kubuntu version. You can post the result of this commad do it using the live cd):

$: lspci

$: lscpi -vvn

After you can post the version you are using of Kubuntu. Thanks many

[Sancho (ichsan)]

This is the result of both command.

Kubuntu 7.04 desktop edition.

It stopped in window "Prepare disk space" and exactly after the Window Dialog "Detecting file systems" closed. Below "How do you want to partition the disk?" was only blank panel.

I got those lines in shell (through command lining "ubiquity kde-ui". Those lines was taken as I moved to next stage of installation: "Prepare disk space"

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May 21 11:23:29 ubiquity: ['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/console-setup/console-setup.postinst', 'configure'] exited with code 0
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 17 and type 'Read', disabling...
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 17 and type 'Read', disabling...
QSocketNotifier: Invalid socket 17 and type 'Exception', disabling...
May 21 11:23:30 ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/bin/partman']' for ubiquity.components.partman.Partman
May 21 11:23:30 ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^partman-auto/.*automatically_partition$, ^partman-auto/select_disk$, ^partman-partitioning/confirm_resize$, ^partman-partitioning/new_size$, ^partman/choose_partition$, ^partman/confirm.*, type:boo
lean, ERROR, PROGRESS, ^partman/confirm_new_label$, ^partman/free_space$, ^partman/active_partition$, ^partman-partitioning/new_partition_(size|type|place)$, ^partman-partitioning/confirm_resize$, ^partman-partitioning/new_size$, ^partman-target/choose_me
thod$, ^partman-basicfilesystems/(fat_mountpoint|mountpoint|mountpoint_manual)$, ^partman/exception_handler$, ^partman/exception_handler_note$

May 21 11:23:31 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:31 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:31 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:31 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:31 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:31 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:31 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:32 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:32 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:32 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None
May 21 11:23:32 ubiquity: Partman: update_partitions = None

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[Sancho (ichsan)]

I'm really sorry that I have missreport the problem. Kubuntu took so long to view the "Prepare disk space" window (almost 2 minutes without any information to make me aware that installation was still on progress) that I thought that was QtParted problem. Finally I successfully installed this Kubuntu Desktop 7.04 on my machine. Thanks for your attention.

[Massimo Forti (slackwarelife)]

Problem solved. Thanks