tried to install 12.04 alongside 13.10 didn't work

Bug #1250704 reported by Matthew Paul Lyon
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

I had an issue with 13.10, it wouldn't allow me to login, said "failed to authenticate" or something like that. Tried to install 12.04 alongside it, but when the installation finished it said that it failed for some reason.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.26
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-29.42~precise1-generic 3.8.13.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-29-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.4
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315.1
Date: Tue Nov 12 19:35:16 2013
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20130820.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Matthew Paul Lyon (fattslyon) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote : Traceback

Exception during installation:
Nov 13 02:31:09 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Nov 13 02:31:09 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

tags: added: installer-crash
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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