T400 IBM configured crashed even in graphical mode

[Daan Eenkhoorn]

copying files went fine , after trying configure , it failed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.340
Date: Fri May 30 10:45:27 2014
InstallCmdLine: cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: Mythbuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20140417)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UpstartUbiquity: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1770, in <module>
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 204, in run
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_plugins()
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 570, in configure_plugins
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: self.run_plugin(plugin)
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 544, in run_plugin
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: ret = inst.install(self.target, PluginProgress(self.db))
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/myth-install-type.py", line 198, in install
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: self.setup_roles()
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/myth-install-type.py", line 178, in setup_roles
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: vnc.create_password(passwd)
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/mythbuntu_common/vnc.py", line 58, in create_password
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: raise ValueError('Password should be passed as bytes')
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py: ValueError: Password should be passed as bytes
May 30 08:34:24 mythbuntu /plugininstall.py:

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

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