ubiquity fails in OEM-mode after choosing locale

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I just downloaded the Marrch 15th snapshot of the Hardy DVD. When booting into OEM-mode, the installer freezes when clicking "next" in the first configuration screen (Choose locale).

See attachments (screenshot and log messages). Apparently the problem has something to do with ubiquity trying to write to a file under directory "/target/" before it exists.

Mar 18 17:12:56 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/country-name = 'Finland'
Mar 18 17:13:27 ubuntu last message repeated 6644 times
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu last message repeated 4123 times
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: ^ILANGUAGE = "fi_FI",
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: ^ILC_ALL = (unset),
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: ^ILANG = "fi_FI"
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: are supported and installed on your system.
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: locale: Cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: locale: Cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Mar 18 17:13:45 ubuntu ubiquity: debconf: DbDriver "targetdb": could not open /target/var/cache/debconf/config.dat
Mar 18 17:19:19 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/country-name = 'Finland'
Mar 18 17:19:23 ubuntu last message repeated 575 times
Mar 18 17:19:23 ubuntu ubiquity: debconf: DbDriver "targetdb": could not open /target/var/cache/debconf/config.dat

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

I also tried to perform an OEM-installation using the alternative CD for latest Hardy alpha. The OEM-installation went fine, but when the system restarted and the oem-configurator was run, it freezed again on the "Choose Language" screen. Rebooting the computer and trying different languages does not help. Se a view of the freezed System Configurator in the attachment.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This is using ubiquity 1.7.2 (!), which is an ancient version of ubiquity. I thought this bug was long since fixed. I'll check what's up with the DVD live filesystems.

oem-config might still be broken though.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

In fact, although there have been problems with the DVD live filesystem builds which I'm going to sort out, this is a considerably older version of ubiquity than our records indicate was on the DVD from the 15th of March. I suggest you check that you're downloading the right thing. The current images have ubiquity 1.7.18.

[Otto Kekäläinen (otto)]

I downloaded the image on Monday 17th, using the torrent download from
URL: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/

ke, 2008-03-19 kello 15:32 +0000, Colin Watson kirjoitti:
> In fact, although there have been problems with the DVD live filesystem
> builds which I'm going to sort out, this is a considerably older version
> of ubiquity than our records indicate was on the DVD from the 15th of
> March. I suggest you check that you're downloading the right thing. The
> current images have ubiquity 1.7.18.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Fix Released

[Evan (ev)]

I believe I fixed this, but we're in freeze for the beta, so it will be a little bit before the fix is on the CDs. I'll try to keep you posted.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package oem-config - 1.32

---------------
oem-config (1.32) hardy; urgency=low

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * Use a GtkEventBox rather than a GtkScrolledWindow for the tzmap to
    match ubiquity (LP: #198179)
  * Port changes to zoommap.py from ubiquity:
    - Use a black border around tzmap points to assist the visually
      impaired.
    - Flash the currently selected location on the tzmap so that it's easier
      to spot.
    - When clicking on the tzmap, if the closest match is already selected,
      take the next closest.
    - Place the tzmap in an AspectFrame so it doesn't look distorted on
      widescreen displays (LP: #200152).
  * Center the oem-config window to match ubiquity.
  * Port fix for correctly answering the countrychooser/country-name question
    from ubiquity (was LP #174937) (LP: #203648).
  * Automatic update of included source packages: localechooser
    1.42ubuntu3.

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Ensure that our build fails if one of the d-i components fails to build.
  * Add a check-manifest tool to ensure that d-i/manifest is in sync with
    d-i/source/ on upload (from ubiquity).
  * Don't clean console-setup; bits of it are intentionally missing from our
    copy, and it's not necessary.
  * Now that we allow user creation even if a non-system user already
    exists, we can only delete the temporary oem user once oem-config has
    actually succeeded (LP: #153311).

  [ Jonathan Riddell ]
  * kde_ui:
    - Load new Kubuntu wallpaper, also fix background if it can't find wallpaper
    - Load Oxygen icons if available

 -- Evan Dandrea <email address hidden> Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:32:01 -0400