lubuntu noble install - apt-get failure?? temporary web issue or what?

[Chris Guiver]

I've not yet looked at what happened, calamares just reported failure.

install on dc7700; using existing partition (single sda1), prior install was Ubuntu Desktop booted ~15 mins prior to install... partitioning was made by prior full-disk install

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I tried to copy/paste what I saw from calamares; but on closure the 'pasted' details cleared before LXQt desktop was fully functional, but following matches what I saw.

2024-04-06 - 19:25:27 [1]: void Calamares::ViewManager::onInstallationFailed(const QString&, const QString&)
2024-04-06 - 19:25:27 [1]: ERROR: Installation failed: "External command failed to finish."
2024-04-06 - 19:25:27 [6]: .. - message: "External command failed to finish."
2024-04-06 - 19:25:27 [6]: .. - details: Command <i>apt-get -y full-upgrade</i> failed to finish in 300 seconds.

Even if we can do nothing about this actual problem (SUCH AS IT being a temporary internet failure..)... maybe we should write up something on discourse/documentation (not worth manual) on the issue.. even if its just a retry

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: calamares 3.3.4-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-11.11-generic 6.8.0-rc4
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-11-generic x86_64
.etc.calamares.modules.after_bootloader_context.conf:
 ---
 dontChroot: false
 timeout: 120
 firmwareType:
     "*": "-rm ${ROOT}/home/${USER}/Desktop/lubuntu-calamares.desktop"
.etc.calamares.modules.finished.conf:
 ---
 restartNowMode: user-checked
 restartNowCommand: "systemctl -i reboot"
.etc.calamares.modules.fstab.conf:
 crypttabOptions: luks,keyscript=/bin/cat
 efiMountOptions: umask=0077
.etc.calamares.modules.shellprocess_logs.conf:
 ---
 dontChroot: true
 timeout: 30
 script:
     - calamares-logs-helper ${ROOT}
.etc.calamares.modules.unpackfs.conf:
 ---
 unpack:
     - source: "/cdrom/casper/filesystem.squashfs"
         sourcefs: "squashfs"
         destination: ""
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.494
CurrentDesktop: LXQt
Date: Sat Apr 6 19:32:23 2024
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Daily amd64 (20240328)
RelatedPackageVersions:
 calamares-settings-ubuntu-common 1:24.04.16
 calamares-settings-lubuntu 1:24.04.16
 xfsprogs 6.6.0-1ubuntu1
 btrfs-progs 6.6.3-1.1
SourcePackage: calamares
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

Install looks good to me.. HOWEVER

/var/log/media/installer shows Ubuntu 24.04 20240320.1 and not 20240328 which is listed above..
some directory metadata (date/time stamps) are perfect and show an install only mins ago... HOWEVER some show 28-March-2024 which better fit the 20.1 ISO..

thus I gather calamares aborted & didn't complete install... and the install is making up for missing details from a prior install (given no format was performed)..

either way I'm passing install... but it worked in this particular instance (I've done it before I'm sure and had login & looks okay before, but missing metadata; where it's too-old metadata I'd say here)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/2060346

[ԜаӀtеr Ⅼарсһуnѕkі (wxl)]

Couldn't reproduce so it must be a temporary issue.