[Ubuntu 8.10 alpha] ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_timezone()

[David D Lowe]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I was installing Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Alpha 5 from the live CD to a new partition. When it reached the step of configuring the time zone, the status changed to something like "retrieving time from server", and a skip button appeared. Since I was not connected to the Internet at the time, I clicked it, the window disappeared immediately, and the crash handler appeared.

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.5
Package: ubiquity 1.9.10
ProcAttrCurrent: unconfined
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/18219/environ'
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_timezone()
Uname: Linux 2.6.27-2-generic i686
UserGroups:

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 262500; I think I have an inkling of why this might be happening ...