Mythbuntu 8.10 installer crash related to existing ~/.mythtv

[Martijn van Iersel]

After an attempt to install mythtv by upgrading from a regular ubuntu installation, which didn't go very well, I decided to try a different route and do a fresh installation from the live CD.

However, I got a crash while doing that fresh install, on mythbuntu 8.10.

Here is what I did more or less
- choose install from CD boot menu
- manual partitioning
- set existing partition for /home, create new 12Gb partition for /
- no remote / IR receiver selected
- open source driver for gfx (I have a nvidia card)
- install starts
- Install abruptly stops near the end of the progress bar
- I'm back on the the live CD

I've tried two times, the same thing happened again

I've attached /var/log/syslog

Apparently the installer didn't like the fact that I already had a ~/.mythtv directory. After deleting this directory, the install went without problems.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

It looks like you have an existing home partition and it's not gracefully
handling it. This is a bug, but in the meanwhile, can you try to remove

/home/martijn/.mythtv/

On Mon, Nov 3, 2008 at 14:37, Martijn van Iersel <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

>
> ** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslog"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/19303546/syslog
>
> --
> Mythbuntu 8.10 installer crash
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/293268
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of Mythbuntu
> Bug Team, which is subscribed to Mythbuntu.
>
> Status in Mythbuntu, Ubuntu derivative focused upon MythTV: New
>
> Bug description:
> I get a crash while doing a fresh install of mythbuntu 8.10.
>
> Here is what I did more or less
> - choose install from CD boot menu
> - manual partitioning
> - set existing partition for /home, create new 12Gb partition for /
> - no remote / IR receiver selected
> - open source driver for gfx (I have a nvidia card)
> - install starts
> - Install abruptly stops near the end of the progress bar
> - I'm back on the the live CD
>
> I've tried two times, the same thing happened again
>
> I've attached /var/log/syslog
>

--
Mario Limonciello
<email address hidden>

[Martijn van Iersel (martijn-vaniersel)]

Good call, indeed I had already an ~/.mythtv . I deleted it and now the installation went without a hitch. I'm updating the summary to reflect this new information.

[Mario Limonciello (superm1)]

This fix will be included in ubiquity 1.11.4

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 1.11.4

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ubiquity (1.11.4) jaunty; urgency=low

  [ Mario Limonciello ]
  * Mythbuntu specific changes:
    - Don't reinvent the square with autologin. It's provided
      by user-setup, so use it there.
    - Eliminate mythbuntu_summary.py, and instead merge it into
      mythbuntu_install.py
    - Change definition overrides in mythbuntu_install.py so run() can
      be used from install.py without code duplication in mythbuntu_install.py.
      (LP: #178987), (LP: #201397), (LP: #293268)
    - Change function overrides in mythbuntu_ui.py. There should be no
      full definition code duplication anymore.
  * GTK specific changes:
    - Move declaration of self.pages into __init__ instead so that it can
      more easily overridden outside of run().
  * Automatic update of included source packages: apt-setup
    1:0.37ubuntu9.

 -- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:28:50 -0600