ubiquity crashes while attempting to create user
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Instructions are to file a bug and not append to an existing bug. (not that launchpad will let me)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
main(
File "/usr/lib/
install(
File "/usr/lib/
ret = wizard.run()
File "/usr/lib/
self.
File "/usr/lib/
(ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/
install.run()
File "/usr/share/
self.
File "/usr/share/
raise InstallStepErro
InstallStepError: UserSetupApply failed with code 1
tags: | added: ubiquity-1.99.28 |
tags: | added: karmic |
Found the cause. My home directory was (and has been for years) on a partition formated reiserfs. I had to jump through a ton of hoops to avoid having to pulll off 80 some gigs of data and reformating, then putting it back on. Once it no longer saw any reiser partions ... it worked.