Installer crashed during hardware detection

Bug #47546 reported by Nagilum
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #46764: Kubuntu installer crashed . Edit Remove
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Medium
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Bug Description

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 120, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 54, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 266, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 739, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1020, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 538, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, "Install failed with exit code %s" % ret
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1

ubuntu@ubuntu:/target$ lspci -v
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] System Controller (rev 23)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        Memory at d8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
        Memory at e7005000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
        I/O ports at d000 [disabled] [size=4]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-751 [Irongate] AGP Bridge (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 32
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=32
        I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
        Memory behind bridge: e0000000-e3ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: e4000000-e5ffffff

0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ISA (rev 01)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] IDE (rev 03) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        I/O ports at f000 [size=16]

0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] ACPI (rev 03)
        Flags: medium devsel

0000:00:07.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] AMD-756 [Viper] USB (rev 06) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16, IRQ 11
        Memory at e7008000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RT8139
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at d400 [size=256]
        Memory at e7004000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:0a.0 SCSI storage controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 53c974 [PCscsi] (rev 10)
        Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at d800 [size=128]
        Expansion ROM at e6000000 [disabled] [size=64K]

0000:00:0b.0 Multimedia video controller: Brooktree Corporation Bt848 Video Capture (rev 12)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        Memory at e7006000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]

0000:00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0090 Audigy Player/OEM
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 10
        I/O ports at dc00 [size=32]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:0c.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game port (rev 03)
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy MIDI/Game Port
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
        I/O ports at e000 [size=8]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:00:0c.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: Creative Labs SB Audigy FireWire Port
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 11
        Memory at e7007000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at e7000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

0000:01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo 3 (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: 3Dfx Interactive, Inc. Voodoo3 AGP
        Flags: 66MHz, fast devsel, IRQ 11
        Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=32M]
        Memory at e4000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M]
        I/O ports at c000 [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at e2000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <available only to root>

ubuntu@ubuntu:/target$

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Nagilum (ubuntu-nagilum) wrote : /var/log/installer/syslog
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Ubiquity 1.0.7
Tue, 30 May 2006 19:26:11 INFO switched to page stepLanguage
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/localechooser']' for ubiquity.components.language.Language
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^languagechooser/language-name
Di, 30 Mai 2006 19:26:26 INFO Step_before = stepLanguage
Di, 30 Mai 2006 19:26:30 INFO switched to page stepLocation
Di, 30 Mai 2006 19:26:30 INFO Step_after = stepLocation
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/tzsetup']' for ubiquity.components.timezone.Timezone
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^time/zone$

(time-admin:6828): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
Di, 30 Mai 2006 17:27:19 INFO Step_before = stepLocation
Di, 30 Mai 2006 17:27:19 INFO switched to page stepKeyboardConf
Di, 30 Mai 2006 17:27:19 INFO Step_after = stepKeyboardConf
ubiquity: kbd-chooser prepare
ubiquity: Starting up '['/bin/sh', '-c', '. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule; exec
/usr/lib/ubiquity/kbd-chooser/kbd-chooser']' for ubiquity.components.kbd_chooser.KbdChooser
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^kbd-chooser/method$, ^console-keymaps.*/keymap$, ERROR
ubiquity: apply_keyboard: de-latin1-nodeadkeys
ubiquity: apply_keyboard: layout de, variant nodeadkeys
ubiquity: Display map: {u'Englisch (britisch)': u'uk', u'Russisch': u'ru', u'Japanisch (106 Tasten)': u'jp106', u'Niederl\xe4ndisch': u'nl', u'Franz\xf6sisch (mit Euro)': u'fr-latin9', u'Tschechisch': u'cz-lat2', u'Ukrainisch': u'ua', u'Italienisch': u'it', u'Brasilianisch (ABNT2 Anordnung)': u'br-abnt2', u'Bulgarisch': u'bg', u'Schwedisch': u'se-latin1', u'Polnisch': u'pl', u'Lateinamerikanisch': u'la-latin1', u'Schweizerdeutsch': u'sg-latin1', u'Hebr\xe4isch': u'hebrew', u'Franz\xf6sisch (Schweizerisch)': u'fr_CH-latin1', u'Belgisch': u'be2-latin1', u'T\xfcrkisch (F Anordnung)': u'trfu', u'Dvorak': u'dvorak', u'Englisch (amerikanisch)': u'us', u'Finnisch': u'fi-latin1', u'Portugiesisch': u'pt-latin1', u'Kroatisch': u'croat', u'Spanisch': u'es', u'Slowenisch': u'slovene', u'T\xfcrkisch (Q Anordnung)': u'trqu', u'Franz\xf6sisch (Kanadisch)': u'cf', u'Rum\xe4nisch': u'ro', u'Wei\xdfrussisch': u'by', u'Ungarisch': u'hu', u'Serbisch (Kyrillisch)': u'sr-cy', u'Deutsch': u'de-latin1-nodeadkeys', u'Litauisch': u'lt', u'Estnisch':
u'et', u'Brasilianisch (EUA Anordnung)': u'br-latin1', u'D\xe4nisch': u'dk-latin1', u'Lateinamerika lv-latin4': u'lv-latin4', u'Slovakisch': u'sk-qwerty', u'Griechisch': u'gr', u'Isl\xe4ndisch': u'is-latin1', u'Mazedonisch': u'mk', u'Norwegisch': u'no-latin1'}
ubiquity: Untranslated choices: [u'by', u'bg', u'croat', u'cz-lat2', u'sg-latin1', u'de-latin1-nodeadkeys', u'dk-latin1', u'us', u'uk', u'dvorak', u'et', u'es', u'la-latin1', u'fi-latin1', u'fr-latin9', u'be2-latin1', u'cf', u'fr_CH-latin1', u'gr', u'hebrew', u'hu', u'is-latin1', u'it', u'lt', u'lv-latin4', u'jp106', u'mk', u'no-latin1', u'nl', u'pl', u'pt-latin1', u'br-abnt2', u'br-latin1', u'ro', u'ru', u'sk-qwerty', u'slovene', u'sr-cy', u'se-latin1', u'trfu',...

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Nagilum (ubuntu-nagilum) wrote : /var/log/partman:
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/bin/partman: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/01unsupported: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/30parted: *******************************************************
parted_server: ======= Starting the server
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 1
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/30parted: IN: OPEN =dev=hda /dev/hda
parted_server: Read command: OPEN
parted_server: command_open()
parted_server: Request to open =dev=hda
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: Note =dev=hda as unchanged
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 2
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/30parted: IN: OPEN =dev=hdb /dev/hdb
parted_server: Read command: OPEN
parted_server: command_open()
parted_server: Request to open =dev=hdb
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: Note =dev=hdb as unchanged
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 3
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/35dump: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/35dump: IN: DUMP =dev=hda
parted_server: Read command: DUMP
parted_server: command_dump()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 4
parted_server: Opening infifo
Device: yes
Model: Maxtor 6Y160P0
Path: /dev/hda
Sector size: 512
Sectors: 320173056
Sectors/track: 63
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 19929
Partition table: yes
Type: msdos
Partitions: # id length type fs path name
(0,0,0) (0,0,62) -1 0-32255 32256 primary label /dev/hda-1
(0,1,0) (318,254,62) 1 32256-2623864319 2623832064 primary
fat32 /dev/hda1
(319,0,0) (955,254,62) 2 2623864320-7863367679 5239503360
primary fat32 /dev/hda2
(956,0,0) (1592,254,62) 3 7863367680-13102871039 5239503360
primary unknown /dev/hda3
(1593,0,0) (16708,254,62) 4 13102871040-137436203519 124333332480 primary extended /dev/hda4
(1593,0,0) (1593,0,62) -1 13102871040-13102903295 32256 logical
label /dev/hda-1
(1593,1,0) (2229,254,62) 5 13102903296-18342374399 5239471104
logical ntfs /dev/hda5
(2230,0,0) (2230,0,62) -1 18342374400-18342406655 32256 logical
label /dev/hda-1
(2230,1,0) (2866,254,62) 6 18342406656-23581877759 5239471104
logical reiserfs /dev/hda6
(2867,0,0) (2867,0,62) -1 23581877760-23581910015 32256 logical
label /dev/hda-1
(2867,1,0) (2931,254,62) 7 23581910016-24116520959 534610944
logical linux-swap /dev/hda7
(2932,0,0) (2932,0,62) -1 24116520960-24116553215 32256 logical
label /dev/hda-1
(2932,1,0) (3568,254,62) 8 24116553216-29356024319 5239471104
logical ntfs /dev/hda8
(3569,0,0) (3569,0,62) -1 29356024320-29356056575 32256 log...

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 46764. As a workaround, use a non-XFS root filesystem, or create a non-XFS /boot filesystem; grub doesn't cope reliably with being installed to XFS on many systems.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Unconfirmed → Fix Released
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towsonu2003 (towsonu2003) wrote :

closing as marked as dupe, nothing changed :)

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Fix Released → Rejected
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