Dapper installer crash

[Knut Arild Erstad]

I got a crash near the end of the install process, after installing packages. Traceback follows, will also attach logs.

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

[Knut Arild Erstad (knutae)]

Just following the onscreen instructions...

[Knut Arild Erstad (knutae)]

Just following the instructions to attach this file.

[Knut Arild Erstad (knutae)]

More info: the boot loader is screwed up after the failed install, my system is now unbootable. Looks like I will have to boot a rescue CD and run lilo manually. The boot loader (grub?) could be the root of my problems here...

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 46764, and the final Dapper release CD should at the very least explode less spectacularly. 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.

[nLIter (blogger2)]

All is well in the 'Western Front'. Downloaded Dapper 6.06 alternate CD and
trying it out.
Congratulations on the good work the Ubuntu/Kubuntu team has done.
I wish you all the best of luck and more successes.
From Greece, I send you my greetings.
        Don

On 6/1/06, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
>
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 46764 ***
>
> Thanks for your report. This is also bug 46764, and the final Dapper
> release CD should at the very least explode less spectacularly. 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 (Ubuntu)
> Status: Unconfirmed => Fix Released
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 46764
> Kubuntu installer crashed
>
> --
> Dapper installer crash
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/47774
>

[towsonu2003 (towsonu2003)]

closing instead of "fix released"

nothing changed for the fix...