Dialog to prepare the partition doesnt list any hard drive or partition

[jottbe]

Binary package hint: gksu

1. Ubuntu Release: ubuntu 9.10 x86_64
2. Source package: ubuntu installer ubiquity
Version: 2.0.8

3. I wanted to install Ubuntu on a local hard drive. I expected that my partitions/hard drives were listed

4. I couldnt instsall because the installer seemed not to recognize my hard drive, although fdisk -l works and I can mount partitions under the live image (see long description for more details)

Long description:
When I try to install Ubuntu on my harddrive the dialog "Die Partitionen vorbereiten" (Prepare the partitions) does not list any partition. The list is completely empty.
The behaviour is the same no matter if I start the installer from the cd directly selecting "Install Ubuntu" in the boot menu or if I boot the live image and start ubiquity from the quick start icon on the desktop.

The realy strange thing is, that if I start the installation from the live image I can get a list of my partitions on the hard drive using fdisk -l. I also can mount them. Everything works like normal.

The situation occures since I installed ubuntu 9.10 on a usb stick (not the live image, but a real installation like the usb stick 8gb was a regular hard drive). It seems that during this installtion ubuntu replaced my bootloader on my harddrive and since. So since that time (it was Thruesday this week i think) I cant boot from my hard drive anymore and I also cant fix this situation by simply installing ubuntu on one of my partitions.

I think the situation that my partitions are not listed in the installer menu is caused by a bug in the installar.
Please let me know if you have a fix for this.
Thank you.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Jan 10 00:28:40 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gksu
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Release i386 (20091028.5)
Package: gksu 2.0.2-2ubuntu1
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-14.48-generic
SourcePackage: gksu
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-14-generic i686

[jottbe (j-ubuntu-20-jbulling)]

Sorry I confused something it was the i386 version on which I filed the bug, but the problem occures on both the installers for the i386 and the x86_64 version of ubuntu.

[ptr999 (peho)]

Can confirm this bug on a Compaq 6910p laptop. Harddrive is detected by kernel, I can partition/format/mount using both fdisk or gparted. But when running installer(Prepare partitions) disk/partition is not recognized.
Also tried booting with dmraid disabled, same fault.

Linux ubuntu 2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 16 14:04:26 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
   Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 19457 156288321 83 Linux

[ptr999 (peho)]

Tried installing U 9.04 x32, worked without above problem.

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

this is not a gksu issue, I have reassigned to ubiquity package.

[Dzmitry Lazerka (dlazerka)]

I experience the same problem using "ubuntu-9.10-desktop-amd64.iso".
It prevents from installing Ubuntu.

(Just bought a clean SATA hard drive. Dell Inspiron 1721)

[Martin Habovštiak (martin-r24)]

Same problem with Maverick, installing from USB stick...

[Simon Quigley (tsimonq2)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. When you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 505326

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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