Installer Crash

[p]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 457, in <module>
    main(oem_config)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 442, in main
    install(args[0], query=options.query)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 245, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_ui.py", line 440, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_ui.py", line 865, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 2444, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 367, in run
    self.copy_all()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 774, in copy_all
    os.chmod(targetpath, mode)
TypeError: chmod() argument 1 must be encoded string without NULL bytes, not str

[p (peterveness)]

I thought that the following might be useful in resolving this issue:

-the original bug report came from an attempt to install Mint with the KDE GUI.
-after filing the report, I attempted to install Mint with the Gnome front-end and it quit at the same place.
-I then attempted to install Kubuntu 9.10 and got the same thing.
-the machine config:
      MSI P4MAM2-v2 (MS-7095 v1) Motherboard
      Intel P4 Celeron 2.4ghz
      2 GB RAM
      Chipsets: VIA P4M266A & VT8237
      ATI 9200 AGP Video

I am installing to the 3rd partition (ext3) on the first IDE drive, the 2nd partition is a 5gb SWAP. The first partition contains a WindowsXP SP3 system using Win7 BSD boot.

I previously ran Ubuntu 9.04 with this same setup.

Cheers, P.

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't start working on it yet, because your description didn't include enough information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs as separate attachments by visiting your bug's web page. Thanks in advance.

[Monkey (monkey-libre)]

We are closing this bug report because it lacks the information we need to investigate the problem, as described in the previous comment. Please reopen it if you can give us the missing information, and don't hesitate to submit bug reports in the future. To reopen the bug report you can click on the current status, under the Status column, and change the Status back to "New". Thanks again!