ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_plugins()

[Paul Larson]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

From daily image on Mar 1 2010, imx51

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: armel
Date: Mon Mar 1 14:03:33 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-Netbook 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha armel+imx51 (20100301)
Package: ubiquity 2.1.28
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity gtk_ui
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/2557/environ'
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-605.8-imx51
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity', 'gtk_ui']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_plugins()
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-605-imx51 armv7l
UserGroups:

[Tobin Davis (gruemaster)]

I have not been able to reproduce this on imx51 since Beta1. Is it still an issue?

[Mark Drummond (mjamesd)]

Installing 10.04 on Eee PC 900 -- installation failed with this error. Will try again.

[lisheng (lisheng1365)]

when install 10.04 on Virtualbox 3.2.0, this failed show.

[Christopher Patrick (cpatrick08)]

when install ubuntu 10.10 alpha 1 on Virtualbox 3.2.2 this bug showed

[Gary Phillips (tivo-overo)]

While installing 10.04 on a new Dell Optiplex 380, this bug appeared.

[chris maynard (overlord-m2-zoho)]

This bug has seriously cost me many hours of time: please get this fixed.

Specs
All standard components of an:
HP Pavilion dv5-1250us Entertainment Notebook.

[Michele (m1chele)]

the installation windows crashed unexpectedly during installation (ubuntu 10.04.1 32bit hp compaq 6720s)

[jrphorbin (jrphorbin)]

This error seems to happen only when I enable home partition to be encrypted.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

The error "InstallStepError in configure_plugins" can occur in lots of situations so while this may seem like the same bug other people are having it is likely due to a different root issue. Looking at the UbiquitySyslog.gz file attached by the bug's original reporter we see the following:

LP: #530283/UbiquitySyslog.gz:Mar 1 19:45:45 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: hpt45x: seeking device "/dev/sdb" to 18446744073709545984
LP: #530283/UbiquitySyslog.gz:Mar 1 19:45:45 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: isw: seeking device "/dev/sdb" to 18446744073708468736
LP: #530283/UbiquitySyslog.gz:Mar 1 19:45:45 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: isw: seeking device "/dev/sdb" to 18446744073709550592
LP: #530283/UbiquitySyslog.gz:Mar 1 19:45:45 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: isw: seeking device "/dev/sdb" to 18446744073709551104

These messages are indicative of an issue with the hardware so I am setting the bug report to Invalid.