Lubuntu 10.04 installation crashes

[Mattia Guidi]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

When the installation process is at about 82%, I get a window saying that the installation has crashed, and suggesting me to report this bug. This is the information that the window suggests to attach:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 468, in <module>
    main(oem_config)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 455, in main
    install(query=options.query)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 243, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 498, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 1098, in process_step
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 989, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 2430, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 370, in run
    self.configure_plugins()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1032, in configure_plugins
    raise InstallStepError("Plugin %s failed with code %s" % (plugin.NAME, ret))
InstallStepError: Plugin usersetup failed with code 1

[Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)]

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We appreciate the difficulties you are facing, but this appears to be a "regular" (non-security) bug. I have unmarked it as a security issue since this bug does not show evidence of allowing attackers to cross privilege boundaries nor directly cause loss of data/privacy. Please feel free to report any other bugs you may find.

[Peter Clark (mla-forrussia)]

Question: did you try to encrypt your $HOME directory when installing? I'm trying to track down a similar crash (https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/577302), except that crashes with a code 32, not 1.

[Mattia Guidi (matguidi)]

I eventually managed to install the system. Mine was a "hardware" problem, there were bad sectors on a part of the HD, and the installation probably failed to write on the disk. I re-partitioned the hard disk not allocating the first two Gb's and everything ran smoothly.
I guess this bug can be closed, at least for me.

Mattia