Impossible to run ubuntu-bug when Ubiquity crashes
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
When booting the system from a live CD/USB device and selecting the option to install Ubuntu (not to test drive before install), if Ubiquity crashes (like for me with bug #743359) a popup appears telling you to "file a new bug report using the command `ubuntu-bug ubiquity` in a terminal". However, it is not possible to open a terminal if you are directly installing, or at least I couldn't find a way to start a terminal. I had to restart the VM, and this time select the option to lauch Ubuntu to test it. From there I launched the install (which also failed). Then I was able to start a terminal and issue the command.
Instead of telling the user to open a terminal, why not add a button on the error popup that would open a terminal with the needed command? Maybe it's even not necessary to launch a terminal, since the `ubuntu-bug` command opens its own popups telling the user that it's collecting information, etc. Not requiring the user to manually open the terminal would be a user-friendly improvement.
FYI, I did try to use Ctrl Alt F2, F3, etc. to open a tty to run the `ubuntu-
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | New → Fix Committed |
This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.7.28
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ubiquity (2.7.28) oneiric; urgency=low
[ Stéphane Graber ]
* Update stepUserInfo.ui to trigger info_loop() when the hostname is changed.
(LP: #828181)
[ Mario Limonciello ] remove- gtk to fix an import error due
* Reorder the imports in oem-config-
the fallbacks in aptdaemon. (LP: #837288)
* Show the wireless page after either prepare or language to make sure
it shows in both ubiquity and oem-config modes.
* Call out to find_next_step even on non debconf driven pages. (LP: #843237)
* Don't assume /target is where the new face is being put.
* When the installer crashes, file a bug using apport-bug rather than
directing users to a terminal window. (LP: #843933)
* Fix the colors in the oem-config language selector. (LP: #838672)
* Automatic update of included source packages: netcfg 1.68ubuntu2,
user-setup 1.28ubuntu20.
-- Mario Limonciello <email address hidden> Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:55:46 -0500