11.10 installer crashed near end of installation process

[candtalan]

installing using manual nominate partition from a running live 32 bit ubuntu 11.10 cd session and then choosing install from desktop icon. Near the end of the installation after 'downloading packages' - not sure how many - see the crash information window.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Sun Oct 30 20:58:31 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[candtalan (aeclist)]

also attached syslog as suggested

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Oct 30 20:56:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg exited unexpectedly
Oct 30 20:56:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[3vi1 (launchpad-net-eternaldusk)]

Seeing the same thing, currently:

Dec 3 14:33:25 ubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking replacement libc6 ...
Dec 3 14:33:26 ubuntu ubiquity: Selecting previously unselected package libc6:i386.
Dec 3 14:33:26 ubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking libc6:i386 (from .../libc6_2.13-20ubuntu9_i386.deb) ...
Dec 3 14:33:26 ubuntu ubiquity: Processing triggers for man-db ...
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libc6:
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: libc6 depends on libc-bin (= 2.13-20ubuntu9); however:
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: Package libc-bin is not installed.
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: Package libc-bin:i386 is not configured yet.
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing libc6 (--configure):
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: No apport report written because the error message indicates its a followup error from a previous failure.
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: Errors were encountered while processing:
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: libc6
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu ubiquity: Error in function:
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Dec 3 14:33:27 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

[3vi1 (launchpad-net-eternaldusk)]

(^ in the current Precise daily live image)

[dino99 (9d9)]

oneiric have reached EOL now