install crash

[Roy Hensley]

This crash was an 11.04 to 11.10 upgrade crash.

The upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 crashed first, and rendered the system compromised. Specifically, my /home directories were "gone" and I couldn't login with the GUI.

I was able to decrypt my user data using the shell in recovery mode, then I proceeded to reinstall 11.10. Since program data was intact, I selected the option to do 11.10 to 11.10 rather than wipe the old install and reinstall.

The crash happened right after the installer reported that a vmware file didn't match (between the 11.10 DVD ROM and the old installation). I told it to retry, it appeared to be proceeding normally once more, then BOOM (crash).

Perhaps my hard drive is bad, though it checked out ok before I did this install. Or perhaps the DVD has errors, though it did verify cleanly after writing in a different machine. Or perhaps there is actually a bug in the installer.

Best regards,
-r

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 x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Mon Feb 20 20:08:57 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Paolo Rotolo (paolorotolo)]

Thanks for reporting this bug and any supporting documentation. Since this bug has enough information provided for a developer to begin work, I'm going to mark it as confirmed and let them handle it from here. Thanks for taking the time to make Ubuntu better!

[dino99 (9d9)]

This version has expired for some time

[Roy Hensley (roy-a-hensley)]

Yes. I reported it 3.5 years ago!
 On Jul 20, 2015 8:51 AM, "dino99" <email address hidden> wrote:

> This version has expired for some time
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Invalid
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/937393
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> Title:
> install crash
>
> Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
> Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> This crash was an 11.04 to 11.10 upgrade crash.
>
> The upgrade from 11.04 to 11.10 crashed first, and rendered the system
> compromised. Specifically, my /home directories were "gone" and I
> couldn't login with the GUI.
>
> I was able to decrypt my user data using the shell in recovery mode,
> then I proceeded to reinstall 11.10. Since program data was intact, I
> selected the option to do 11.10 to 11.10 rather than wipe the old
> install and reinstall.
>
> The crash happened right after the installer reported that a vmware
> file didn't match (between the 11.10 DVD ROM and the old
> installation). I told it to retry, it appeared to be proceeding
> normally once more, then BOOM (crash).
>
> Perhaps my hard drive is bad, though it checked out ok before I did
> this install. Or perhaps the DVD has errors, though it did verify
> cleanly after writing in a different machine. Or perhaps there is
> actually a bug in the installer.
>
> Best regards,
> -r
>
> 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 x86_64
> ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: amd64
> CasperVersion: 1.287
> Date: Mon Feb 20 20:08:57 2012
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANGUAGE=
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SourcePackage: ubiquity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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