Installer (server) blank text in LVM creation

[James Blachly]

In the 24.04 Beta server image installer, there is a bug that prevents or impairs creation of LVM volume groups. Briefly, in the pop-up window in which constituent PVs are to be selected for a volume group (VG), all the detected disks (and partitions) are there, and selectable, but the text is black-on-black.

To reproduce this:

Use the 24.04 beta server installation.

Select LVM (don't customize)

On the next screen, there is a summary at the top, then a section for available PVs, and a section for used PVs. In the third section, you cannot edit a VG that has a logical volume (LV) already defined (which seems like a separate issue, since you may wish to rename it). Delete the automatically-defined LV from the automatically-defined VG in order to edit the VG.

Select the VG, hit enter, then select "edit".

On the next pop-up window, there should be a list of physical volumes (PVs). They are there, but in black text on black background. If you have only one disk in the system, you can without difficulty select the correct partition (as it will be markedly different size than the EFI or boot partition). On the other hand, if you have many disks, it may be impossible to correctly select the intended partition/PV with certainy, especially if you have many partitions of the same size.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 24.04
Package: subiquity (unknown)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.8.0-22.22-generic 6.8.1
Uname: Linux 6.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.28.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
Date: Thu Apr 18 02:48:56 2024
InstallationDate: Installed on 2024-04-18 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 24.04 LTS "Noble Numbat" - Beta amd64 (20240410.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 SHELL=/bin/bash
 TERM=xterm-256color
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
SourcePackage: subiquity
Symptom: installation
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)