Comment 7 for bug 357971

Requested attachments above. Two points of interest:

syslog has a message:
Apr 8 12:49:04 ubuntu ubiquity: /usr/bin/ckbcomp: No keycodes, nor layout specified
Apr 8 12:49:04 ubuntu ubiquity: Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
Apr 8 12:49:04 ubuntu ubiquity: boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
I was affected by https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/346589 and clicked "continue" a few times, then "go back", then the installer seemed to hang up for a moment so I clicked "back" to the previous step (keymap selection, IIRC). Then I selected the keymap again, clicked forward, remembered the "go back" issue, clicked "go back" and waited a few minutes, at which point the partitioner started up. So all this flailing may be the key.

The other interesting thing is config.dat definitely seems to have af selected.