Activity log for bug #1905412

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2020-11-24 13:33:14 Christian Ehrhardt  bug added bug
2020-11-24 13:44:52 Christian Ehrhardt  attachment added log as it was left in the installer environment https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/subiquity/+bug/1905412/+attachment/5437532/+files/1606223663.332479477.install_fail.crash
2020-11-24 13:45:02 Christian Ehrhardt  bug added subscriber Frank Heimes
2020-11-24 13:46:02 Frank Heimes tags installer s390x
2020-11-24 13:48:14 Frank Heimes bug task added subiquity
2020-11-24 13:48:27 Frank Heimes bug task added ubuntu-z-systems
2020-11-24 13:48:34 Frank Heimes bug task deleted subiquity (Ubuntu)
2020-11-24 13:49:10 Frank Heimes ubuntu-z-systems: assignee Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
2020-11-24 13:49:21 Christian Ehrhardt  bug task added curtin (Ubuntu)
2020-11-24 13:49:24 Frank Heimes bug added subscriber Michael Hudson-Doyle
2020-11-24 13:49:53 Frank Heimes description Hi, I was puzzled today at my install aborting until I was lookgin in the crash file. There I've found: Running command ['vgcreate', '--force', '--zero=y', '--yes', 'ubuntu-vg', '/dev/dasda2'] with allowed return codes [0] (capture=True) An error occured handling 'lvm_volgroup-0': ProcessExecutionError - Unexpected error while running command. Command: ['vgcreate', '--force', '--zero=y', '--yes', 'ubuntu-vg', '/dev/dasda2'] Exit code: 5 Reason: - Stdout: '' Stderr: A volume group called ubuntu-vg already exists. And now things fall into place. I've had a default vg as the installer creates it across a few disks. Then later my main root disk was broken and I replaced it. Now at install time I have activated all disks that I eventually wanted to use (this is s390x therefore activate disks, but from the bit I see in the crash I'd expect no other behavior if on e.g. x86 you'd replace one disk and try to re-install). What happens is that the disks I'm not installing onto still have LVM metadata. That has the "ubuntu-vg" defined and thereby crashes the install. I think we will need to harden the installer that probably needs to wipe some signatures and re-probe LVM to then get things going. Hi, I was puzzled today at my install aborting until I was looking in the crash file. There I've found:  Running command ['vgcreate', '--force', '--zero=y', '--yes', 'ubuntu-vg', '/dev/dasda2'] with allowed return codes [0] (capture=True)  An error occured handling 'lvm_volgroup-0': ProcessExecutionError - Unexpected error while running command.  Command: ['vgcreate', '--force', '--zero=y', '--yes', 'ubuntu-vg', '/dev/dasda2']  Exit code: 5  Reason: -  Stdout: ''  Stderr: A volume group called ubuntu-vg already exists. And now things fall into place. I've had a default vg as the installer creates it across a few disks. Then later my main root disk was broken and I replaced it. Now at install time I have activated all disks that I eventually wanted to use (this is s390x therefore activate disks, but from the bit I see in the crash I'd expect no other behavior if on e.g. x86 you'd replace one disk and try to re-install). What happens is that the disks I'm not installing onto still have LVM metadata. That has the "ubuntu-vg" defined and thereby crashes the install. I think we will need to harden the installer that probably needs to wipe some signatures and re-probe LVM to then get things going.
2020-11-24 20:06:59 Steve Langasek tags installer s390x fr-964 installer s390x
2021-02-10 06:48:28 Frank Heimes bug task added ubuntu-power-systems
2021-02-11 15:50:43 Dimitri John Ledkov curtin (Ubuntu): status New Confirmed
2021-02-11 15:50:50 Dimitri John Ledkov subiquity: status New Confirmed
2021-02-11 17:05:43 Frank Heimes ubuntu-z-systems: status New Confirmed
2021-02-11 17:05:46 Frank Heimes ubuntu-power-systems: status New Confirmed
2021-02-27 03:53:45 bugproxy tags fr-964 installer s390x architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-191598 fr-964 installer s390x severity-high targetmilestone-inin---
2021-03-18 23:11:08 Michael Hudson-Doyle subiquity: status Confirmed Fix Committed
2021-03-19 06:37:04 Frank Heimes ubuntu-z-systems: status Confirmed Fix Committed
2021-03-19 06:37:09 Frank Heimes ubuntu-power-systems: status Confirmed Fix Committed
2021-04-08 08:41:06 Frank Heimes ubuntu-power-systems: assignee Ubuntu on IBM Power Systems Bug Triage (ubuntu-power-triage)
2021-04-08 08:42:35 Frank Heimes curtin (Ubuntu): assignee Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
2021-04-08 08:43:03 Frank Heimes ubuntu-z-systems: assignee Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) Skipper Bug Screeners (skipper-screen-team)
2021-04-12 11:07:20 Frank Heimes attachment added 12042021_2.tgz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1905412/+attachment/5486863/+files/12042021_2.tgz
2021-04-13 20:14:59 Frank Heimes attachment added 13042021.tgz https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-z-systems/+bug/1905412/+attachment/5487442/+files/13042021.tgz
2021-04-15 12:52:04 Frank Heimes ubuntu-z-systems: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-04-15 12:53:01 Frank Heimes subiquity: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2021-04-15 15:30:04 bugproxy tags architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-191598 fr-964 installer s390x severity-high targetmilestone-inin--- architecture-ppc64le bugnameltc-191598 fr-964 installer s390x severity-high targetmilestone-inin2004
2021-04-15 15:36:26 Frank Heimes ubuntu-power-systems: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2022-06-15 09:17:10 Lorenzo Ansaloni bug added subscriber Lorenzo Ansaloni