The bug occured on my machine, a HP nx8220 laptop, too. At least one process continues to write to the log file. It is still growing ten minutes after the installer crashed. Below is the output of ps -A : ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ps -A PID TTY TIME CMD 1 ? 00:00:01 init 2 ? 00:00:00 ksoftirqd/0 3 ? 00:00:00 watchdog/0 4 ? 00:00:00 events/0 5 ? 00:00:00 khelper 6 ? 00:00:00 kthread 8 ? 00:00:00 kblockd/0 9 ? 00:00:00 kacpid 192 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 193 ? 00:00:00 pdflush 195 ? 00:00:00 aio/0 194 ? 00:00:00 kswapd0 790 ? 00:00:00 kseriod 1802 ? 00:00:00 khpsbpkt 1807 ? 00:00:00 khubd 1815 ? 00:00:00 knodemgrd_0 1949 ? 00:00:00 loop0 3414 ? 00:00:00 udevd 4287 ? 00:00:00 shpchpd_event 4370 ? 00:00:00 pccardd 4377 ? 00:00:03 ipw2200/0 5141 ? 00:00:00 acpid 5229 ? 00:00:00 syslogd 5255 ? 00:00:00 dd 5257 ? 00:00:00 klogd 5284 ? 00:00:00 hpiod 5287 ? 00:00:00 python 5332 ? 00:00:00 cupsd 5357 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon 5372 ? 00:00:01 hald 5373 ? 00:00:00 hald-runner 5378 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-acpi 5428 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-keyb 5438 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor 5439 ? 00:00:00 hald-addon-stor 5672 ? 00:00:00 powernowd 5711 ? 00:00:00 hcid 5716 ? 00:00:00 sdpd 5724 ? 00:00:00 krfcommd 5738 ? 00:00:00 mdadm 5757 ? 00:00:00 atd 5770 ? 00:00:00 cron 5987 ? 00:00:00 kdm 6013 tty7 00:00:38 Xorg 6016 ? 00:00:00 kdm 6032 tty1 00:00:00 login 6033 tty1 00:00:00 bash 6034 tty2 00:00:00 login 6035 tty2 00:00:00 bash 6036 tty3 00:00:00 login 6037 tty3 00:00:00 bash 6038 tty4 00:00:00 login 6039 tty5 00:00:00 login 6040 tty6 00:00:00 login 6053 tty4 00:00:00 bash 6054 tty5 00:00:00 bash 6057 tty6 00:00:00 bash 6212 ? 00:00:00 x-session-manag 6248 ? 00:00:00 ssh-agent 6251 ? 00:00:00 dbus-launch 6252 ? 00:00:00 dbus-daemon 6282 ? 00:00:00 dhclient3 6288 ? 00:00:00 kdeinit 6291 ? 00:00:00 dcopserver 6293 ? 00:00:00 klauncher 6295 ? 00:00:03 kded 6297 ? 00:00:00 gam_server 6460 ? 00:00:04 artsd 6465 ? 00:00:00 kaccess 6473 ? 00:00:00 kwrapper 6475 ? 00:00:00 ksmserver 6476 ? 00:00:01 kwin 6479 ? 00:00:01 kdesktop 6484 ? 00:00:00 kio_uiserver 6487 ? 00:00:05 kicker 6488 ? 00:00:00 kio_file 6494 ? 00:00:01 adept_notifier 6495 ? 00:00:00 kbluetoothd 6497 ? 00:00:00 klipper 6502 ? 00:00:00 knotify 6518 ? 00:00:00 kmix 6520 ? 00:00:00 katapult 6530 ? 00:00:04 konsole 6531 pts/1 00:00:00 bash 6574 ? 00:00:00 dhclient 6576 ? 00:00:25 konqueror 6623 pts/2 00:00:00 bash 6692 ? 00:00:00 kdesud 7227 ? 00:00:00 kio_http 7235 ? 00:00:00 debconf-communi 7237 ? 00:00:08 partman 7286 ? 00:00:00 jfsIO 7287 ? 00:00:00 jfsCommit 7288 ? 00:00:00 jfsSync 7306 ? 00:00:00 xfslogd/0 7307 ? 00:00:00 xfsdatad/0 7308 ? 00:00:00 xfsbufd 7326 ? 00:00:01 parted_server 8500 pts/1 00:00:00 tail 13361 ? 00:00:00 aspell 27604 pts/3 00:00:00 bash 28831 ? 00:00:00 do_option 28832 ? 00:00:00 partman_newlayo 28911 ? 00:00:00 do_option 28912 ? 00:00:00 autopartition 29037 ? 00:00:00 perform_recipe 29051 ? 00:00:00 80visual 29075 ? 00:00:00 method 29076 pts/3 00:00:00 ps