Installer Crash Ubuntu 6.06 Final Release

Bug #48165 reported by Ben Guansing
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Trying to install Dapper Drake from live cd for i386. Attempted to create separate home directory. Involved reformatting previous partitions. The following appears in the "Installer Crashed" screen.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 266, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 741, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1016, in mountpoints_to_summary
    if partman_commit.PartmanCommit(self).run_command(auto_process=True) != 0:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 128, in run_command
    self.start(auto_process=auto_process)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 45, in start
    self.db = DebconfCommunicator(PACKAGE, cloexec=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 125, in __init__
    write=self.dccomm.tochild)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 48, in __init__
    self.setUp(title)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 51, in setUp
    self.version = self.version(2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
    lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 81, in command
    status = int(status)
ValueError: invalid literal for int():

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Ben Guansing (guansingsensei) wrote : Installer Crash Ubuntu 6.06 Final Release syslog

Installer Crash Ubuntu 6.06 Final Release syslog

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Ben Guansing (guansingsensei) wrote : Installer Crash Ubuntu 6.06 Final Release /var/log/installer/syslog

Installer Crash Ubuntu 6.06 Final Release /var/log/installer/syslog

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Ben Guansing (guansingsensei) wrote : Installer Crash Ubuntu 6.06 Final Release /var/log/partman

Installer Crash Ubuntu 6.06 Final Release /var/log/partman

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Thanks for your report. You appear to have tried to run two instances of the installer at once. The fact that this blows up messily rather than neatly is also bug 46569.

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