Failed to install ubuntu 18.04 desktop 64bit latest daily build image in ESXi. It seems like installer crash at the starting point to install

[vmware-gos-Yuhua]

Failed to install ubuntu 18.04 desktop 64bit latest daily build image in ESXi. It seems like installer crash at the starting point.

Error message is below:

[ ***] S start job is running for Ubuntu live CD installer (2min 9s / no limit)
dbus-daemon[754]: [session uid=999 pid=754] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested
    by '1:0' (uid=999 pid=755 comm="" label="unconfined")
dbus-daemon[754]: [session uid=999 pid=754] Successfully activated service 'org.gtk.vfs.Daemon'
dbus-daemon[754]: [session uid=999 pid=754] Activating service name='org.gtk.vfs.Daemon' requested
    by '1:0' (uid=999 pid=755 comm="" label="unconfined")
fuse: device not found, try 'modprobe fuse' first
dbus-daemon[754]: [session uid=999 pid=754] Successfully activate service 'org.gtk.vfs.Metadata'

(gvfsd-metadata:766): GUdev-CRITICAL **:07:43:22.201: g_udev_device_has_property: assertion 'G_UDEV_IS_DEVICE(device)' failed

(gvfsd-metadata:766): GUdev-CRITICAL **:07:43:22.201: g_udev_device_has_property: assertion 'G_UDEV_IS_DEVICE(device)' failed

A connection to the bus can't be made
Using CD-ROM mount point /cdroom/
Identifying...[784a7e1250cc02e5ddddc8ccdd23115a-2]
Scaaning disc for index files...
Found 2 package indexes , 0 source indexes, 0 translation indexes and 1 signatures
Found label 'Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Binnic Beaver_ -Alpha amd64 (20180311)'
This disc is called:
Found label 'Ubuntu 18.04 LTS _Binnic Beaver_ -Alpha amd64 (20180311)'
Copying package lists..gpgv:Signature made Sun Mar 11 07:55:27 2018 UTC
gpgv: using RSA key D94AA3f0EEFE21092
gpgv: Good signature from "Ubuntu CD Image Automatic Signing key (2012) <email address hidden>"
Reading Package Index... Done
Wring new source list
Source list entries for this disc are:
deb cdrom:[Uubntu 18.04 LTS _Bolic Beaver_ -Alpha amd64 (20180311)]/bionic main restricted
Repeat this process for the rest of CDs in your set.
[ OK ] Starting LSB: Speech Dispatcher.
[ OK ] Starting LSB: Automatic crash report generation.
[ OK ] Starting LSB: Record successful boot for GRUB
[ OK ] Thermal Daemon Service
[ OK ] Start Tools to automatically collect and submit kernel crash signatures...

[vmware-gos-Yuhua (yhzou)]

same issue with kubuntu-18.04-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso.

[vmware-gos-Yuhua (yhzou)]

same with latest daily build(ubuntu-18.04-desktop-64bit 25-Mar-2018)

[vmware-gos-Yuhua (yhzou)]

This issue disappear in ubuntu-18.04 desktop beta2.

[Jakub Bolechała (bolter)]

I still have the same (probably) issue (ubuntu-18.04 26 Apr)
(sorry for the screenshot)

[Jan Skarvall (jan-skarvall)]

I have a possibly related problem.

I have successfully installed ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64 on an old Asus laptop (K70IO) from a DVD. Everything behaves normally.

But when I try to install ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64 (replacing rather than updating 16.04) on my HP Pavilion dv7 6080eo laptop, which currently runs Windows in dual boot with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS for amd64, I never get the screen with the Try Ubuntu or Install Ubuntu choice. Instead the GUI drops into "terminal mode" showing some errors, and after some time I can log into "Try Ubuntu" mode.

When I try to install ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64 on the HP machine, I do not have this problem. I can then chose between Install or Try Ubuntu.

This is true for a DVD I finally succeeded to burn (having struggled with Brasero on 16.04 which hangs in checksum verification, burning on Windows 7 which gave the wrong hash, and finally succeeded with Brasero on 18.04 on my Asus), and I have verified the DVD with two methods:

  1. Compared the MD5 sum of the .iso file using md5sum with the value on the web, f430da8fa59d2f5f4262518e3c177246, and checked the DVD using the command:

    df if=/dev/sr0 | head -c $(wc -c .../ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso) | md5sum

    which also returned f430da8fa59d2f5f4262518e3c1.

  2. Verified the DVD integrity, booting the HP with ubuntu-18.04.1-desktop-amd64 DVD and used the Check CD for defects menu option, which was successful.

The "terminal output" I get before the "installation" on the HP drops into try mode I have attached. The output contains, among others, the GUdev-CRITICAL lines. I do not know if these errors are causing the behaviour, or if it may be the line "[FAILED] Failed to start the daemon for systemd-networkd.", or something else.

Best regards Jan

[vmware-gos-Yuhua (yhzou)]

I have not hit this issue anymore with ubuntu image (such as 18.04.2, 18.04.3, 19.04, 19.10)in ESXi.

[Juhani Numminen (jsonic)]

Changed the bug status to Fix Released due to reporter's previous message.