Comment 0 for bug 894768

Precise desktop images fails regularly with the following error

install.py: Exception during installation:
install.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 656, in <module>
install.py: install.run()
install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 130, in run
install.py: self.copy_all()
install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 423, in copy_all
install.py: install_misc.copy_file(self.db, sourcepath, targetpath, md5_check)
install.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 621, in copy_file
install.py: targetfh.write(buf)
install.py: IOError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
install.py:

This happens during automated installs but I also got it a few times during a manual installation. All the tests have been done on VMs. I haven't found any pattern to reproduce this crash and it affects i386 and amd64.

Running the exact same test again pass most of the time.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-1.3-generic 3.2.0-rc2
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-1-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.90-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Nov 25 15:01:02 2011
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)