Ubiquity is stuck after "Prepare" step
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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parted (Ubuntu) |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
I am using the Kubuntu Beta 2 Live CD to install it on my Sony Vaio SVS13A190X laptop. It has one SSD with GPT partition and uses UEFI.
After the prepare step, the installer hangs, presumably because of an inability to read some partitions, going by the syslog (attached).
There is no indication of error, the installer is just stuck with the "Wait" mouse pointer spinning. I have used the Kubuntu 13.04 in the past to install successfully on this laptop.
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ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
AudioDevicesInUse:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/dev/snd/
CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
MachineType: Sony Corporation SVS13A190X
MarkForUpload: True
Package: ubiquity 2.15.20 [modified: lib/partman/
PackageArchitec
ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
RelatedPackageV
linux-
linux-
linux-firmware 1.114
Tags: saucy saucy ubiquity-2.15.20 kubuntu
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2012
dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
dmi.bios.version: R0143C5
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: VAIO
dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.board.version: N/A
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCo
dmi.product.name: SVS13A190X
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation
Note that I have tested both Kubuntu Beta 2 and the daily live cd image of 2013-10-09. Both exhibit the same issue.
Filesystem info:
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda 08C50F5" TYPE="ntfs" 69FC00E" TYPE="ntfs"
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda1
/dev/sda1: LABEL="SONYSYS" UUID="B68B-3388" TYPE="vfat"
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda
sda sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda2
/dev/sda2: LABEL="Recovery" UUID="7AC08C8DC
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda3
/dev/sda3: UUID="F88C-9896" TYPE="vfat"
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda4
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sda5
/dev/sda5: UUID="6C169FF61
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sdb
/dev/sdb: LABEL="ROHAN" UUID="F04A-F006" TYPE="vfat"
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sdb1
kubuntu@kubuntu:~$ sudo blkid /dev/sdb2