Ubi-partman fails with exit code 141 in Desktop Natty Alpha 3

[Guillem Hernandez Sola]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Installation procedure fails using Desktop Natty ISO 3. Mainly, the package ubi-partman reports this crash during the installation process. Additionally, the installer was not able to finish the installation process.

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

Confirm this issue with March 9th daily-live iso.

This is what ubiquity -d gives me:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 132, in process_line
    return self.dbfilter.process_line()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/debconffilter.py", line 281, in process_line
    if not input_widgets[0].run(priority, question):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-partman.py", line 2014, in run
    info = parted.partition_info(p_id)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/parted_server.py", line 217, in partition_info
    self.open_dialog('PARTITION_INFO', partition)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/parted_server.py", line 131, in open_dialog
    self.inf = open(infifo, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/partman/infifo'
Mar 9 13:28:44 ubiquity: ['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', 'sh', '-c', '/usr/share/ubiquity/activate-dmraid && /bin/partman'] exited with code 141

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

Sorry, the above log was "/var/log/installer/debug"

Here is /var/log/syslog.

[vmc (vmclark)]

Also fails Mar9th, with partman 141 error. Check "/var/log/syslog" [see attached]

[Hansen (moteprime)]

Confirmed also in daily build 10. march Natty Alpha 3 "Desktop i386 (20110302)"

[Eshwar Andhavarapu (eshwar.andhavarapu)]

Confirmed for 10th March 64-bit build from daily-live.

[Rahman Yusri Aftian (aftian)]

Confirmed also in daily build 10. march Natty "Desktop i386 (20110302)"

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Confirmed with latest desktop ISO :
0ff41e002e958db91be77772fe0f16bd97104f5c8256f73fc0401bbc77355f88 *natty-desktop-amd64.iso
6dca2c577af52543394a3324428ee18adb6a2e56ffa7a87a4df980a8c7218b97 *natty-desktop-i386.iso

[Rahman Yusri Aftian (aftian)]

Confirmed also in daily build 11. march Natty "Desktop i386 (20110311)"

Message :

  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 132, in process_line
    return self.dbfilter.process_line()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/debconffilter.py", line 281, in process_line
    if not input_widgets[0].run(priority, question):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-partman.py", line 2014, in run
    info = parted.partition_info(p_id)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/parted_server.py", line 217, in partition_info
    self.open_dialog('PARTITION_INFO', partition)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/parted_server.py", line 131, in open_dialog
    self.inf = open(infifo, 'w')
IOError: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/lib/partman/infifo'

[Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff (shnatsel)]

Still an issue in the current daily build, ubiquity 2.5.25,

[Manuel Bua (manuel-bua)]

I was given this error as well and i found out the ubi-partman doesn't like pre-configured partitions or unpartitioned disk space: so fireup GParted, delete every partition until you have one single "unpartitioned space" entry, create one ext4 primary partition with the size of your disk and apply the changes. This way ubi-partman will work without errors and you can complete the installation.

[Arnaud Soyez (weboide)]

The alternate CD works as expected, probably since ubiquity is not
involved.
So if you really need to install natty, but don't want to wipe your
partitions, use the alternate iso from
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily/current/

[Konstantin (dr.dtyger)]

confirmed in
ubuntu-natty-desktop-amd64 2011-03-11
ubuntu-natty-desktop-i386 2011-03-12

ubuntu-natty-dvd-i386 2011-03-12

[vmc (vmclark)]

Thanks Manuel for the answer in comment #12!
 I used an external hard drive with no partitions then created a swap and ext4. It works. Then I used gparted to copy from external to my internal drive.

[FEHER Andras (afeher66)]

The same on x64 2011-03-12 CD to.

[Evan (ev)]

This is my fault; assigning to myself and will hopefully fix it tonight.

[cecilpierce (piercececil-deactivatedaccount)]

Kubuntu 11.04 daily live CD also failed to install today.

[Alessio Fattorini (alessio.fattorini)]

No fix today

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.5.26

---------------
ubiquity (2.5.26) natty; urgency=low

  [ Evan Dandrea ]
  * Revert dropping privileges earlier (LP: #730209).

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Update for changes in localechooser up to 2.34ubuntu1.
  * Automatic update of included source packages: localechooser 2.34ubuntu2,
    partman-auto 93ubuntu10.
  * Update translations from Launchpad.
  * GTK frontend:
    - Translate some other possible versions of the next button when
      changing language (LP: #730208).

  [ Daniel Manrique ]
  * Allow preseeding only ubiquity/reboot to suppress the reboot dialog,
    without needing to preseed ubiquity/poweroff as well (LP: #727416).
 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Tue, 15 Mar 2011 17:34:27 +0000

[Hansen (moteprime)]

Natty Alpha 3 - i386 desktop Daliy ISO 16. March.
Creating bootable USB stick with UNetbooin. Choosing "default" at unbootin menu boots into console.
Choosing Install Ubuntu boot into GUI but brings two unexpectedly close programs Ubiquity and "gsettings data conversion"
Have downloaded again and tried using startup disk creator. same error.
I have reported it as bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/736047

[Doug McMahon (mc3man)]

While the 141 error may have been fixed - can't tell, ubiquity now fails to start at all.

Likely the same as reported above by mote - can't tell because it's a private bug.
So reported here though could be a dupe of mote's
bug #736103

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

today's crash is reported in tracked in bug 736060 and a fix will be released soon.

[Hansen (moteprime)]

Sorry was not aware it was private. marked mine as duplicate of bug 736060

[Guillem Hernandez Sola (guillemhs)]

This bug is back in 2011-03-21 Desktop i386 desktop iso.
I attach an snapshot. I try to install this on a VM.

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Guillem, I can't reproduce with the latest ISO, could you please file a new bug report and attach the files /var/log/syslog and the files in /var/log/installer.

Thanks in advance.

[Guillem Hernandez Sola (guillemhs)]

Ok,

I can't send those logs because the VM does not answer at all. Like a
blue screen of the death in windows... ^_^

To reproduce the problem, you have to load the live-session, then push
"Try Ubuntu" and execute the installer. Automatically, ubi-partman error
141 appears.

One question, completely unrelated, if I execute in a terminal
"apport-recollect", do I automatically send /var/log/syslog and
/var/log/installer to launchpad?

Best regards,

Al 21/03/11 18:46, En/na Jean-Baptiste Lallement ha escrit:
> Guillem, I can't reproduce with the latest ISO, could you please file a
> new bug report and attach the files /var/log/syslog and the files in
> /var/log/installer.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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[VastOne (vastone)]

ISO testing today with the same results as the last 4 weeks - I need to know if this is the same bug or not. Attached partman.txt and syslog

[VastOne (vastone)]

syslog.txt

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

@VastOne, the bug you are facing is bug 739632, you can subscribe there to track it.

[VastOne (vastone)]

@Jean-Baptisite

Thank you so much!

[Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt)]

Happens too on Ubuntu 11.04 beta 1 (amd 64)

[hoisan (hoisan49)]

me too. same error in natty-desktop-i386.iso .

[executorvs (executorvs)]

I am still encountering this bug as of the April 10th daily-live build. when you click install ubuntu from within the live session and then click the forward button make sure you've got three green checks and then forward again. at this point ubi-partman crashes with exit code 141. This has been a problem since at least Tuesday's daily as it is the earliest I've tried.

[Matt (mjmckillop)]

Just got this same error in natty-beta1-desktop-amd64.iso

[David Perfors (dnperfors)]

Same error with the daily build of 13th of April (and the beta1)
I have 3 partitions preinstalled with Windows7 and made one partition available for ubuntu, so I have 4 partitions in total. I don't want to delete the 4th (linux) partition before I know I can install ubuntu..

[Sérgio Faria (sergio91pt)]

David, so you had 4 primary partitions before starting the installer? See Bug #757720 , if you don't have any files on the linux partition just delete it or change to extended and ubiquity shouldn't crash

[naguz (naguz-gmx)]

I am sill having this problem, using the final 11.04 Kubuntu live amd64 image (put on a usb-pen with unetbootin).

Attached syslog file. Image of partition layout from partition manager: http://i.imgur.com/IWTml.png

printout from parted:

Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
 1 1049kB 420MB 419MB primary ntfs boot, diag
 2 420MB 47,7GB 47,3GB primary ntfs
 4 47,7GB 469GB 421GB extended
 7 47,7GB 73,6GB 25,9GB logical ext4
 6 73,6GB 77,7GB 4096MB logical linux-swap(v1)
 5 77,7GB 469GB 391GB logical ext3
 3 469GB 500GB 30,9GB primary ntfs

[TraceyC (grrlgeek)]

Still having this problem with the 11.04 Live CD installer for Lubuntu. The error appears any time I try to use a partition & choose XFS. It does not happen if I choose ext4. Attached is the syslog.

[Boris (borisgordts)]

I had the same error. I was trying to install Ubuntu 11.10 and 12.4 from USB, but partman (and some other configuration tools) crashed. But then I created a new usb-key with 150 mb instead of 50 mb of persistence space using Lili Usb Creator on Windows. Ubuntu 12.4 is now installing without error:)

[Theo Kramer (tkramer3)]

This bug is reported since 2010, it still exists. I tried to install 12.04 with Xubuntu and Kubuntu. The partitions are not correctly recognized and weird partition names get displayed. You can not get past the partitioner, if you try to do so, your existing partitions will be destroyed and you end up with an unusable installation.

[John (spam-002)]

Reciving this whilst attempting to install Kubuntu 12.10 x64 from live usb.

Have not attempted to install via CD yet - obviously if that dosn't work I will be compleatly unable to install.

Possibly related, I notice the live USB is signifcantly slower than 12.04.