Crashed at end of install - "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py", line 202, in boot_device

[teejester]

first install did not install grub. Second install crashed at the end.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.11.17
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-5.5-generic 3.5.0-rc7
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-5-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.319
Date: Fri Aug 3 12:45:08 2012
InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120720.1)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Matt Parlette (matthew-parlette)]

Thank you for reporting this bug. I was looking through the logs and I see many errors about removing critical services, so can you try to reinstall fresh to get some clearer logs?

At the end of the logs, I see this message many times:

SystemError: E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe)

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

In UbiquitySyslog:

Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing dash ...
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing 'diversion of /bin/sh to /bin/sh.distrib by dash'
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg-divert: error: rename involves overwriting `/bin/sh' with
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: different file `/bin/sh.distrib', not allowed
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing dash (--remove):
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 2
Aug 3 16:33:47 ubuntu ubiquity: No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Aug 3 16:33:49 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing dc ...
Aug 3 16:33:50 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libatk-adaptor-data ...
Aug 3 16:33:51 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing gwibber-service-twitter ...
Aug 3 16:33:51 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing gwibber-service-identica ...
Aug 3 16:33:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libgwibber2 ...
Aug 3 16:33:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing gwibber-service-facebook ...
Aug 3 16:33:53 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing gwibber-service ...
Aug 3 16:33:53 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing totem-common ...
Aug 3 16:33:54 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing rhythmbox-data ...
Aug 3 16:33:55 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libgweather-common ...
Aug 3 16:33:56 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libgnomekbd-common ...
Aug 3 16:33:56 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing unity-lens-files ...
Aug 3 16:33:57 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing telepathy-logger ...
Aug 3 16:33:58 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing evince-common ...
Aug 3 16:33:59 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing unity-2d-common ...
Aug 3 16:33:59 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libfolks-telepathy25 ...
Aug 3 16:34:00 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libfolks25 ...
Aug 3 16:34:00 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing folks-common ...
Aug 3 16:34:01 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing telepathy-gabble ...
Aug 3 16:34:01 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing gstreamer0.10-nice:i386 ...
Aug 3 16:34:02 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libnice10:i386 ...
Aug 3 16:34:02 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Aug 3 16:34:02 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libgupnp-igd-1.0-4:i386 ...
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libgupnp-1.0-4 ...
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target: device is busy.
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity: (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity: the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py", line 202, in boot_device
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: for disk in p.disks():
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/parted_server.py", line 161, in disks
Aug 3 16:34:03 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: return sorted(os.listdir(devices))
Aug 3...

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

Second exeption in Ubiquitysyslog.txt:

Aug 3 16:34:13 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libpam-gnome-keyring ...
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing libpam-gnome-keyring (--remove):
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: subprocess installed pre-removal script returned error exit status 1
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: warning: overriding problem because --force enabled:
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: This is an essential package - it should not be removed.
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing login ...
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: log-output -t ubiquity debconf-copydb configdb targetdb -p ^console-setup/ --config=Name:targetdb --config=Driver:File --config=Mode:0644 --config=Filename:/target/var/cache/debconf/config.dat
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /target: device is busy.
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: (In some cases useful info about processes that use
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: the device is found by lsof(8) or fuser(1))
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity:
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity: Removing libpam-cap:i386 ...
Aug 3 16:34:14 ubuntu ubiquity[4002]: Reverting lockdown of the desktop environment.
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 360, in run
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.update_interface()
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/progress/base.py", line 254, in update_interface
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.status_change(pkgname, float(percent), status_str.strip())
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 339, in status_change
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.db.subst(self.info, 'DESCRIPTION', status)
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 62, in <lambda>
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 83, in command
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: status = int(status)
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py: ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''
Aug 3 16:34:15 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

The grub problem in UbiquitySyslog.txt:

Aug 3 16:38:58 ubuntu ubiquity: /usr/sbin/grub-probe: error: cannot find a device for / (is /dev mounted?).

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

The final kill in UbiquitySyslog txt:

Aug 3 16:45:00 ubuntu ubiquity: Error in function:
Aug 3 16:45:00 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Aug 3 16:45:00 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Broken pipe), E:Write error - write (32: Br
Aug 3 16:45:00 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

This is the craziest log I hae seen here the last weeks!

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

@teejester

I am not so sure what I see here.

Just for clarification: Have you used a Ubuntu12.10 cd to upgrade an existing Ubuntu installation (previous version)? This would explain the remove entries.

Or was it really a fresh install??

[teejester (teejester)]

It was a fresh install as I remember.
On Sep 9, 2012 1:50 PM, "melchiaros" <email address hidden> wrote:

> This is the craziest log I hae seen here the last weeks!
>
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> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032733
>
> Title:
> Crashed at end of install - "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py", line
> 202, in boot_device
>
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> first install did not install grub. Second install crashed at the
> end.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
> Package: ubiquity 2.11.17
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-5.5-generic 3.5.0-rc7
> Uname: Linux 3.5.0-5-generic i686
> ApportVersion: 2.4-0ubuntu3
> Architecture: i386
> CasperVersion: 1.319
> Date: Fri Aug 3 12:45:08 2012
> InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed
> boot=casper quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
> LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha i386 (20120720.1)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=unknown
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubiquity
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This release of Ubuntu is no longer receiving maintenance updates. If this is still an issue on a maintained version of Ubuntu please let us know.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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