Crashes on Ubuntu 12.04.1 installation - /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1728, in <module>

[Andrew M]

(note ubiquity is the package ubuntu selected for me)

Some action in the Ubuntu installer made it crash during installation. It appeared to me to be during the step where the installer said something about detecting connected hardware.

I am not sure I can provide much more information.

Looking at the log file, it looks like it crashed right after attempting to install the wireless card(s). I have two plugged in (for no good reason), one is a broadcom (it loaded the Broadcom 43xx driver) and the other is a netgear WG111v3 USB wireless adapter. Ubuntu was connected on the netgear and the broadcom didn't seem to be functioning.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.20
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-29.46-generic-pae 3.2.24
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-29-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Mon Sep 17 21:54:03 2012
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120817.3)
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)

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

In UbiquitySyslog.txt:

Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity mount --bind /dev /target/dev
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CD in sources.list
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1728, in <module>
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 187, in run
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_hardware()
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 891, in configure_hardware
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install_misc.chroot_setup(self.target, x11=True)
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 159, in chroot_setup
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: os.path.join(target, 'root/.Xauthority'))
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 117, in copy
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: copyfile(src, dst)
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 83, in copyfile
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/target/root/.Xauthority'
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py:
Sep 18 02:53:52 ubuntu dbus[1461]: [system] Activating service name='com.ubuntu.DeviceDriver' (using servicehelper)
Sep 18 02:53:53 ubuntu dbus[1461]: [system] Successfully activated service 'com.ubuntu.DeviceDriver'
Sep 18 02:54:03 ubuntu ubiquity:
Sep 18 02:54:03 ubuntu ubiquity: ** (apport-gtk:12493): WARNING **: The connection is closed

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1728, in <module>
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 187, in run
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_hardware()
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 891, in configure_hardware
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install_misc.chroot_setup(self.target, x11=True)
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 159, in chroot_setup
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: os.path.join(target, 'root/.Xauthority'))
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 117, in copy
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: copyfile(src, dst)
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/shutil.py", line 83, in copyfile
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py: IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/target/root/.Xauthority'
Sep 18 02:53:49 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[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)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]