Installing 12.04 LTS from live usb key

[Michael Cook]

Straight install, on a Shuttle PC.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.315
Date: Tue Oct 16 12:32:40 2012
InstallCmdLine: bootkbd=us console-setup/layoutcode=en_US console-setup/variantcode=nodeadkeys locale=us_us persistent noprompt cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Jens Jäschke (brokenphysics)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately, we cannot work on this bug because your description didn't include enough information. You may find it helpful to read "How to report bugs effectively" http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html. We'd be grateful if you would then provide a more complete description of the problem.

We have instructions on debugging some types of problems at http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingProcedures

At a minimum, we need:
1. the specific steps or actions you took that caused you to encounter the problem,
2. the behavior you expected, and
3. the behavior you actually encountered (in as much detail as possible).
Thanks!

[Michael Cook (michaelcook-mjc)]

Eh? I used a live-usb key, built from a U12.04 CD... to boot up and then 'install' using the "Install" option when the usb-live key comes up. When it tries to create a user, it failed... consistently. Close this bug if you want more information as I dont have time to waste on this bug. The install process asked to create this bug report.

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 165, in run
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_plugins()
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 545, in configure_plugins
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: raise install_misc.InstallStepError("Plugin %s failed with code %s" % (plugin.NAME, ret))
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: Plugin usersetup failed with code 1
Oct 16 16:28:37 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Michael Curry (michaeldcurry1)]

Don't close the bug, I'm going to take a look at it to see if I can figure it out. I'd just like to ask the specs of the bug reporter's machine.

[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.]