installer crashed

Bug #115562 reported by piggus
2
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Incomplete
Undecided
Martin Peeks

Bug Description

Binary package hint: ubiquity
this popped up when the installer got up to 65% and it stopped any ideas of how to fix the problem.

We're sorry; the installer crashed. Please file a new bug report at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug (do not attach your details to any existing bug) and a developer will attend to the problem as soon as possible. To help the developers understand what went wrong, include the following detail in your bug report, and attach the files /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 264, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 550, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s\n%s" %
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1263, in ?
    if install.run():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 284, in run
    if not self.copy_all():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 466, in copy_all
    shutil.copyfile(sourcepath, targetpath)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 49, in copyfile
    copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/shutil.py", line 25, in copyfileobj
    fdst.write(buf)
IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

this popped up when the installer got up to 65% and it stopped

piggus (pig-in-a-barrel)
description: updated
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Martin Peeks (martinp23) wrote :

Thanks for taking the time to report this bug. Unfortunately we can't fix it, because your description didn't include enough information.

Please include the information requested from https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs as separate attachments.

Changed in ubiquity:
assignee: nobody → martinp23
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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Nanley Chery (nanoman) wrote :

Thanks for your report. I'm afraid that one of your partitions seems to be too small to complete an Ubuntu desktop installation successfully. Bug 48355 notes that the partitioner should have warned you about this. This is fixed in 6.06.1.

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