Ubiquity not launching on daily live cd

Bug #1222981 reported by DonnieD
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #1226912: ubiquity starts but does not appear. Edit Remove
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Ubiquity not launching on daily live cd. Daily build iso 20130908

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
Package: ubiquity 2.15.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-5.11-generic 3.11.0
Uname: Linux 3.11.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.12.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.336
Date: Mon Sep 9 18:50:59 2013
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Alpha amd64 (20130909)
MarkForUpload: True
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UbiquityDebug:
 Ubiquity 2.15.16

 (ubiquity:3582): Pango-WARNING **: error opening config file '/root/.config/pango/pangorc': Permission denied
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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DonnieD (donnied) wrote :
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DonnieD (donnied) wrote :

Then tried to launch trough terminal it writes already running. So I assume that something wrong with graphical part.

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DonnieD (donnied) wrote :

when tried sudo ubiquity I get : "Bus error (core dumped)"

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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DonnieD (donnied) wrote :

Managed to install after reformating usb and making new usb install. But still ubiquity launched not very easy.
Installer debug and syslog attached

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DonnieD (donnied) wrote :
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Joachim Johansson (joachim-j) wrote :

I got it to work after after installing 'gksu' and installing it through 'gksu ubiquity'.

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote :

One should use:
$ pkexec ubiquity

gksu is deprecated and to be removed from the archive soon.

Does it work when launched with pkexec?

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