Ubiquity does't start, hangs in "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 426, in acquire_lock, test_debconf.stdout.readline()
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ubiquity (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Ubuntu Installer Team | ||
Trusty |
Fix Released
|
Critical
|
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre |
Bug Description
All flavors and archs of Utopic Desktop.
Last known good image is 20140527.
ubiquity-dm and ubiquity do not start.
Ubiquity started from the command line hangs forever, interrupting with CTRL-C shows that it's waiting on:
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ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ ubiquity -d
^CTraceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/
main(
File "/usr/lib/
acquire_lock()
File "/usr/lib/
test_
KeyboardInterrupt
umount: /var/lib/
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The following command works fine from the command line
echo "VERSION 2.0"|sudo debconf-communitate -fnoninteractive ubiquity
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 3.15.0-5-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Jun 5 08:54:35 2014
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140604)
ProcEnviron:
SHELL=/bin/bash
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
XDG_RUNTIME_
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
Related branches
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Confirmed → Fix Committed |
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu Trusty): | |
status: | New → In Progress |
importance: | Undecided → Critical |
assignee: | nobody → Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (mathieu-tl) |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.