Kubuntu install partitioning tool problem

[Swâmi Petaramesh]

Binary package hint: base-installer

Trying to install Kubuntu (from live Desktop CD) on a system with a rather complex partitioning scheme and a large number of "partitions" (system using EVMS + LVM2 with already existing partitions and LVM setup), the "Manual" choice in the partitioning tool displays a large box full of solid blue and red rectangles (without any text) which I guess represents system partitions.

The matter is that this partitions (?) window, in my case, is much taller than my physical display, and has no scrollbars, so there's no way I can see what's at the bottom of the window (buttons maybe ?), nor can I move it up (the window "move" refuses to move the widow title bar higher than the physical screen), and I'm stuck there where I can't perform any action - but close the window and installer.

So I went to an Ubuntu CD and tried the same, and there it works because the Ubuntu live Desktop CD installer, when choosing "manual partitions setup", gives a window where the partitions are listed as text, and can be scrolled (using window scrollbar) for proper selection and configuration.

So this problem is specific to the Kubuntu 7.04 "live" installer in "manual partitioning" mode, but it's allright in "Ubuntu".

So I had to first install Ubuntu this way, then install Kubuntu packages once Ubuntu was up and running. That's annoying :-}

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Jonathan, this sounds like a bug in your KDE disk bar widget. Could you add scrolling or something to it, please?

[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.

[Marcus Tomlinson (marcustomlinson)]

This issue has sat incomplete for more than 60 days now. I'm going to close it as invalid. Please feel free re-open if this is still an issue for you. Thank you.