Gutsy Tribe 5: Ubiquity crashes when there isn't enough disk space

[William Lachance]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Steps to reproduce:

Reproduced on a blank VMWare session.

1. When running Ubiquity, when on partitions, select "manual".
2. Select some number number lower than 2gb for the primary partition size (say, 1.9gb)

Expected result:

Installer shouldn't be allowed to proceed, since there isn't enough disk space to install. At the very
least, it should explain what has happened.

Actual result:

Installer just crashes and disappears when it's almost complete. No error messages, no nothing.

[William Lachance (wrlach)]

Here's a relevant snippet from Ubiquity's debug log (/var/log/installer/debug):

Sep 12 11:48:36 debconf (filter): <-- PROGRESS SET 95
Sep 12 11:48:36 debconf (filter): widget found for ubiquity/install/title
Sep 12 11:48:36 debconf (filter): --> 0 OK
Sep 12 11:48:41 debconf (filter): <-- PROGRESS STOP
Sep 12 11:48:41 debconf (filter): widget found for ubiquity/install/title
Sep 12 11:48:41 debconf (filter): --> 0 OK
Sep 12 11:48:41 ubiquity: ['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py'] exited with code 1
Exception in GTK frontend (invoking crash handler):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 211, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 208, in main
    install()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 65, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 407, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 734, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1782, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 318, in run
    self.copy_all()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 514, in copy_all
    targetfh.close()
IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 211, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 208, in main
    install()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 65, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 407, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py", line 734, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1782, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 318, in run
    self.copy_all()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 514, in copy_all
    targetfh.close()
IOError: [Errno 28] No space left on device

[William Lachance (wrlach)]

Eugh, nevermind. This is a duplicate of 77966.