ubiquity crashes on launch

Bug #1487098 reported by Max Brustkern
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This bug affects 5 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
Unassigned
Declined for Wily by Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre

Bug Description

My traceback is here:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 649, in <module>
    main(oem_config)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 635, in main
    install(query=options.query)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 264, in install
    wizard = ui.Wizard(distro)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_ui.py", line 205, in __init__
    mod.ui = mod.ui_class(mod.controller)
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-wireless.py", line 221, in __init__
    self._setup_page()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-wireless.py", line 227, in _setup_page
    self.nmwidget = nmwidgets.NetworkManagerWidget()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_components/nmwidgets.py", line 355, in __init__
    self.progress_indicator = ProgressIndicator()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_components/nmwidgets.py", line 299, in __init__
    self.spinner = Spinner()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_components/Spinner.py", line 42, in __init__
    self.setPixmap(self.pixes[0])
IndexError: list index out of range

Also, while reporting this, I saw:
max@eden:~/bzr/ubiquity/autopilot$ ubuntu-bug ubiquity
ERROR: hook /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_ubiquity.py crashed:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 197, in _run_hook
    symb['add_info'](report, ui)
  File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_ubiquity.py", line 61, in add_info
    if 'Buffer I/O error on device' in syslog:
TypeError: 'str' does not support the buffer interface

(process:5214): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion 'sys_page_size == 0' failed

so I may need to file a separate bug about that.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10
Package: ubiquity 2.21.27
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.1.0-3.3-generic 4.1.3
Uname: Linux 4.1.0-3-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.18-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Thu Aug 20 11:24:22 2015
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to wily on 2014-01-15 (581 days ago)

Revision history for this message
Max Brustkern (nuclearbob) wrote :
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
importance: Undecided → Critical
no longer affects: ubiquity
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Triaged
tags: added: kubuntu
Revision history for this message
Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

I'm fixing the issue with /usr/share/apport/package-hooks/source_ubiquity.py independently and no bug report about it is necessary.

Revision history for this message
Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre (cyphermox) wrote :

Max, are you still seeing this issue at all?

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Critical → Medium
Revision history for this message
Max Brustkern (nuclearbob) wrote :

I have not seen it in some time, I think it's probably fixed now.

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