Installer crashes at Keyboard detect screen(but can continue) then crashes at configuring time-zone

[Chris Lech]

I am installing under VirtualBox, with default settings using latest build of VirtualBox. An error comes up at Keyboard detect screen but can continue past user details and then finally crashes completely at Configuring time-zones.

The following from /var/syslog may be helpful:

Jun 6 23:24:15 ubuntu in-target: Reading package lists...
Jun 6 23:24:15 ubuntu in-target:
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu ubiquity: sed: can't read //etc/default/rcS: No such file or directory
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity umount /target/cdrom
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu finish-install: Disabling CDROM entries in sources.list
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1778, in <module>
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 204, in run
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_plugins()
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 570, in configure_plugins
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.run_plugin(plugin)
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 547, in run_plugin
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: "Plugin %s failed with code %s" % (plugin.NAME, ret))
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: Plugin timezone failed with code 2
Jun 6 23:24:16 ubuntu /plugininstall.py:
Jun 6 23:26:04 ubuntu ubiquity: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "overlay-scrollbar"

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubiquity 16.10.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-23.41-generic 4.4.10
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu4
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376
Date: Tue Jun 7 00:26:04 2016
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Alpha amd64 (20160606)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1778, in <module>
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 204, in run
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_plugins()
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 570, in configure_plugins
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.run_plugin(plugin)
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 547, in run_plugin
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: "Plugin %s failed with code %s" % (plugin.NAME, ret))
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: Plugin timezone failed with code 2
Jun 6 23:13:55 ubuntu /plugininstall.py:

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 1587602, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.