ubiquity - manual partitioning; edit partition & cannot select/do anything

[Chris Guiver]

Ubuntu Desktop (impish) QA-test install to
- hp dc7700 (c2d-e6320, 5gb, nvidia quadro nvs 290)

Selected manual partitioing, plan is to replace a 20.04.3 (Xubuntu) install with this impish one, selected the partition and hit CHANGE

Edit partition window opens up where I want to change "Use as:" from "do not use" to "/"

** Expected results

It will let me select partition sda5 as /

** Actual results

I cannot select the USE AS drop down, nor click OK, CANCEL, adjust size or anything.

** More details

I can CTRL+ALT+T and explore system, no crash files, nothing evident in dmesg or journalctl; squashfs check completed correctly..

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this box has had issues groovy+ with nouveau; but that's usually not impacting install itself; just post-install checks when I adjust screens/wallpapers etc. I looked for tell-tale crash reports in logs but didn't see any

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 21.10
Package: ubiquity 21.10.5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.13.0-14.14-generic 5.13.1
Uname: Linux 5.13.0-14-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu68
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.465
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Sep 3 11:28:58 2021
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 21.10 "Impish Indri" - Alpha amd64 (20210903)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

screenshot - no window on (primary) screen is actionable..

CLOSE X top right does nothing, nor OK/CANCEL/QUIT/BACK/INSTALL/Size/Use-as/format

(I can close, minimize etc the terminal on the second screen though; where I ran `ubuntu-bug`)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1942603

[Michael Hudson-Doyle (mwhudson)]

I can't reproduce this in a VM, at least. Does it happen on all systems / partition arrangements you try?

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

@mwhudson

I DON't BELIEVE SO

(most of my QA-testing is with Lubuntu/calamares and I haven't experienced it there. Most installs are all disk, with 20.04.3 I did install-alongside/auto-resize with xubuntu & kubuntu (those were QA-tests on iso.qa.ubu.com needing to be done) meaning a number of partitions existed; this install was to just re-use one of those created partitions. That is a somewhat common install practice by me; but it's been rare that I've done it with `ubiquity` in recent cycles.

I'll endeavor to do some more testing with `ubiquity` (Ubuntu or Xubuntu) but that maybe a few days

(as stated this box isn't a fan of GNOME/KDE (nouveau); and maybe the graphic issues reared up & the window thus wasn't being updated? however the `dmesg` output I uploaded isn't filled with endless errors as occurs when issues with graphics occur)

[Chris Guiver (guiverc)]

I did some exploration

then ended up with another error on same box

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1944009

dc7700 started with 2 lubuntu impish installs

(1) one was replaced with ubuntu impish; http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/424/builds/236863/testcases/1302/results/ ; NO ISSUES

(2) the issue I was exploring had three installs; so I performed a auto-resize http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/424/builds/236863/testcases/1301/results/ ; NO ISSUES

(3) this install; I attempted to replace partition, alas did NOT use FORMAT (which would have been quicker) but it should still have worked.. THIS IS THE INSTALL THAT JUST GOT STUCK & LOOPED

which is filed in new report.

Either way I don't think this report is of much use until it's encountered on another box. I end the other report with this comment

"Either way - I don't think this is a fixable issue; maybe a quirk in this box which is getting rather old..

I wonder though if they are related; but still don't think a Ubuntu concern, unless the issue is confirmed on a different box"

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) has reached end of life, so this bug will not be fixed for that specific release.