Comment 3 for bug 340409

Yeah, in fact I didn't post it as an Ubiquity bug, I didn't think it
had to do with ubiquity necessairly. It was moved to Ubiquity by
soneone. Though thanks for your explanation!
Greetings, Luca D. M.

Il giorno 30/mar/09, alle ore 15:38, Colin Watson <<email address hidden>
 > ha scritto:

> OK, glad you got it sorted out. As a note for the future, "Input/
> output
> error" is basically never a ubiquity bug - it means that ubiquity is
> trying to read and the kernel is telling it "nuh-uh, can't do that".
> In
> this case ubiquity is only ever the victim of a bug elsewhere.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Invalid
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Assignee: (unassigned) => Colin Watson (cjwatson)
>
> --
> Ubuntu Intrepid cannot be remastered: Ubiquity reports I/O error
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/340409
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>
> Status in “ubiquity” source package in Ubuntu: Invalid
>
> Bug description:
> Hallo people, this is critic for me since if I don't solve it, there
> won't be a new OpenGEU release (I'm the creator of OpenGEU). I'm
> having troubles remastering Intrepid. I tried using Reconstructor,
> then UCK and then the official way described in the wiki:
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization
>
> What I do is:
> 1) download the latest Ubuntu 8.10 and rip it. Then I immediately
> add my repos and gpg key.
> 2) apt-get update
> 3) apt-get upgrade
> 4) completely uninstall Gnome following this command:
> http://www.psychocats.net/ubuntu/purekde
> Of course, instead of installing kde, I install opengeu-desktop
> 5) I install the extra packages for the iso:
> unrar unace p7zip p7zip-full arj abiword abiword-plugins claws-mail
> gimp gnome-games gnome-orca xscreensaver libdeskbar-tracker pidgin
> transmission-gtk vinagre xsane rhythmbox totem-gstreamer gnash
> jokosher hydrogen avidemux kino streamtuner sound-juicer ubiquity
> etkchanger firefox
> That's because in step number 4 ubiquity is uninstalled.
> 6) apt-get clean and apt-get autoclean
> 7) I set the default session:
> rm /usr/bin/x-window-manager
> ln -s /usr/local/bin/enlightenment_start /usr/bin/x-window-manager
> Change the files inside isolinux, like the png picture and the menu
> entries, so that OpenGEU is mentioned rather than ubuntu..
> 9) I change the contents of 50mirror ubuntu to add my repos.
> 10) I change an option into the ubiquity app launcher, so that it is
> not only shown in gnome and xfce
> 11) I change GDM, Usplash, etc.
> 12) Set my prefered files in etc/skel
>
> Then I compile the iso and everything goes OK but... when I try to
> install it with ubiquity, at a certain percentage the installer
> tells me there's been an Imput/Output error and that this is often
> due to a bad working CD or Hard Disc... but I'm using an iso and am
> installing the iso in a Virtual Machine using VMWare Fusion. Note
> that the normal Intrepid Live CD installs correctly, therefore there
> is an error.
>
> How is it possible? This is the way I always created OpenGEU 'till
> now. I never had problems except for this Intrepid release. Please
> help, this is really critical for me.
>
> Just for you to know, I tried modifying nothing but language packs,
> or installing Abiword and removing openoffice alone, to see if the
> problem was on my packages and not on Ubuntu side. No success. The
> installation after a remaster fails in ANY CASE I tried.
>
> More than this, I even tried to run Ubiquity from terminal but
> there's no output error, so I cannot understand what's the problem.
> I hoped I would have had some output using the -d option in
> ubiquity, but no output at all. It really looks like some parts of
> the Live CD are unreadable for Ubiquity. I cannot figure out
> anything else.
> More details can be found here:
>
> http://reconstructor.aperantis.com/i...3&id=1266#1266
>
> What really makes me sad is that even manual reconstructing the
> distro without any automated tool or scripts generates no working
> installer... why? :_(
>
> I really need help people. Ubuntu should be moddable. Right now, it
> is not, at least for me.