Graphical Installer crashes in step 6 (Partitioning)

[xxtobi]

Even with the flight 7 version of Kubuntu 6.06 LTS I encounter a bug upon step 6 (partitioning) of the graphical install wizard on the live CD. Once picking any of the offered partitioning modes in step 6, the installer crashes with the following output:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 112, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 52, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 305, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 719, in process_step
    self.process_disk_selection()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 771, in process_disk_selection
    if self.manual_choice is None or unicode(choice, "utf-8") == self.manual_choice:
TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported

Looks like a bug in the python script, happened to me with beta2 as well.

Hope you can fix it soon - good luck
xxtobi

[Luc de Louw (luc-delouw)]

I can confirm this in the latest beta (as of 2006-05-09.

The traceback shows different lines where the installer is crashing.

rgds

Luc

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 536, in on_next_clicked
    self.dbfilter.ok_handler()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/components/partman.py", line 211, in ok_handler
    disk_choice = self.frontend.get_disk_choice()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 754, in get_disk_choice
    return unicode(self.autopartition_buttongroup_texts[id])
KeyError: 0

[Chris West (faux)]

I can confirm this with Kubuntu Flight 7 AMD64.

Using a british/english setup.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 112, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 52, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 305, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 719, in process_step
    self.process_disk_selection()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 771, in process_disk_selection
    if self.manual_choice is None or unicode(choice, "utf-8") == self.manual_choice:
TypeError: decoding Unicode is not supported

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

This is bug 43125, which I fixed on Friday; see http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/ for fixed images.

Luc: different tracebacks mean different bugs. Your problem is bug 41865, and is fixed in Flight CD 7 (but you might as well use a daily build, as above).