after step 7 the installer quits silently

[Iuga Marian Silviu]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I started Ubuntu 9.10 beta in live mode.
I started the installer.
(When I reached the partition section I filed bug
440901, using ALT+F2 "ubuntu-bug ubiquity"
and I made a Printf screen capture.)
Then I went fine through all steps.

After the confirmation at step 7 the installer
tries to start partitioning and disapears.

(It also disapears after starting it again
and going through the steps.)
I am testing on Virtualbox 3.0.6

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Sat Oct 3 00:08:32 2009
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.10
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" - Beta i386 (20090929.2)
Package: ubiquity 1.99.28
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=ro_RO.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-11.36-generic
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-11-generic i686

[mabawsa (mabawsa)]

Same here only I am installing on an Thinkpad X23

[Iuga Marian Silviu (iugamarian)]

It stops after step 7 even if I imediately select Install after booting cd.
In this case, after step 7 it starts live, with a crash report exclamation in
tray to report for ubiquity.

[mabawsa (mabawsa)]

Got round this by using the alternative install CD

[grigori (gexi-deactivatedaccount)]

same here. crashes as soon as the partitioning process is about to start. from both live-de and direct install.

[Evan (ev)]

Can anyone experiencing this bug try the following and report back:

Remove the ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu package, then attempt an install.

If the install is successful, please boot the live CD a second time so you get the slideshow package back. Go into Preferences -> Software Sources -> Other Software and add "ppa:evand/ppa", then let it reload your configuration. Install libwebkit-1.0-2, then make sure you have the correct version from my ppa. The output of `dpkg -s libwebkit-1.0-2 | grep Version` should be 1.1.15.2-1~evand. Try an install again.

Please let me know via this bug report whether removing the slideshow package fixed the bug, and if so, whether adding the version of webkit from my ppa also fixed the bug.

Thanks!

[Iuga Marian Silviu (iugamarian)]

By removing ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu in synaptic the install works. Fixed the bug.
Rebooted.
By upgrading libwebkit-1.0-2 in synaptic the install works. Fixed the bug.

Thank you for making the beta installable.

[Evan (ev)]

Thanks for your help in getting to the bottom of this. I'm marking this bug as fixed.