Installer crashed (probably due to XFS /)

[Germano Rizzo]

raceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 266, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 741, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1029, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 538, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see "
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog

[Germano Rizzo (germano-rizzo)]

This happened while installing the packages for italian localization. It downloaded it, then after 4 min of installation it crashed.

[Germano Rizzo (germano-rizzo)]

Succeeded now. The only difference, the first time I was installing on a XFS root partition, now it's reiserfs. Hope this helps

[Simon Law (sfllaw)]

The installer asked you to attach /var/log/installer/syslog and
/var/log/partman. Could you please do so using the "Add Attachment"
link on the bug page?

Thanks.

[Matthew Buckett (buckett)]

My partman log from the same crash.

[Matthew Buckett (buckett)]

My syslog log from the same crash.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Matthew, please file a new bug rather than tagging log information onto an existing one. Also please attach /var/log/installer/syslog as well as /var/log/syslog. Thanks in advance.

[mrq1 (kubuntu-bugreporter)]

have the same here with kubuntu 6.06
/var/log/installer/syslog tells me:
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Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:46:31 INFO mount --bind /proc /target/proc
Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:46:31 INFO mount --bind /dev /target/dev
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/grub-installer/grub-installer', '/target']' for ubiquity.components.grubinstaller.GrubInstaller
ubiquity: ['/usr/share/grub-installer/grub-installer', '/target'] exited with code 10
Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:46:32 INFO umount -f /target/proc
Wed, 05 Jul 2006 19:46:32 INFO umount -f /target/dev
ubiquity: ['/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py'] exited with code 1
Exception in KDE frontend (invoking crash handler):
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 311, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 734, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 1047, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 524, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see "
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog
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after this, i run the command again in a terminal
(/usr/share/grub-installer/grub-installer', '/target)
i got this
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The GRUB boot loader installation often fails or hangs when /boot is on a XFS file system. Using LILO in this situation is recommended.
Install the GRUB boot loader to XFS file system? <Yes> <No>
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so this bug is definitly XFS related; should i do a new
and fresh bugreport for this???

i will try the install again with ext3!

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. Due to some reliability problems with GRUB and XFS, you need to use a non-XFS root filesystem or create a non-XFS /boot filesystem. Bug 47848 is filed to note that the partitioner should warn you about this up-front.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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