Installer crashed

[Konstantinos Kostarellis]

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/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, and /var/log/partman:

[Konstantinos Kostarellis (kostacooker)]

cat /var/log/installer/syslog

Ubiquity 1.0.12
Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:51:09 INFO switched to page stepLanguage
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/localechooser']' for ubiquity.components.language.Language
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^languagechooser/language-name
Di, 06 Jun 2006 00:51:13 INFO Step_before = stepLanguage
Di, 06 Jun 2006 00:51:14 INFO switched to page stepLocation
Di, 06 Jun 2006 00:51:14 INFO Step_after = stepLocation
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/tzsetup']' for ubiquity.components.timezone.Timezone
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^time/zone$

(time-admin:7243): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.

(time-admin:7295): GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
Di, 06 Jun 2006 00:49:47 INFO Step_before = stepLocation
Di, 06 Jun 2006 00:49:47 INFO switched to page stepKeyboardConf
Di, 06 Jun 2006 00:49:47 INFO Step_after = stepKeyboardConf
ubiquity: kbd-chooser prepare
ubiquity: Starting up '['/bin/sh', '-c', '. /usr/share/debconf/confmodule; exec /usr/lib/ubiquity/kbd-chooser/kbd-chooser']' for ubiquity.components.kbd_chooser.KbdChooser
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^kbd-chooser/method$, ^console-keymaps.*/keymap$, ERROR
ubiquity: apply_keyboard: de-latin1-nodeadkeys
ubiquity: apply_keyboard: layout de, variant nodeadkeys
ubiquity: Display map: {u'Englisch (britisch)': u'uk', u'Russisch': u'ru', u'Japanisch (106 Tasten)': u'jp106', u'Niederl\xe4ndisch': u'nl', u'Franz\xf6sisch (mit Euro)': u'fr-latin9', u'Tschechisch': u'cz-lat2', u'Ukrainisch': u'ua', u'Italienisch': u'it', u'Brasilianisch (ABNT2 Anordnung)': u'br-abnt2', u'Bulgarisch': u'bg', u'Schwedisch': u'se-latin1', u'Polnisch': u'pl', u'Lateinamerikanisch': u'la-latin1', u'Schweizerdeutsch': u'sg-latin1', u'Hebr\xe4isch': u'hebrew', u'Franz\xf6sisch (Schweizerisch)': u'fr_CH-latin1', u'Belgisch': u'be2-latin1', u'T\xfcrkisch (F Anordnung)': u'trfu', u'Dvorak': u'dvorak', u'Englisch (amerikanisch)': u'us', u'Finnisch': u'fi-latin1', u'Portugiesisch': u'pt-latin1', u'Kroatisch': u'croat', u'Spanisch': u'es', u'Slowenisch': u'slovene', u'T\xfcrkisch (Q Anordnung)': u'trqu', u'Franz\xf6sisch (Kanadisch)': u'cf', u'Rum\xe4nisch': u'ro', u'Wei\xdfrussisch': u'by', u'Ungarisch': u'hu', u'Serbisch (Kyrillisch)': u'sr-cy', u'Deutsch': u'de-latin1-nodeadkeys', u'Litauisch': u'lt', u'Estnisch': u'et', u'Brasilianisch (EUA Anordnung)': u'br-latin1', u'D\xe4nisch': u'dk-latin1', u'Lateinamerika lv-latin4': u'lv-latin4', u'Slovakisch': u'sk-qwerty', u'Griechisch': u'gr', u'Isl\xe4ndisch': u'is-latin1', u'Mazedonisch': u'mk', u'Norwegisch': u'no-latin1'}
ubiquity: Untranslated choices: [u'by', u'bg', u'croat', u'cz-lat2', u'sg-latin1', u'de-latin1-nodeadkeys', u'dk-latin1', u'us', u'uk', u'dvorak', u'et', u'es', u'la-latin1', u'fi-latin1', u'fr-latin9', u'be2-latin1', u'cf...

[Konstantinos Kostarellis (kostacooker)]

cat /var/log/syslog
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu syslogd 1.4.1#17ubuntu7: restart.
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.15-23-386
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: Loaded 23018 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.15-23-386.
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.15.
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] Linux version 2.6.15-23-386 (buildd@rothera) (gcc version 4.0.3 (Ubuntu 4.0.3-1ubuntu5)) #1 PREEMPT Tue May 23 13:49:40 UTC 2006
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f800 (usable)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 000000000009f800 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000003fff0000 (usable)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 000000003fff0000 - 000000003fff3000 (ACPI NVS)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 000000003fff3000 - 0000000040000000 (ACPI data)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 00000000fec01000 (reserved)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 00000000fee00000 - 00000000fee01000 (reserved)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] 127MB HIGHMEM available.
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] 896MB LOWMEM available.
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] On node 0 totalpages: 262128
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] DMA32 zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:0
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] Normal zone: 225280 pages, LIFO batch:31
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] HighMem zone: 32752 pages, LIFO batch:7
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] DMI 2.2 present.
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: RSDP (v000 Nvidia ) @ 0x000f75e0
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: RSDT (v001 Nvidia AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff3000
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: FADT (v001 Nvidia AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff3040
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: MADT (v001 Nvidia AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AWRD 0x00000000) @ 0x3fff7640
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: DSDT (v001 NVIDIA AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MSFT 0x0100000e) @ 0x00000000
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
Jun 6 00:45:15 ubuntu kernel: [4294667.296000] Proc...

[Konstantinos Kostarellis (kostacooker)]

cat /var/log/partman
/bin/partman: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/01unsupported: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/30parted: *******************************************************
parted_server: ======= Starting the server
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 1
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/30parted: IN: OPEN =dev=sda /dev/sda
parted_server: Read command: OPEN
parted_server: command_open()
parted_server: Request to open =dev=sda
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: Note =dev=sda as unchanged
parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 2
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/init.d/35dump: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/35dump: IN: DUMP =dev=sda
parted_server: Read command: DUMP
parted_server: command_dump()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: OUT: OK

parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 3
parted_server: Opening infifo
Device: yes
Model: ATA ST3300622AS
Path: /dev/sda
Sector size: 512
Sectors: 586072368
Sectors/track: 63
Heads: 255
Cylinders: 36481
Partition table: yes
Type: msdos
Partitions: # id length type fs path name
(0,0,0) (0,0,62) -1 0-32255 32256 primary label /dev/sda-1
(0,1,0) (2609,254,62) 1 32256-21467980799 21467948544 primary ntfs /dev/sda1
(2610,0,0) (36480,254,62) 2 21467980800-300066439679 278598458880 primary extended /dev/sda2
(2610,0,0) (2610,0,62) -1 21467980800-21468013055 32256 logical label /dev/sda-1
(2610,1,0) (28717,254,62) 5 21468013056-236213591039 214745577984 logical ext3 /dev/sda5
(28718,0,0) (28718,0,62) -1 236213591040-236213623295 32256 logical label /dev/sda-1
(28718,1,0) (28749,254,62) 6 236213623296-236476799999 263176704 logical ext3 /dev/sda6
(28750,0,0) (28750,0,62) -1 236476800000-236476832255 32256 logical label /dev/sda-1
(28750,1,0) (29010,254,62) 7 236476832256-238623598079 2146765824 logical linux-swap /dev/sda7
(29011,0,0) (29011,0,62) -1 238623598080-238623630335 32256 logical label /dev/sda-1
(29011,1,0) (30877,254,62) 8 238623630336-253980195839 15356565504 logical xfs /dev/sda8
(30878,0,0) (30878,0,62) -1 253980195840-253980228095 32256 logical label /dev/sda-1
(30878,1,0) (32744,254,62) 9 253980228096-269336793599 15356565504 logical xfs /dev/sda9
(32745,0,0) (32745,0,62) -1 269336793600-269336825855 32256 logical label /dev/sda-1
(32745,1,0) (34611,254,62) 10 269336825856-284693391359 15356565504 logical xfs /dev/sda10
(34612,0,0) (34612,0,62) -1 284693391360-284693423615 32256 logical label /dev/sda-1
(34612,1,0) (36480,254,62) 11 284693423616-300066439679 15373016064 logical xfs /dev/sda11
(36481,0,0) (36481,80,62) -1 300066439680-300069052415 2612736 primary label /dev/sda-1
Dump finished.
/lib/partman/init.d/70update_partitions: *******************************************************
/lib/partman/init.d/70update_partitions: IN: PARTITIONS =dev=sda
parted_server: Read command: PARTITIONS
parted_server: comm...

[Konstantinos Kostarellis (kostacooker)]

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/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

[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.