installer crash

[Emil Salib]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

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 264, in run
    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

[Emil Salib (salibeh)]

First File : /var/log/installer/syslog
Ubiquity 1.0.12
Ubiquity 1.0.12
Ubiquity 1.0.12
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process
Exception in GTK 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 54, in install
    wizard = ui.Wizard(distro)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 139, in __init__
    cloexec=True))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 125, in __init__
    write=self.dccomm.tochild)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 48, in __init__
    self.setUp(title)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 51, in setUp
    self.version = self.version(2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
    lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 81, in command
    status = int(status)
ValueError: invalid literal for int():

Error in sys.excepthook:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 185, in excepthook
    self.crash_detail_label.set_text(tbtext)
AttributeError: Wizard instance has no attribute 'crash_detail_label'

Original exception was:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 54, in install
    wizard = ui.Wizard(distro)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 139, in __init__
    cloexec=True))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 125, in __init__
    write=self.dccomm.tochild)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 48, in __init__
    self.setUp(title)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 51, in setUp
    self.version = self.version(2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
    lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 81, in command
    status = int(status)
ValueError: invalid literal for int():
Exception in GTK 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 54, in install
    wizard = ui.Wizard(distro)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 139, in __init__
    cloexec=True))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 125, in __init__
    write=self.dccomm.tochild)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 48, in __init__
    self.setUp(title)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 51, in setUp
    self.version = self.version(2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
    lambda *args, **kw: self.command(co...

[DaveThacker (dthacker9)]

Thanks for submitting this bug. It looks like this is submitted against ubiquity 1.0.12. What version of Ubuntu were you using? What are the exact steps needed to reproduce this error?

Thanks for providing that info.

[Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik)]

We are seeing a large number of these bugs (which we are tagging as debconf-frontend-crash). While we are not 100% that they all have the same cause (we have not yet found the cause) we are grouping them together as duplicates.