Installer crashed

[Balazs Kanyo]

We're sorry; the installer crashed. Please file a bug report at https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug and a developer will attend to the problem as soon as possible. To help the developers understand what went wrong, include the following detail in your bug report, and attach the files /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman:

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

[Bruce Cowan (bruce89-deactivatedaccount)]

Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman to this bug, using the "Add Attachment" link on the bug's web page? Thanks in advance.

[Balazs Kanyo (boobek)]

My system : P IV 2.4Ghz (celeron), Nv geforce fx 5600 XT, MSI 845 PE MAX motherboard
And my non-default "install config" is( step 5 ):
I want to mount an ntfs(5gb, /mnt/hda2), a fat32(49Gb, /mnt/hda6), an reiserfs to "/" (hda7) and a boot partition(ext3, hda1) and an another reiserfs to "/var" (hda5) and for "/home" (hdc1) and an ntfs partition to /mnt/hdc2.
Its too much?:)

[Balazs Kanyo (boobek)]

in /var/log/installer/syslog :
Building dependency tree...
Skipping reiserfsprogs, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
v, 02 j<C3><BA>l 2006 19:44:48 INFO progress_loop()
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py']' for ubiquity.components.install.Install
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^.*/apt-install-failed$, CAPB, ERROR, PROGRESS
/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/apt/__init__.py:17: FutureWarning: apt API not stable yet
  warnings.warn("apt API not stable yet", FutureWarning)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1185, in ?
    if Install().run():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 212, in run
    if not self.copy_all():
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 385, in copy_all
    os.mknod(targetpath, stat.S_IFCHR | mode, st.st_rdev)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists
ubiquity: ['/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py'] exited with code 1
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 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

[Balazs Kanyo (boobek)]

its is

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. At present, you must reformat system partitions (e.g. /, /boot, /usr, or /var) during installation; bug 47046 is filed to note that the partitioner should warn you about this up-front. If you are upgrading an existing installation, then please see http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DapperUpgrades rather than using this installer.