ubiquity crashed with AttributeError in __init__()

[Krzysztof Klimonda]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

I was trying to install using current amd64 live cd in KVM and ubiquity has crashed at some point (probably after all files were copied)

ProblemType: Crash
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 24 17:28:57 2010
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.6
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 10.04 "Lucid Lynx" - Alpha amd64 (20100324)
Package: ubiquity 2.2.7
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity
ProcEnviron: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/proc/3236/environ'
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-17.26-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
PythonArgs: ['/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity']
SourcePackage: ubiquity
Title: ubiquity crashed with AttributeError in __init__()
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-17-generic x86_64
UserGroups:

[Martin Lindhe (martinlindhe)]

this issue is a critical one, since it makes installations impossible!

it happened to me while installing amd64 livecd daily snapshot from 20100325 on a Asus EEE 1201N

[TheeMahn (theemahn)]

I can confirm this bug, apport sent me here. I can attach any information necessary. Ubiquity crashes at the very end of the installation.

[WinfriedSowa (info-winfried-sowa)]

i have no computer available where an installation comes to the end.
i ve got this problem on dual cores intel and amd, the intel is a new fujitsu espromo

[AngelGR (angelgar)]

Same problem with a Dell v13. Ubiquity crashes at the end of the installation process. All the files seem to be on the hard disk, but the system is unusable, so this is a critical error.
Thanks for your work. ;-)

[Guntbert Reiter (guntbert)]

same situation in a Virtual Box VM, with today's (26.3.2010) daily - near the end of installation you land in the "live CD" environment - and apport does its thing

[Jeremy Yoder (jyoder)]

Same here except I'm using vmware player 3.0.1 to do the install. 2010-03-26 daily desktop x64 cd.

[Arduous (samuel-progin)]

Same situation. I tried
$ sudo ubiquity -d --pdb | tee debug.log
but debug.log remains empty, and was even not dropped into the python debugger

[Steffen Rusitschka (rusi)]

A workaround is to execute grub-install /dev/sda and reboot.

I also did an update-grub in a chroot but that printed out some errors and I guess it wasn't necessary ...

[Martin Lindhe (martinlindhe)]

marked this as a duplicate of #549478 as it happens in the same scenario, and the underlying problem "Permission denied: '/proc/3236/environ'" is the same