Fails to install until third try

Bug #55840 reported by terwilliger
This bug report is a duplicate of:  Bug #52682: debconf frontend went away -- kde-ui. Edit Remove
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

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/kde-ui.py", line 158, 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():
Easily repeatable. Has happened on every machine -- first two attempts fail to create a file system, then hang at 14%. Third time works.

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Mateusz Drożdżyński (matid) wrote :

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.

Changed in ubiquity:
status: Unconfirmed → Needs Info
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terwilliger (terwilligerjones) wrote :
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terwilliger (terwilligerjones) wrote :
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terwilliger (terwilligerjones) wrote :
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Henrik Nilsen Omma (henrik) wrote :

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.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

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