installer crashed

[alanhawrelak]

Install from Ubuntu 6.06 running as a liveCD.
Install was going onto a machine with one DVD drive, and an 80G SATA disc.
The disc was partitioned into "/" - 74 G, swap - 1 G approx, "/home" - 5 G
The file systems on the disc were xfs on both "/" and "/home".
There was no network connection

I have the full files for:
/var/log/installer/syslog
/var/log/syslog
/var/log/partman

Here is the traceback:

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 mountpoint_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 here is the full contents of the file /var/log/installer/syslog:

Ubiquity 1.0.12
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:03 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
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:17 INFO Step_before = stepLanguage
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:18 INFO switched to page stepLocation
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:18 INFO Step_after = stepLocation
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/tzsetup']' for ubiquity.components.timezone.Timezone
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^time/zone$
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:33 INFO Step_before = stepLocation
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:33 INFO switched to page stepKeyboardConf
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:33 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: us
ubiquity: apply_keyboard: layout us, model pc104
ubiquity: Display map: {u'Swedish': u'se-latin1', u'Icelandic': u'is-latin1', u'Estonian': u'et', u'Romanian': u'ro', u'Italian': u'it', u'Latin American': u'la-latin1', u'Dutch': u'nl', u'Brazilian (EUA layout)': u'br-latin1', u'Belgian': u'be2-latin1', u'Danish': u'dk-latin1', u'Bulgarian': u'bg', u'Turkish (F layout)': u'trfu', u'Hungarian': u'hu', u'Macedonian': u'mk', u'Lithuanian': u'lt', u'French': u'fr-latin9', u'Norwegian': u'no-latin1', u'Slovakian': u'sk-qwerty', u'Russian': u'ru', u'Dvorak': u'dvorak', u'Slovene': u'slovene', u'Finnish': u'fi-latin1', u'British English': u'uk', u'Spanish': u'es', u'Greek': u'gr', u'Canadian French': u'cf', u'Latvian': u'lv-latin4', u'American English': u'us', u'Croatian': u'croat', u'Portuguese': u'pt-latin1', u'Czech': u'cz-lat2', u'Ukrainian': u'ua', u'Japanese': u'jp106', u'Belarusian': u'by', u'Turkish (Q layout)': u'trqu', u'German': u'de-latin1-nodeadkeys', u'Hebrew': u'hebrew', u'Polish': u'pl', u'Brazilian (ABNT2 layout)': u'br-abnt2', u'Swiss French': u'fr_CH-latin1', u'Swiss German': u'sg-latin1', u'Serbian (Cyrillic)': u'sr-cy'}
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', u'fr_CH-latin1', u'gr', u'hebrew', u'hu', u'is-latin1', u'it', u'lt', u'lv-latin4', u'jp106', u'mk', u'no-latin1', u'nl', u'pl', u'pt-latin1', u'br-abnt2', u'br-latin1', u'ro', u'ru', u'sk-qwerty', u'slovene', u'sr-cy', u'se-latin1', u'trfu', u'trqu', u'ua']
ubiquity: Choices: [u'Belarusian', u'Bulgarian', u'Croatian', u'Czech', u'Swiss German', u'German', u'Danish', u'American English', u'British English', u'Dvorak', u'Estonian', u'Spanish', u'Latin American', u'Finnish', u'French', u'Belgian', u'Canadian French', u'Swiss French', u'Greek', u'Hebrew', u'Hungarian', u'Icelandic', u'Italian', u'Lithuanian', u'Latvian', u'Japanese', u'Macedonian', u'Norwegian', u'Dutch', u'Polish', u'Portuguese', u'Brazilian (ABNT2 layout)', u'Brazilian (EUA layout)', u'Romanian', u'Russian', u'Slovakian', u'Slovene', u'Serbian (Cyrillic)', u'Swedish', u'Turkish (F layout)', u'Turkish (Q layout)', u'Ukrainian']
ubiquity: console-keymaps-at/keymap db: us
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:56 INFO Step_before = stepKeyboardConf
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:56 INFO switched to page stepUserInfo
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:19:56 INFO Step_after = stepUserInfo
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/lib/ubiquity/user-setup/user-setup-ask', '/target']' for ubiquity.components.usersetup.UserSetup
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^passwd/user-fullname$, ^passwd/username$, ^passwd/user-password$, ^passwd/user-password-again$, ERROR
ON STATE: 1
ON STATE: 2
ON STATE: 3
ON STATE: 4
ON STATE: 5
ON STATE: 6
ON STATE: 7
ON STATE: 8
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:20:57 INFO Step_before = stepUserInfo
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:20:57 INFO switched to page stepPartDisk
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:20:57 INFO Step_after = stepPartDisk
ubiquity: Starting up '/bin/partman' for ubiquity.components.partman.Partman
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^partman-auto/select_disk$, ^partman-auto/.*automatically_partition$, ^partman-partitioning/new_size$, ^partman/choose_partition$, ^partman/confirm.*, type:boolean, ERROR, PROGRESS
unsupported
kernelmodules_basicfilesystems
kernelmodules_ext3
kernelmodules_jfs
kernelmodules_reiserfs
kernelmodules_xfs
umount_target
parted
dump
update_partitions
filesystems_detected
auto_mountpoints
autouse_swap
backup
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:21:02 INFO switched to page stepPartAuto
ubiquity: /bin/partman exited with code 10
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:21:16 INFO Step_before = stepPartAuto
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:21:16 INFO gparted_loop()
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:21:16 INFO Disabling swap on /dev/sda6
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:21:16 INFO switched to page stepPartAdvanced
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:21:16 INFO Step_after = stepPartAdvanced
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:22:24 INFO Step_before = stepPartAdvanced
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:22:24 INFO switched to page stepPartMountpoints
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:22:24 INFO Step_after = stepPartMountpoints
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:23:03 INFO Step_before = stepPartMountpoints
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:23:03 INFO mountpoints: {'/dev/sda5': ('/', True, None), '/dev/sda6': ('swap', True, None), '/dev/sda7': ('/home', True, None)}
ubiquity: Starting up '/bin/partman' for ubiquity.components.partman_commit.PartmanCommit
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^partman/choose_partition$, ^partman/confirm.*, type:boolean, ERROR, PROGRESS
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/lib/partman': File exists
unsupported
kernelmodules_basicfilesystems
kernelmodules_ext3
kernelmodules_jfs
kernelmodules_reiserfs
kernelmodules_xfs
umount_target
parted
dump
update_partitions
filesystems_detected
auto_mountpoints
autouse_swap
backup
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:23:09 INFO switched to page stepReady
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/summary']' for ubiquity.components.summary.Summary
ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^ubiquity/summary$
swapon: /dev/sda6: Device or resource busy
swapon: /dev/sda6: Device or resource busy
swapon: /dev/sda6: Device or resource busy
swapon: /dev/sda6: Device or resource busy
umount /target/
umount /target/home
swapoff /dev/sda6
chroot: cannot run command `apt-get': No such file or directory
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:24:15 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)
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-manufacturer: No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-product-name: No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/system-version: No such file or directory
cat: /var/lib/acpi-support/bios-version: No such file or directory
ubiquity: Starting up '['sh', '-c', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/post-base-installer && /usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/prebaseconfig']' for ubiquity.components.language_apply.LanguageApply
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Skipping locales, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
E: Couldn't find package localization-config
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Skipping console-tools, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/apt-setup']' for ubiquity.components.apt_setup.AptSetup
/usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/01setup: line 7: /target/etc/apt/sources.list: No such file or directory
Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com dapper Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Err http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com dapper-updates Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-security/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-security/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Err http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security Release.gpg
  Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-security/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'
Reading package lists...
W: Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:31:30 INFO keeping language packs for: en
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://ca.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-updates/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'ca.archive.ubuntu.com'
Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/dapper-security/Release.gpg Temporary failure resolving 'security.ubuntu.com'

ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/lib/ubiquity/tzsetup/prebaseconfig']' for ubiquity.components.timezone_apply.TimezoneApply
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/clock-setup']' for ubiquity.components.clock_setup.ClockSetup
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/lib/ubiquity/kbd-chooser/prebaseconfig']' for ubiquity.components.kbd_chooser_apply.KbdChooserApply
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/lib/ubiquity/user-setup/user-setup-apply', '/target']' for ubiquity.components.usersetup_apply.UserSetupApply
ubiquity: Starting up '['/bin/hw-detect']' for ubiquity.components.hw_detect.HwDetect
find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/kernel: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option. Earlier results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched.
find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/kernel: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option. Earlier results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched.
find: WARNING: Hard link count is wrong for /lib/modules/2.6.15-23-386/kernel: this may be a bug in your filesystem driver. Automatically turning on find's -noleaf option. Earlier results may have failed to include directories that should have been searched.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Skipping discover1, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Skipping udev, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Skipping usbutils, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Skipping acpi, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Skipping acpid, it is already installed and upgrade is not set.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:07 INFO chroot /target mount -t proc proc /proc
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:07 INFO chroot /target mount -t sysfs sysfs /sys
Not touching initrd symlinks since we are being reinstalled (2.6.15-23.39)
Not updating image symbolic links since we are being updated (2.6.15-23.39)
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:37 INFO chroot /target dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive linux-image-2.6.15-23-386
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:39 INFO chroot /target dpkg-reconfigure -fnoninteractive linux-restricted-modules-2.6.15-23-386
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:39 INFO chroot /target umount /proc
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:40 INFO chroot /target umount /sys
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/ubiquity/check-kernels']' for ubiquity.components.check_kernels.CheckKernels
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:40 INFO mount --bind /proc /target/proc
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:40 INFO mount --bind /dev /target/dev
ubiquity: Starting up '['/usr/share/grub-installer/grub-installer', '/target']' for ubiquity.components.grubinstaller.GrubInstaller
ubiquity: ['/usr/share/grub-installer/grub-installer', '/target'] exited with code 10
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:41 INFO umount -f /target/proc
Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:32:41 INFO umount -f /target/dev
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

[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. The fact that the partitioner doesn't warn you about this up-front is also bug 47848, and is fixed in dapper-updates.

[towsonu2003 (towsonu2003)]

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