Kubuntu 6.06 Installation Crashes on AMD64

[duckdown]

Quite simply, I received free Kubuntu & Ubuntu 64-bit versions for free in the mail on CD (I was thrilled), however, installation is a complete nightmare and fails early into the process once the copying of files is complete.

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/kde-ui.py", line 311, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 734, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 1047, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 524, 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

That is the output and the reason for crashing apparently

It is an AMD64 3500+ 2.2GHZ S939
Abit AN8-Ultra nForce4 Motherboard
3D Fuzion (By BFG) 7300LE PCI-Express VideoCard
512mb DDR400 Crucial RAM

Please let me know how this turns out

[Vassilis Pandis (pandisv)]

Could you please attach /var/log/installer/syslog, /var/log/syslog, and /var/log/partman to this bug, by commenting on the bug's web page? Thanks in advance.

[duckdown (liquidhex)]

Hi

So I tried to re-install again (since I shutdown after yesterdays fiasco) and it has happened again... I watched it closely this time.

It finishes copying the files, and finishes scanning the mirrors, and loading modules, it fails at the 96% "Configuring boot loader...' stage.

Once again the trace output that its asked me to report is:

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/kde-ui.py", line 311, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 734, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 1047, in mountpoints_to_summary
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 524, 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

I will attatch the files you requested, however I am only allowed to attatch one attatchment a time for some reason.

Here is /var/log/installer/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.