Comment 11 for bug 670003

Mario,
You asked me to try a standard install of 10.10 to see if it fails in the
same way as it did when I tried to install Mythbuntu 10.10.

I have, and it does. The installer progress bar gets about 2/3 of the way
through the second phase, and then hangs at "Configuring hardware..".

I opened the little logging pane at the bottom of the Installer window. As
before, the last log record reads:
Ubuntu ubiquity: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initd.im.6.35-22-generic

You asked me to check processes running with ps aux.
I can't - I don't know how to open a terminal window. The panel at the top
of the screen is devoid of the Applications menu. The network, volume, and
power-down icons are present at the right end of the panel, but there's
nothing at the left.

This test was with the 10.10-desktop-i386 CD.
At setup, I did not select download updates or install 3rd party media
files.

Dave

> From: Mario Limonciello <email address hidden>
> Reply-To: Bug 670003 <email address hidden>
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 18:10:55 -0000
> To: David Cuddy <email address hidden>
> Subject: [Bug 670003] Re: mythbuntu 10.10 installer hangs at "Configure
> Hardware"
>
> According to those logs, it's in the process of rebuilding the initramfs
> which is one of the last steps for the configure_hardware step.
>
> Nov 2 15:25:37 ubuntu ubiquity: update-initramfs: Generating
> /boot/initrd.img-2.6.35-22-generic
>
> Could you check to see if you have a that process still running (ps
> aux)? It doesn't seem like it was killed by the OOM (that should be in
> the logs if so).
>
> This code falls directly in ubiquity, not the mythbuntu ubiquity
> plugins. Could you by chance compare to a standard Ubuntu 10.10 CD to
> help prove this assertion? I suspect it should also fail there.
>
> ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> mythbuntu 10.10 installer hangs at "Configure Hardware"
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/670003
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> Status in ³ubiquity² package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: ubiquity
>
> First time install of 10.10 from the Live CD onto a brand-new 1 TB hard drive.
> The installers stops doing anything when the status bar indicates it's about
> 3/4 done. Fifteen minutes later, it's made no further progress.
> CD light not flashing. No sign of any activity.
> I tried three times - got the same result each time.
>
> Options chosen:
> -combined front/back end
> - use Nvidia graphics drivers. Enable TV-out (S-video)
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
> Package: ubiquity 2.4.8
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.35-22.33-generic 2.6.35.4
> Uname: Linux 2.6.35-22-generic i686
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Tue Nov 2 11:48:42 2010
> LiveMediaBuild: Mythbuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release i386 (20101007)
> ProcEnviron:
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: ubiquity
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