Kubuntu installer crashes while partitioning step (step 6 of 7)

[TMaYaD]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Trying to install feisty herd 2 release from desktop cd, installer crashes on step 6 of 7

Prepare disk space
How do you want to partition the disk?

Shows a brief progress bar dialogue that apparently goes to 100% and then crashes, showind installer crashed window.

gives the following detail

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 185, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 180, in main
    install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 56, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 328, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 804, in process_step
    self.process_autopartitioning()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 858, in process_autopartitioning
    choice = self.get_autopartition_choice()[0]
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 1573, in get_autopartition_choice
    choice = unicode(self.autopartition_buttongroup_texts[id])
KeyError: -1

[TMaYaD (mr-subhash+launchpad)]

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[zvonsully (fatasuparata)]

solution:
1.enable the network
2. get a root sh (type in a konsole sudo su)
3. update ubiquity
apt-get update;
apt-get install ubiquity-frontend-kde
or apt-get upgrade :P

Good luck!

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 76976. As observed by zvonsully, upgrading ubiquity before starting the installer will clear it up.

[JakubSuder (jakub-suder)]

I got the same error (I think) in Feisty 5. I first ran the installer in Polish, got to the manual partitioning dialog and closed it, as I didn't actually want to install the system on disk (I didn't get this error this time). Then I ran it again, but I selected English because I wanted to report another bug and wanted to know what the original messages were. And then I got this (either in the manual partitioning dialog, or one page before, I don't remember):

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 201, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 196, in main
    install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 56, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 341, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 832, in process_step
    self.process_autopartitioning()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 890, in process_autopartitioning
    choice = self.get_autopartition_choice()[0]
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde-ui.py", line 1621, in get_autopartition_choice
    choice = unicode(self.autopartition_buttongroup_texts[id])
KeyError: -1

[JakubSuder (jakub-suder)]

I can't get this error in Feisty Beta although I'm trying, so it may be fixed...

[Alex (gsasha)]

Yes it is fixed already, feel free to close it.

[ianx (indechambers)]

Thanks much, I will have to get a later build.

Regards