Installer Crashed (fresh install on K40in, for dual boot with Win7)

[Mark San Gabriel]

I was installing Ubuntu 11.04 on my ASUS K40IN laptop. Installation didn't proceed successfully saying installer crashed and that I should file this bug report.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Exception during installation:
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1547, in <module>
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 56, in wrapper
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 208, in run
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.remove_extras()
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1303, in remove_extras
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.do_remove(regular)
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 923, in do_remove
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: if not cache.commit(fetchprogress, installprogress):
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/deprecation.py", line 98, in deprecated_function
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: return func(*args, **kwds)
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in commit
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: res = self._fetch_archives(fetcher, pm)
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 279, in _fetch_archives
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: raise LockFailedException("Failed to lock %s" % lockfile)
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: LockFailedException: Failed to lock /target/var/cache/apt/archives/lock
Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Mark San Gabriel (mfsangabriel-deactivatedaccount)]

Dear Brian,

Am I supposed to do something with these updates?

Anyway, just to inform you, I already got Ubuntu up and running. Initially I
only got the classic interface but after installation of Nvidia drivers, I
got Unity. One question though, why don't I have the option to switch
between classic or unity at startup?

Thanks for the updates and hopefully for the reply!

Regards,

Mark

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Brian Murray <email address hidden> wrote:

> Exception during installation:
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1547, in <module>
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 56, in wrapper
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 208, in run
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.remove_extras()
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1303, in remove_extras
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.do_remove(regular)
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 923, in do_remove
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: if not
> cache.commit(fetchprogress, installprogress):
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/deprecation.py", line 98, in
> deprecated_function
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: return func(*args, **kwds)
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 433, in commit
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: res =
> self._fetch_archives(fetcher, pm)
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File
> "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 279, in
> _fetch_archives
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: raise
> LockFailedException("Failed to lock %s" % lockfile)
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py: LockFailedException: Failed to
> lock /target/var/cache/apt/archives/lock
> Jul 2 00:39:20 ubuntu plugininstall.py:
>
>
> ** Tags added: installer-crash
>
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> Title:
> Installer Crashed (fresh install on K40in, for dual boot with Win7)
>
> Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
> New
>
> Bug description:
> I was installing Ubuntu 11.04 on my ASUS K40IN laptop. Installation
> didn't proceed successfully saying installer crashed and that I should
> file this bug report.
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[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 743359, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.