Xubuntu Fiesty Alpha2 installer crash on partitioning

[JasonB]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Crash occurred while attempting install on a Gateway 450SX4. A previous install of Dreamlinux had failed but other distros, including Xubuntu have not in the past. Will wipe disk with Gparted and try again.

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/gtkui.py", line 310, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 867, in process_step
    self.process_autopartitioning()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 922, in process_autopartitioning
    choice = self.get_autopartition_choice()[0]
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1620, in get_autopartition_choice
    raise AssertionError, "no active autopartitioning choice"
AssertionError: no active autopartitioning choice

[JasonB (jbitterly)]

After manually wiping disk before running the installer the problem still repeats. This time it hung for two minutes before crashing.

[JasonB (jbitterly)]

I have been playing with Gparted and finally got the installer to work. I don't know what exactly solved the problem so I'll list everything I did.

I changed the disklabel to gpt, restarted and the installer failed.
I changed the disklabel back to msdos, restarted and the installer failed.
I manually setup a primary ext3 partition, and swap partition. Then I formatted the ext3 partition in Gparted and added a boot flag. I restarted the installer and it did not fail.

[Kristoffer Grönlund (kegie)]

Hi,

I too get this error on my computer at home. Also, the gparted window doesn't seem to get embedded in the installer window at all, but it does seem to be running in the background.

Will add a new comment tomorrow with logs and a shot of the installer with missing parted window.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. This is also bug 76976, since fixed; run 'sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install debconf ubiquity' in a terminal window before starting the installer to pick up the fix.