Installer crashed

[georgz]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Started Ubuntu AMD64 Desktop CD. Started installer.

Went through it until the Partitioning. This screen didn't come up and crashed before with this error:

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

I never wanted to use autopartionining...

Maybe this is due to the fact that I have two SATA disks in the PC (one already partitioned, sda, and one unpartitioned, sdb).

I'll attach the requested files later.

[georgz (georgz)]

This is reproducible, crashes all the time I run the installer.

[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' before starting the installation to pick up the fix.

[georgz (georgz)]

Colin,

this seems to not work for me (using AMD64 desktop cd) due to problems
with ubitquity:

$ sudo apt-get install debconf ubiquity
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
debconf is already the newest version.
ubiquity is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 266 not upgraded.
2 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up ubiquity-frontend-gtk (1.3.14) ...
file does not exist: /usr/share/apport/ubiquity-frontend-gtk.py
pycentral: pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (3)
pycentral pkginstall: error byte-compiling files (3)
dpkg: error processing ubiquity-frontend-gtk (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of ubiquity:
 ubiquity depends on ubiquity-frontend-1.3.14; however:
  Package ubiquity-frontend-1.3.14 is not installed.
  Package ubiquity-frontend-gtk which provides
ubiquity-frontend-1.3.14 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing ubiquity (--configure):
 dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
 ubiquity-frontend-gtk
 ubiquity
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

This was the second run so no downloading info present. Interestingly
there is no ubiquity-frontend package.

Bye,
Georg

2007/1/23, Colin Watson <email address hidden>:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 76976 ***
>
> Thanks for your report. This is also bug 76976, since fixed; run 'sudo
> apt-get update; sudo apt-get install debconf ubiquity' before starting
> the installation to pick up the fix.
>
> ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 76976
> [feisty] no autopartitioning options presented?
>
> --
> Installer crashed
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/81008
>

[Andrew Ash (ash211)]

It looks like the apt database didn't get updated before you tried to install the updated packages, georgz. Make sure you have run `sudo apt-get update` with an internet connection before trying to pull down the fix.

[loafer (launchpad-net-iloaf)]

Could I suggest that if an internet connection exists then ubiquity update it self before the install?
It would really help in cases like this :-)

[georgz (georgz)]

Hi Andrew,

of course I did update the apt db like suggested, with internet
access... I'll give it another try in a few days.

Thx,
Georg

2007/1/29, Andrew Ash <email address hidden>:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 76976 ***
>
> It looks like the apt database didn't get updated before you tried to
> install the updated packages, georgz. Make sure you have run `sudo apt-
> get update` with an internet connection before trying to pull down the
> fix.
>
> --
> Installer crashed
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/81008
>

[Emilio Pozuelo Monfort (pochu)]

Hi georz

Hi think you won't need to update && install, because the update will be in the cd (if you use a daily build, of course).

Regards
Pochu

[DapperD (deiszmp)]

installer works now since ?? 22.01.07 or 25.01.07 ??

greetings Peter Deisz

loafer schrieb:
> *** This bug is a duplicate of bug 76976 ***
>
> Could I suggest that if an internet connection exists then ubiquity update it self before the install?
> It would really help in cases like this :-)
>

[Vassilis Pandis (pandisv)]

Has been fixed in ubiquity since Sun, 14 Jan 2007 - I'm not sure when the fix made it to the daily lives, but from what I understand, it's no longer an issue with current images. You can workaround the problem in older daily lives using "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install ubiquity".