Installer for Ubuntu 6.06 crashed

[Dave Croll]

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 130, in ?
    install(sys.argv[1])
  File "/usr/bin/ubiquity", line 55, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 266, in run
    self.process_step()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 755, in process_step
    self.mountpoints_to_summary()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 1101, in mountpoints_to_summary
    if partman_commit.PartmanCommit(self).run_command(auto_process=True) != 0:
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 128, in run_command
    self.start(auto_process=auto_process)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py", line 45, in start
    self.db = DebconfCommunicator(PACKAGE, cloexec=True)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 125, in __init__
    write=self.dccomm.tochild)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 48, in __init__
    self.setUp(title)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 51, in setUp
    self.version = self.version(2)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
    lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/debconf.py", line 81, in command
    status = int(status)
ValueError: invalid literal for int():

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Could you please attach /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman to this bug, following the directions in http://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs? Thanks in advance.

[Dave Croll (dcroll1)]

Brian,
I looked for those files but they did not exist.

Dave

[Dave Croll (dcroll1)]

I restarted and tried to install again. It crashed again, here is the new error message:

raceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 710, in on_next_clicked
    gtk.main_quit()
RuntimeError: called outside of a mainloop

Also attaching files

[Dave Croll (dcroll1)]

After some tinkering with the partitioner and retrying the install 3 or 4 times, it finally installed. Problem solved for now but maybe the info in this bug report will help someone find the reason for the crashes.

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. Both of these are essentially locking bugs of one kind or another, and have since been fixed by better locking in ubiquity.

Your first problem is because you launched two copies of the installer at once. This is also bug 46569.

Your second problem is one that seemed to happen when the back or next buttons were pressed before the installer was ready to deal with them. This is also bug 54163.