Installer crashes

[Shadow]

Binary package hint: ubiquity

Happens in VMware Workstation 5.5.3 using Ubuntu template.
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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 264, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ubiquity/frontend/gtkui.py", line 553, in progress_loop
    raise RuntimeError, ("Install failed with exit code %s; see "
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1; see /var/log/installer/syslog and /var/log/syslog

[Shadow (shadowomega)]

/var/log/installer/syslog

[Colin Watson (cjwatson)]

Thanks for your report. I'm afraid you need to use a username other than the reserved name 'shadow'; see bug 47861 and bug 50036.