ubiquity crashed Ubuntu 11.10 at "configuring apt"

[jerrylamos]

Ubuntu 11.10 at release level USB stick install on IBM Thinkpad T40 got "we're sorry, installer crashed.
Last message on progress bar was "Configuring apt"
T40 running Ocelot Alpha, Beta, etc. just fine as well as Narwhal and Lynx LTS.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic i686
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Fri Oct 14 09:25:19 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1641, in <module>
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 158, in run
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_apt()
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 580, in configure_apt
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: raise install_misc.InstallStepError("AptSetup failed with code %d" % ret)
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: AptSetup failed with code 10
Oct 14 09:23:45 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

crichton, thanks for looking at it.
The T40 is multiboot with Lucid, Meerkat, Narwhal, and the new Ocelot partly installed.
Wouldn't boot at all, just got grub rescue>
It would not recognize some of the grub rescue commands such as linux.
Flailed around for a couple hours with no luck. Then tried:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2#Reinstalling%20from%20the%20LiveCD
Boot to the LiveCD Desktop.
Mount the partition with your Ubuntu installation. I picked one of the three available, Lucid.
sudo grub-setup -d /media/LucidLTS/boot/grub /dev/sda
reboot
Voila! Everything back again.

The partly installed 11.10 would come up as guest but pretty crippled, example no /etc/apt/sources.list.
Couldn't make a new user. What's the password for guest, anyway. Likely not worth pursuing.
 I'm writing a CD with the 20111011 image to see if it will install....

Jerry

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

After recovering as in previous comment, did a CD install of image 20111011 which went O.K.
Updated so presumably now at ship level.

I've been testing Alpha's and Beta's for the past 4 years. Somehow among the last things to get fixed are Install, Grub, and Shutdown..

Not sure how to test Precise Pangolin on this pc because of this bug.

Sure would be nice if Install didn't screw up Grub until Install completed error free, or in case of error put Grub back where it was before install....

Jerry

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[dino99 (9d9)]

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