Install from USB with codecs results in crashed install

[Josh Blair]

Tried installing from USB. Each time with install media codecs option selected on. This is the first install where the bug report popped up after the fact. Rebooting results in a nothing system.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.23
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-17.27-generic-pae 3.2.6
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-17-generic-pae i686
ApportVersion: 1.93-0ubuntu2
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.305
Date: Sat Mar 10 21:35:09 2012
InstallCmdLine: initrd=/casper/initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120301)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1690, in <module>
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: func(self)
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 163, in run
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.configure_apt()
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 613, in configure_apt
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: raise install_misc.InstallStepError("AptSetup failed with code %d" % ret)
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py: InstallStepError: AptSetup failed with code 141
Mar 11 02:35:05 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Not being able to connect to the archive seems to be the start of the problem:

Mar 11 02:34:58 ubuntu apt-setup: warning: /usr/lib/ubiquity/apt-setup/generators/40cdrom returned error code 1; discarding output
Mar 11 02:34:58 ubuntu choose-mirror[17741]: INFO: base system installable from CD; skipping mirror check
Mar 11 02:34:58 ubuntu choose-mirror[17741]: INFO: base system installable from CD; skipping architecture check
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise InRelease
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates InRelease
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports InRelease
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release.gpg
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-updates Release.gpg
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Err http://us.archive.ubuntu.com precise-backports Release.gpg
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Mar 11 02:34:59 ubuntu in-target: Reading package lists...
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/InRelease
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/InRelease
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/InRelease
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-updates/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target: W: Failed to fetch http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/precise-backports/Release.gpg Could not resolve 'us.archive.ubuntu.com'
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target:
Mar 11 02:35:00 ubuntu in-target: W: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
Mar 11 02:35:01 ubuntu in-target: Reading package lists...

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for ubiquity (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]