Ubuntu 12.04 installation failed - ubiquity crash

[jerrylamos]

Could be duplicate of bug #97756. Well into install, after all questions answered, about 1/3 of the way "copying files" the ubiquity window disappears. The whirly is still running so I think copying does proceed to the end of copying but a lot of the install never gets completed. Do note the hardware, Thinkpad R31, can spend a very long time on a upgrade from 12.04 Alpha (installed just fine) to Beta 2 without any problem copying.

Jerr

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.8
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu5
Architecture: i386
CasperVersion: 1.314
Date: Tue Apr 10 21:23:22 2012
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/precise-desktop-i386.iso noprompt noeject
LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 12.04 "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120410)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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

[wwjd (wwjd)]

Same here with Ubuntu 12.04 Beta 2 and 12.04 Daily Build (20120411).

AMD Athlon XP 2200+
32-bit

[Leon Marcus (treesurf)]

Same here, 12.04beta2 amd64.

Hardware: Ideapad Y550, Pentium dual core, integrated intel graphics (MHD 4500)

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Identical failure again on April 13:
Linux version 3.2.0-23-generic (buildd@palmer) (gcc version 4.6.3 (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu4) ) #36-Ubuntu SMP Tue Apr 10 20:41:14 UTC 2012

Hmmm. Window disappears just about the time the slide show should go to the second frame. Is it possible there's an X window failure displaying the second frame causing the window to close? Here's the video controller:

VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82830 CGC [Chipset Graphics Controller] (rev 04)

Here's .xsession-errors. Do note ubuntu doesn't time stamp these entries so all I know is they occurred in this live session:

lubuntu@lubuntu:~$ cat xsession-errors
xscreensaver: 17:34:50: locking is disabled (running under GDM).
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3095): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_variant_new_string: assertion `string != NULL' failed
(polkit-gnome-authentication-agent-1:3095): polkit-gnome-1-WARNING **: Failed to register client: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
** Message: applet now removed from the notification area
** Message: using fallback from indicator to GtkStatusIcon
** Message: applet now embedded in the notification area
** (gksudo:3413): WARNING **: Could not load desktop file: Not a regular file
(pcmanfm:3076): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(pcmanfm:3076): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(pcmanfm:3076): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
(pcmanfm:3076): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: g_object_get_qdata: assertion `G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Failed again with lubuntu 12.04 20120414.

After all inputs were entered, file copying started, first slideshow slide, minimized the install window to see if "x" failed displaying the window. No luck, after about the same time as usual, the panel tab for install disappeared. Less than 20% of the expected bytes were in the partition.

Anybody any ideas what to try? Lubuntu alpha as (massively) updated to today running O.K.

Jerry

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Precise B2 still failing to install on this IBM Thinkpad, Lubuntu bug 978489, Xubuntu bug 984481, Ubuntu bug 985871 at somewhere near the same place with some differences in the syslog.

Being rather frustrated (!) installed Linux-Mint-LXDE just EXACTLY like I've been trying precise.

Linux-Mint-LXDE flew right through install no hitches whatever! My hardware's running fine!

Being based on "stable" ubuntu the Linux-Mint-LXDE kernel is 3.0.0-12-generic. This thinkpad does have pae flag not needed for this install.

Anyone have anything to try for Lubuntu precise B2? I don't know python.

Jerry

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Regression. Oneiric installs just fine. Tried again, 20120423, window disappears during copy step. For me this is a showstopper, critical. Here's syslog tail:

Apr 23 20:18:28 lubuntu migration-assistant: info: got ostype of: 'linux', mountpoint is: '/mnt/migrationassistant'
Apr 23 20:18:28 lubuntu kernel: [ 476.428206] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Apr 23 20:18:28 lubuntu kernel: [ 476.429118] EXT3-fs (sda7): using internal journal
Apr 23 20:18:28 lubuntu kernel: [ 476.429141] EXT3-fs (sda7): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode
Apr 23 20:18:29 lubuntu ubiquity[3434]: switched to page migrationassistant
Apr 23 20:18:38 lubuntu ubiquity[3434]: debconffilter_done: ubi-migrationassistant (current: ubi-migrationassistant)
Apr 23 20:18:38 lubuntu ubiquity[3434]: Step_before = stepMigrationAssistant
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: Exception during installation:
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 689, in <module>
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: install.run()
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 129, in run
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: self.copy_all()
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 465, in copy_all
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: self.db.progress('SET', 10 + copy_progress)
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 65, in command
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: self.write.flush()
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py: IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
Apr 23 20:20:48 lubuntu install.py:

[Peter Bašista (pbasista)]

I can confirm that this issue is still present on 32bit Ubuntu 12.04 FinalRelease.

/var/log/syslog contains:

Apr 27 11:47:07 ubuntu ubiquity: Your console font configuration will be updated the next time your system
Apr 27 11:47:07 ubuntu ubiquity: boots. If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console.
Apr 27 11:47:07 ubuntu ubiquity[4189]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us -option
Apr 27 11:47:07 ubuntu ubiquity[4189]: debconffilter_done: ubi-console-setup (current: ubi-console-setup)
Apr 27 11:47:07 ubuntu ubiquity[4189]: Step_before = stepKeyboardConf
Apr 27 11:47:07 ubuntu ubiquity[4189]: switched to page usersetup
Apr 27 11:47:25 ubuntu ubiquity[4189]: debconffilter_done: ubi-usersetup (current: ubi-usersetup)
Apr 27 11:47:25 ubuntu ubiquity[4189]: Step_before = stepUserInfo
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: Exception during installation:
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 689, in <module>
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: install.run()
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 129, in run
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: self.copy_all()
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 465, in copy_all
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: self.db.progress('SET', 10 + copy_progress)
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 65, in command
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: self.write.flush()
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py: IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
Apr 27 11:47:31 ubuntu install.py:

[jerrylamos (jerrylamos)]

Trying various releases -

Ocelot 11.10 installs fine.
LInux Mint based on 11.10 installs fine.
Precise ubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu all fail with the same symptoms as I filed with this bug, even in different partitions.

I wondered if upstream had this problem -
Debian Wheezy SID installs fine. That's the latest Debian I could find.

Currently running Quantal 12.10 as updated from Ocelot 11.10 sources.list O.K. for a pre-Alpha, some bugs, no showstoppers.

I'll try a Quantal .iso when it shows up.

Jerry

[fabioamd87 (fabioamd87)]

Same here
AMD 1800+ , 512Mb Ram ,
problem with Both with ati 9000 and integrated SIS grapic card

[Simon Bock (sbock)]

Same ubiquity bug for me (install.py broken pipe).
lubuntu 12.04 wget 2012-06-02, 32bit AMD 1GB RAM 4GB HD.

May be similar to Bug #984184 on Xubuntu and Bug #985354 on Ubuntu and Bug #969620 on Beta2.

[Dennis Schridde (devurandom)]

Persists in 12.04 final.