failed amd64 desktop install

[Jamie Strandboge]

Using today's image and using usb-creator to burn the image on a USB, I booted into the installer and choose to 'Try Ubuntu'. This booted me to a usable desktop. I then installed from within the live cd, choose to format the whole disk, with an encrypted home and selected 'install updates' and 'install 3rd party packages'. I got close to the end of the install and it failed, generating this report.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.314
Date: Thu Apr 12 15:41:20 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120412)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=unknown
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa)]

This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker.

A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here:
http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/980276

[Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton)]

Exception during installation:
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1720, in <module>
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: install.run()
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 57, in wrapper
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.cleanup()
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1701, in cleanup
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: misc.execute('umount', os.path.join(self.target, 'cdrom'))
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py", line 506, in execute
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: status = subprocess.call(log_args)
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 493, in call
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 679, in __init__
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: errread, errwrite)
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/subprocess.py", line 1143, in _execute_child
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.pid = os.fork()
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py: OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
Apr 12 20:41:01 ubuntu plugininstall.py:

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement (jibel)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 979350, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.