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Linux Mint 8 Helena Xfce - installer crashes

Bug #581078 reported by Galliano
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Bug Description

Hi There,

I just tried to install MInt Linux 8 Helena Xfce communitiy version (CD produced from original downloaded file LinuxMint-8-Xfce.iso - 728.412.160 bytes). After booting from the CD I click the Icon "install Linux Mint", come to the language choice, select italian, clock next and after several second the installation crashes with the following error:

Installer crashed:
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py, line 436 in <lambda> glib.idle_add(lambda:self.dbfilter.start(auto_process=True))
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/filteredcommand.py, line 117 in start self.dbfilter.start(self.command, blocking=False, extra_env=env)
Fle "/usr/lib/ubiquity/debconffilter.py, line 205 in start self.db.capb(escape')
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/debconf.py, line 65 in <lambda> lambda *args, **kw:self.command(command, *args, **kw))
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/debconf.py, line 69 in command self.write("%s %s\n" % (command, ''.join(map/str,params)))) IOError:

[Errno 32] Broken pipe

(see file attachment)

Thanks in advance for any help and/or for solving the problem.

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Galliano (galliano16) wrote :
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Monkey (monkey-libre) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Unfortunately we can't start working on it yet, because your description didn't include enough information.

Please include the information requested at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DebuggingUbiquity/AttachingLogs as separate attachments by visiting your bug's web page. Thanks in advance.

affects: ubuntu → ubiquity (Ubuntu)
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status: New → Incomplete
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Monkey (monkey-libre) wrote :

Also I´ve made an upstream to Linux Mint.

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Galliano (galliano16) wrote :

Hello Monkey,

Thanks for taking care of this report. Sorry for not uploading the syslog. I retried to install and can now upload the syslog (see new file attachment). Please do not wonder about the date and time recorded...the system clock's battery has to be replaced.
By the way, it seems that the error comes up even before I select any installation language, I just have to wait for a while.
The problem is occurring on a Compaq Armada M700, Pentium III 750 Mhz, 256 MB RAM.

Regards from Germany

P.S. additional Info: after the error came up the first time I created a 10GB ext4 partition with Gparted, but did not help solving the problem.

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Galliano (galliano16) wrote :

Hello Monkey,

Thanks for taking care of this report. Sorry for not uploading the syslog. I retried to install and can now upload the syslog (see new file attachment). Please do not wonder about the date and time recorded...the system clock's battery has to be replaced.
By the way, it seems that the error comes up even before I select any installation language, I just have to wait for a while.
The problem is occurring on a Compaq Armada M700, Pentium III 750 Mhz, 256 MB RAM.

Regards from Germany

P.S. additional Info: after the error came up the first time I created a 10GB ext4 partition with Gparted, but did not help solving the problem.

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Monkey (monkey-libre) wrote :

Please, could You try with Linux Mint 9rc? I think that this was fixed.

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Galliano (galliano16) wrote :

Hi Monkey,

With my Pentium III 750 Mhz, 256 MB RAM I think I need an Xfce Version, otherwise Mint will run very slowly. I just checked at http://www.linuxmint.com...no Xfce version for 9rc available yet. Pity.

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Monkey (monkey-libre) wrote :

Sorry, You are right, so wait to the release or try with Ubuntu xfce 10.04.

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Galliano (galliano16) wrote :

Yes, I installed Xubuntu 10.04. and can now just tell other people with similar pc's/notebooks (Compaq Armada Pentium III 750 Mhz, 256 MB RAM)...just don't try! With XP the laptop boots in approx. 5 minutes (incl. antivirus). Wih Xubuntu 10.04. it became a nightmare....it took more than 10 minutes to boot. After booting the memory usage was at 85%-90% and every click takes minutes to be "executed". I think the only solution might now be optinng for puppy linux.

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Monkey (monkey-libre) wrote :

Don´t worry, Linux Mint 9 was released, so wait to the lxde or fluxbox edition.

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naildownx (naildownx) wrote :

The latest edition has been completed so you need to try the LXDE version that is available on the site before we can confirm whether this can be closed out or not. Thank You :)

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Expired
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