Ubuntu CD Images

xserver-xorg-video-all fails to install

Bug #1012607 reported by Sean O'Brien
14
This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Ubuntu CD Images
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

It appears that a few of the dependencies for xserver-xorg-video-all have had their package file truncated in the 12.04 LTS 64 Bit Alternate ISO (ubuntu-12.04-alternate-amd64.iso). This causes Ubuntu setup to fail during the "Select and install software" phase giving an error message that xserver-xorg-video-ati and xserver-xorg-video-nouveau could not be installed.

Here are the package names from ubuntu-12.04-alternate-amd64.iso

\pool\main\x\xserver-xorg-video-ati\xserver-xorg-video-ati_6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2_.deb
\pool\main\x\xserver-xorg-video-ati\xserver-xorg-video-radeon_6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubunt.deb
\pool\main\x\xserver-xorg-video-nouveau\xserver-xorg-video-nouveau_0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2.deb

I confirmed the proper package file names on us.archive.ubuntu.com:

\pool\main\x\xserver-xorg-video-ati\xserver-xorg-video-ati_6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
\pool\main\x\xserver-xorg-video-ati\xserver-xorg-video-radeon_6.14.99~git20111219.aacbd629-0ubuntu2_amd64.deb
\pool\main\x\xserver-xorg-video-nouveau\xserver-xorg-video-nouveau_0.0.16+git20111201+b5534a1-1build2_amd64.deb

I can confirm that replacing the above mentioned packages with the ones from us.archive.ubuntu.com does solve the installation failure, and I haven't come across any other issues with the alternate installation media as of yet.

Revision history for this message
Sean O'Brien (t7v3w-sean) wrote :

Fixed package name

bugbot (bugbot)
affects: xorg (Ubuntu) → xorg-server (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in xorg-server (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Jon Hanna (jonhanna) wrote :

I think this is a duplicate of bug 989902. The xorg-server code is correct, but the alternate CDs (all flavours) are naming them wrong on the image.

affects: xorg-server (Ubuntu) → ubuntu-cdimage
Revision history for this message
Sean O'Brien (t7v3w-sean) wrote :

Thanks for confirming the bug Jon.
I agree, I think this is less of a code issue and more of an actual file name / path issue.
Could it be the version of ISO used? If I recall correctly, different ISO versions have different character limits for the file paths. It seems to me that these files have reached that limit and are being truncated.

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.
Subscribing...

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.