Ubuntu
ubiquity package

Next button incorrectly displays "Install Now" if full disk encryption is selected

Bug #1385967 reported by Zeyelth
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ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Medium
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Bug Description

This is a usability bug where the user is given incorrect feedback from the installer, potentially resulting in the user canceling the installation for fear of erasing data on the wrong drive.

When installing Ubuntu 14.10 (ubuntu-14.10-desktop-amd64.iso) and selecting "Erase disk and install Ubuntu" together with "Encrypt the new Ubuntu installation for security", the next page will ask the user to choose a security key. On this page, the next button will say "Install Now" instead of "Continue", despite not being the final page. Clicking "Install Now" correctly sends the user to the "select disk" page.

Tags: ui usability ux
Revision history for this message
Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. We are sorry that we do not always have the capacity to look at all reported bugs in a timely manner. There have been many changes in Ubuntu since that time you reported the bug and your problem may have been fixed with some of the updates. It would help us a lot if you could test it on a currently supported Ubuntu version. If you test it and it is still an issue, kindly upload the updated logs by running only once:
apport-collect 1385967

and any other logs that are relevant for this particular issue.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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Zeyelth (zeyelth) wrote :

I've verified that this is still a problem in Ubuntu 18.04 nightly.

You need two hard drives available, as it otherwise won't ask you which drive you want to overwrite.

I've attached screenshots of the UX issue. If you only have one hard drive, then screen 3 does not happen, and "Install Now" on screen 2 is correct. If you DO have more than one hard drive, screen 3 will ask you which drive it should use, so screen 2 should say "Continue" rather than "Install Now".

Phillip Susi (psusi)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
importance: High → Medium
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