Ubuntu
ubiquity package

installation failed

Bug #1548021 reported by duncan brown
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Won't Fix
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

Installation off of flash drive, gets to 'grub install' then says the installer crashed.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
Package: ubiquity 2.18.8.12
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-27.32~14.04.1-generic 4.2.8-ckt1
Uname: Linux 4.2.0-27-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.19
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.340.2
Date: Sat Feb 20 23:38:17 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash --
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20160217.1)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA.UTF-8
 TERM=linux
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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duncan brown (dundalbrown) wrote :
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Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot (crichton) wrote : Traceback

Exception during installation:
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1770, in <module>
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: install.run()
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 78, in wrapper
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: func(self)
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 241, in run
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: self.configure_bootloader()
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1026, in configure_bootloader
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: "GrubInstaller failed with code %d" % ret)
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: ubiquity.install_misc.InstallStepError: GrubInstaller failed with code 1
Feb 21 07:37:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py:

tags: added: installer-crash
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
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Simon Quigley (tsimonq2) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to submit this bug report. Ubiquity is now unmaintained, and is replaced by either the Ubuntu Desktop Inser or Calamares starting with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Therefore, this bug is being closed as Won't Fix. If you believe this was done in error, feel free to re-open the bug. If yave any general questions about Ubuntu, please open a topic on the Ubuntu Discourse instance: https://discourse.ubuntu.com/

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Won't Fix
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