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Ubiquity crash on disk partitioning ( unable to load list )

Bug #926150 reported by Jiří Podvolecký
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This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
High
Colin Watson

Bug Description

Ubiguity crush after 5.2 step of umi-001 test case ( manual install ) at :

http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Install/DesktopManual

It is just like playng crushed system only click on list of disks for loader.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: ubiquity 2.9.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-12.21-generic 3.2.2
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.91-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.304
Date: Fri Feb 3 15:44:17 2012
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Alpha amd64 (20120203)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=cs_CZ.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Jiří Podvolecký (jiripodvolecky) wrote :
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Ubuntu QA Website (ubuntuqa) wrote :

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/926150

tags: added: iso-testing
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

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

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

This seems to be the same bug 912031.

Feb 3 15:33:51 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 3 15:33:51 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-partman.py", line 593, in partman_column_name
Feb 3 15:33:51 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: if 'id' not in partition:
Feb 3 15:33:51 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable
Feb 3 15:33:51 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]:
Feb 3 15:34:10 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: Exception in GTK frontend (invoking crash handler):
Feb 3 15:34:10 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 3 15:34:10 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-partman.py", line 593, in partman_column_name
Feb 3 15:34:10 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: if 'id' not in partition:
Feb 3 15:34:10 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]: TypeError: argument of type 'NoneType' is not iterable
Feb 3 15:34:10 ubuntu ubiquity[4349]:

Brian Murray (brian-murray)
summary: - Ubiquity crush on disk partitioning ( unable to load list )
+ Ubiquity crash on disk partitioning ( unable to load list )
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
status: Confirmed → Triaged
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Colin, can you confirm that this is a duplicate of the other partman bug that was fixed post-alpha2?

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
assignee: Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations) → Colin Watson (cjwatson)
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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Fix didn't make it into Alpha-2.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/912031/comments/17

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

No change with daily feb. 5th.

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Sam_ (and-sam) wrote :

Workaround here was to install via launcher icon on live session. The desktop icon started the installation and looped while removing system files, cancel the install and try it again via launcher icon. No idea if that made a difference though.
Anyway, smooth and fast installation, took over user config without issues. Congratulations and thanks for your efforts!

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

From irc on 2012-02-03:

12:18 < cjwatson> (I realise now you're talking about the exact same symptom
                  rather than just any crash in ubi-partman, which is what I
                  thought you meant at first ...
12:18 < cjwatson> )
13:24 < CIA-2> ubiquity: cjwatson * r5159 trunk/ (debian/changelog
               ubiquity/parted_server.py):
13:24 < CIA-2> ubiquity: Mark file descriptors used for communication with
               parted_server
13:24 < CIA-2> ubiquity: FD_CLOEXEC.
13:24 < cjwatson> bdmurray: ^- wasn't necessary to fix Kate's system, but was
                  one of the things I found as a possibility when debugging
                  it; we'll see if that helps
13:25 < cjwatson> basically the same kind of fix in a slightly different place
13:25 < bdmurray> cjwatson: got it, thanks

So this may not be fixed in the Alpha 2 images but should be fixed when an updated ubiquity comes out.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Jiří, can you confirm whether you still see this issue with beta-1 (or with the beta-2 candidates)?

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Jiří Podvolecký (jiripodvolecky) wrote :

Negative. There is no bug occured during installing http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/20120403/precise-desktop-amd64.iso bete-2 candidate.

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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

thanks, marking this bug as fixed.

Changed in ubiquity (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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