dmidecode really ought to print this message to stderr, not stdout (at
least when the -s option is in use, indicating a desire for machine-
readable output; there might be backward-compatibility concerns with
changing it in general). That would be much less fragile than trying to
parse this out in ubiquity.
** Also affects: dmidecode (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236233
Title:
BIOS that SMIBIOS is not fuly supported by dmidecode causes image
autmatic installation fail
Status in OEM Priority Project:
New
Status in OEM Priority Project precise series:
New
Status in OEM Priority Project saucy series:
New
Status in “dmidecode” package in Ubuntu:
New
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
Image: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
The suffix of hostname is too long and makes ubiqutiy automatic installation
failed
because suffix contains the warring message of dmidecode.
Here is the error message in /var/log/installer/debug when installtion
is failed.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 394, in info_loop
self.hostname_error(make_error_string(self.controller, errors))
File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 69, in
make_error_string
return "\n".join([controller.get_string(error) for error in errors])
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, NoneType found
In automation installtion, ubiquity uses product name from BIOS as hostname
suffix by
parsing dmidecode output, but if a SMBIOS version is large thatn the version
dmidecode supported,
the output of `dmidecode -s system-product-name` or `dmidecode -s
system-version`
contains the following warring message, so that hostname suffix is invalid.
The warring message is
````
# SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
````
**** Additional information:
ubiquity package version:
ii ubiquity 2.10.26 Ubuntu live CD installer
ii ubiquity-casper 1.315.1 Configuration hooks for live installer
ii ubiquity-frontend-gtk 2.10.26 GTK+ frontend for Ubiquity live installer
ii ubiquity-plugin-apt-setup 1.1 Ubiquity plugin - apt-setup
ii ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu 58.2 Ubiquity slideshow for Ubuntu
ii ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork 2.10.26 Ubuntu artwork for Ubiquity live installer
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