[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
I suspect bugs #1081245, #1082909, #1084627, and #1085991 are all related to this, and perhaps dupes (at least, all have hangs at the same point). I didn't compare syslogs to see if they are indeed dupes. From the comments it sounds like this can occur when there are existing partitions set up on the disk that somehow confuse ubiquity. A number of users report working around the problem by deleting all partitions and trying again, however in situations where you want multiple ubuntu's installed side-by-side, that obviously won't work. There is an askubuntu post here: http://askubuntu.com/questions/204771/ubuntu-12-10-installation-hangs-at-preparing-to-install-ubuntu I've been able to reproduce this bug on two out of three systems (two desktops failed; one laptop worked fine). I've tried both with and without checking download updates while installing and include third- party software, which didn't change the behavior. Tried both going directly into the installer, vs. booting into the live environment and then loading the installer. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
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[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
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[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
** Attachment added: partman https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3451837/+files/partman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
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[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
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[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
Snippet from my syslog: Dec 4 15:38:33 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: Ubiquity 2.13.3 Dec 4 15:38:34 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect Dec 4 15:38:34 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect Dec 4 15:38:37 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: switched to page language Dec 4 15:38:38 ubuntu localechooser: info: debian-installer/language preseeded to 'en' (seen: false) Dec 4 15:38:38 ubuntu localechooser: info: debian-installer/country preseeded to 'US' (seen: false) Dec 4 15:38:38 ubuntu localechooser: info: debian-installer/locale preseeded to 'en_US.UTF-8' (seen: false) Dec 4 15:38:38 ubuntu localechooser: info: Preseeded language ignored: unknown language code Dec 4 15:38:38 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: switched to page language Dec 4 15:38:45 ubuntu localechooser: info: Language = 'en' Dec 4 15:38:45 ubuntu localechooser: info: line=en;0;US;UTF-8;en_US.UTF-8;;console-setup Dec 4 15:38:45 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/language = 'en' Dec 4 15:38:45 ubuntu localechooser: info: Default country = 'US' Dec 4 15:38:45 ubuntu localechooser: info: Default locale = 'en_US.UTF-8' Dec 4 15:38:45 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/consoledisplay = 'console-setup' Dec 4 15:38:45 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'US' Dec 4 15:38:46 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'en_US.UTF-8' Dec 4 15:38:46 ubuntu localechooser: info: System locale (debian-installer/locale) = 'en_US.UTF-8' Dec 4 15:38:53 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: debconffilter_done: ubi-language (current: ubi-language) Dec 4 15:38:53 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: Step_before = stepLanguage Dec 4 15:38:54 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: switched to page prepare Dec 4 15:39:03 ubuntu ubiquity: No drivers found for automatic installation. Dec 4 15:39:03 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: debconffilter_done: ubi-prepare (current: ubi-prepare) Dec 4 15:39:03 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: Step_before = stepPrepare Dec 4 15:39:03 ubuntu ubiquity[21690]: Step_before = stepPrepare Dec 4 15:39:04 ubuntu activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected Dec 4 15:39:04 ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found Dec 4 15:39:04 ubuntu partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Dec 4 15:39:04 ubuntu partman: No volume groups found Dec 4 15:39:04 ubuntu partman-lvm: Dec 4 15:39:04 ubuntu partman-lvm: No volume groups found Dec 4 15:39:04 ubuntu partman-lvm: Dec 4 15:39:06 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.F3t8j3goRS: not mounted Dec 4 15:39:07 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.6oHQ2mgMPc: not mounted Dec 4 15:39:07 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.hWjhpwkJYI: not mounted Dec 4 15:39:08 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.p8kAzQ4KM2: not mounted Dec 4 15:40:07 ubuntu ubiquity: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 44. Dec 4 15:40:07 ubuntu ubiquity: Use of uninitialized value in -e at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 46. Dec 4 15:40:07 ubuntu ubiquity: Use of uninitialized value in pattern match (m//) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 47. Dec 4 15:40:07 ubuntu ubiquity: Use of uninitialized value $directory in -d at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 48. Dec 4 15:40:07 ubuntu ubiquity: Use of uninitialized value $directory in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/DbDriver/File.pm line 49. Dec 4 15:40:07 ubuntu ubiquity: debconf: DbDriver targetdb: mkdir :No such file or directory -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
On the system with the logs provided above, I deleted partitions 3, 5, and 6, restarted the installer, and it proceeded into partman properly. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'
Further experimentation, I reinstalled the system from scratch. 0. Insert precise Live USB stick and boot either directly or via live session 1. Install 12.04, using Something Else and partitioning as follows: /dev/sda120G/ /dev/sda220Gswap /dev/sda3 100G /var/cache/foobar /dev/sda4EXTENDED /dev/sda520G[formatted, but no mount point] (The system has a 320G hard drive, so this leaves ample remaining unpartitioned space.) 2. Reboot into precise 12.04. * Verify partition /dev/sda3 mounted 3. Insert raring Live USB stick, and reboot 4. Go to Live session 5. Launch ubiquity to begin installation 6. Hangs after selecting Continue from 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' 7. Quit ubiquity 8. Run `df /dev/sda` or your favorite partition manager, and delete partitions 3, 4, and 5. (I tried deleting only partitions 4 and 5, but it'd still hang.) Then run partprobe as suggested. 9. Launch ubiquity again 10. This time it allows progressing to the partition manager. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found' To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
