[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I'm having the same problem over 6 years later. They still haven't sorted it. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I want to reinstall Ubuntu (17.04) and have a complex partition layout. After over 60 minutes where installer freeze, it shows me the new pre-calculated partition layout. But I do not want to change the layout. I wond install on the exiting partitions. So I choose Manual. Can not this be queried first, whether Manual or not? So you do not have to wait so long each time? It is not the first time that i reinstall Ubuntu. So i know installer is not crash and i must only wait for a couple of times. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Had to deal with this problem installing Xubuntu 16.04. It happened on a specific machine, but it was replicated with different USB sticks, with different ISOs. Previously, there was a 250 GB failing Xubuntu extended partition with a root mount point and Swap, and a 10GB NTFS partition with backups. What DID work for me: What Codeslinger (#88) suggested and Dan Kegel (#122) confirmed: mounting another (not related at all) partition. In my case, I mounted the NTFS partition in /media/foo. When I reached "Preparing to install Ubuntu", a dialog appeared asking if I wanted to unmount it. I replied "No", and for the first time the installation dialog didn't freeze loading the next step. The rest of the installation was completely normal. What did NOT work for me: - Deleting the previously failing Xubuntu extended partition. - Unselecting the "install updates" option. - Unselecting the "install third party software" option. - Changing language (I was installing it in spanish and thought maybe it was that, but it wasn't). -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
For my machine, I checked dmesg and saw the raid6_pq module had crashed, and its modprobe process was hanging unkillable (presumably what locks up the installer). I'd guess that ubiquity is loading this module, and it crashes when it encounters something in the partitions it doesn't like, probably involving block sizes or alignment - I wasn't using RAID, but I was using a USB-SATA adaptor with a GPT disk label. My successful workaround was to, in the live filesystem, delete/move the raid6_pq.ko module file and then run the installer. I'll add more details later, when I have access to the machine. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I can't reproduce this with 15.04 booting from USB on a laptop with win8 and a big unpartitioned area; it did seem to hang for a minute or two, but then went on to the next screen. So still fixed for me. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I'm seeing essentially this with today's CD iso of 15.04, booting from USB. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
** Changed in: ubiquity Status: New = Fix Released -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
** Also affects: ubiquity Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
It still happens if ubuntu 13.04 is installed on a partitioned hdd My machine: cpu intel i5 3470 8G ram (single piece) 3T dist (single hdd) boot via uefi usb disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
But sometimes it may go on after an extremely long waiting, maybe over 1 hour -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I'll repeat again, since this bug is marked Fix Released, those encountering trouble since Raring was released should open new bug reports using the image that's failing using the command: ubuntu-bug ubiquity That will allow apport to collect info, and if you feel it's a regression to this bug you can say so in the new bug report. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
In re. posts #134 #135 Is there a 13.04 image built with these fixes out there? Would be great if there is, and someone points to it. (This has been a true showstopper so far, btw). Thanks all. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I suffered this problem when shifting from 12.04 to a clean install of 13.04 with twin hard disks and a dual-boot to Windows. The 'Disk Setup' stage refused to recognise existing partitions or free space. Partman usually exited with error code 141 but sometimes crashed. I lost three days days of my life and became intimately acquainted with testdisk. Eventually I tracked the fault to the existence of dmraid metadata on the two hard drives. It was not shown up by testdisk but was listed by dmraid. Using **dmraid -rE** to erase the unnecessary metadata meant that the ubiquity install routine functioned normally. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
@ Hugh Kernohan, While the symptoms may seem similar I believe your's is a different bug, so I recommend filing a new bug report. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
** Also affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Raring) Status: New = In Progress ** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Raring) Importance: Undecided = Critical ** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Raring) Assignee: (unassigned) = Colin Watson (cjwatson) ** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Raring) Milestone: None = ubuntu-13.04 ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring) Assignee: Dmitrijs Ledkovs (xnox) = Colin Watson (cjwatson) -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
** Branch linked: lp:~ubuntu-core-dev/partman-auto/ubuntu -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
** Branch linked: lp:ubiquity -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
This bug was fixed in the package partman-auto - 105ubuntu3 --- partman-auto (105ubuntu3) raring; urgency=low * Adjust reuse and replace scripts to redirect grub-mount in the same way we redirect mount, to avoid interference with debconf and parted_server (LP: #1080701). Thanks to Dmitrijs Ledkovs, Dan Kegel, Larry Works, and others for tireless debugging. -- Colin Watson cjwat...@ubuntu.com Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:20:15 +0100 ** Changed in: partman-auto (Ubuntu Raring) Status: In Progress = Fix Released -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.14.6 --- ubiquity (2.14.6) raring; urgency=low * Automatic update of included source packages: partman-auto 105ubuntu3 (LP: #1080701). -- Colin Watson cjwat...@ubuntu.com Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:23:23 +0100 ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring) Status: Confirmed = Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I am running two systems - Main PC has Asus F1A75-V Pro with: A6-3760 processor 16G DDR3 memory OS on SSD Test unit with Asus P5KPL-C1600: Intel Core2-Duo 4G DDR2 memory OS on HDD Ubuntu 1304 loaded and performs beautifully well on my P5KPL-C1600. Awesome responsiveness. It loaded whilst 12.10 was already installed. Whereas on the F1A75-V Pro machine, Ubuntu 1304 hangs on preparing to install ubuntu, despite turning off swap. I do not know if this will help. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
It works fine on vbox --- Ubuntu Bug Squad volunteer triager http://wiki.ubuntu.com/BugSquad -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+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
The fix works fine on my box, which at first was hit by this bug. Thanks, developers! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/partman-auto/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I have the same problem on a ThinkPad W500, booting the 64-bit Raring Beta 2 from USB. The installer always hangs before getting to the partitioner. However, sudo swapoff -a seems to solve the problem. At least, I got the partitioner now. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I have this same problem but I can't seem to figure out how to open a terminal during install. I've tried ctrl alt f1 but nothing happens. If I drop to a shell I can't run sudo swapoff -a. What am I doing wrong? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring) Importance: High = Critical -- 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 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
#121 also mentioned ubuiquity --debug, which one can do by adding debug-ubiquity to the kernel commandline when booting the install disc. ( see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopCDOptions ) This shouldn't do anything but turn on more logging in /var/log, but the one time I tried it, the install didn't hang for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
With my motherboard I can manage disks with MBR and GPT disks in UEFI mode. If I install Ubuntu with MBR disks, the installation hangs on the choice of the partitions. If I install Ubuntu on hard drives with GPT and UEFI mode, there are no problems with the installation! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Apr 22 22:50:44 jtaylor xnox: syslog http://paste.ubuntu.com/5593912/ Apr 22 22:51:00 jtaylor xnox: partman http://paste.ubuntu.com/5593917 Apr 22 22:51:25 jtaylor xnox: installer/debug http://paste.ubuntu.com/5593919 Apr 22 22:57:55 jtaylor xnox: syslog relevant part http://paste.ubuntu.com/5593942 http://paste.ubuntu.com/5593942/ is probably the most interesting paste so far. -- 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 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
retoaded xnox, plars said you may be looking for a test subject on the 1080701 bug; I have run into a similar set of circumstances installing raring server-amd64 on my lenovo M91p; dual boot box with precise and quantal; trying to install raring (it will eventually overwrite quantal) but installer (from USB stick) hangs after the reading the disks blurb. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Another possible workaround: add nosmp to the kernel commandline (e.g. press F6, escape, then type nosmp and press enter). That worked for me two out of two times. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Hey, I found a deadlock. In my current hang, strace shows that parted_server is blocking on open(/var/lib/partman/outfifo, O_RDONLY) and /lib/partman/automatically_partition/15reuse/choices is blocking on open(/var/lib/partman/stopfifo, O_WRONLY|O_CREAT|O_TRUNC, 0666 Methinks the protocol is a little racy... -- 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 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
The script is hanging in close_dialog(); adding set -x shows + close_dialog + close_outfifo + exec + close_infifo + exec + exec + exec + exec + exec + exec + exec + exec + cat + exec That function and its peer in parted_server could use a good code review. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Those functions themselves are well-reviewed, but they are a bit fragile against external programs breaking their protocol. My guess is that closing fds 6 and 7 for grub-mount the same way we do for mount (and also fd 3, i.e. debconf) will fix this: http://paste.ubuntu.com/5594654/ -- 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 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
Confirming this bug still exists when using the daily build 64 bit desktop live install downloaded 2013-04-21. i7 PC with intel Ivybridge chipset. 1 x SDD ; 1 x HDD - both aligned to sector 2048 (1MB boundary partition alignment). Output of sudo parted -l Model: ATA Samsung SSD 840 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 128GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 1049kB 42.1GB 42.1GB primary ext4 boot 2 42.1GB 128GB 85.9GB primary ext4 Model: ATA ST1000DM003-9YN1 (scsi) Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 1049kB 474GB 474GB primary ext4 2 474GB 949GB 474GB primary ext4 3 949GB 1000GB 51.5GB extended 5 949GB 970GB 21.5GB logical ext4 6 970GB 992GB 21.5GB logical ext4 7 992GB 1000GB 8582MB logical linux-swap(v1) The only way I could get install to proceed without hanging was to: a. Boot live session - selecting 'Try Ubuntu' option. b. Open nautilus and mount a partition (happened to be /home) c. Start install Ubuntu. Previous workarounds did not seem to help e.g. CLI ubiquity --debug, starting gparted then closing. I hope it gets fixed before release as having an OS not able to install from its media is not a great selling point for new users :-( -- 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 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
Happens for me with both beta 2 and today's daily, on 2 out of 3 machines tested. All three systems are dual-boot and have plain old pc style extended partition tables. comment 88 suggested that turning off swap might work around the problem, but it didn't seem to for me :-( comments 88 and 121 suggested that mounting a partition might work around the problem. I can confirm this; on the first machine I tried, doing ctl-alt-f1 and 'sudo mkdir /media/foo; sudo mount /dev/sda5 /media/foo', then clicking Continue brought up a warning box Unmount partitions that are in use? Clicking 'No' on that dialog let me get to the Installation type dialog, and installation worked fine from there. Yay! Given that this affected 2 out of my 3 machines, this seems like a release blocker; not fixing it before release will probably result in widespread knowledge of this workaround and a few hits to Ubuntu's reputation. I'm happy to retest if there's progress. -- 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 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
I can confirm Dan Kegel's experience in comment #122 was the same as I had on my machine. Mounting a partition I would not be using with nautilus and answering no to the in the installer's prompt allowed me to continue. This definitely needs to be a blocker for 13.04, in my (admittedly novice) opinion. -- 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 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
Same issue happening on booting Ubuntu Raring CD ISO on Virtual Box. Ubiquity 2.14.3 -- 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 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
Re: [Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
On 19 April 2013 08:02, Hiram Castelo hi...@geeksgroup.mobi wrote: Same issue happening on booting Ubuntu Raring CD ISO on Virtual Box. Ubiquity 2.14.3 And how is the virtual box disk setup? Does it have existing installation or something like that? Would you be able to send me that VM somehow? Regards, Dmitrijs. -- 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 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
Have this issue on one of my PCs. PC with issue in difference to PC without issue have 2 disks SSD + HDD. parted -l and fdisk -l see in attachment. ** Attachment added: parted-l_fdisk-l https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3648366/+files/parted-l_fdisk-l -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I may, OR MAY NOT, be onto something here. But before I proceed let me point out that I'm not shouting when I use all caps .. I'm just stressing a point which may or may not be important. I've spent several hours testing this with very little rest so cut me some slack :^) You will have to read to the end to see what I suspect the problem might be!!! I'm totally ignorant when it comes to using VM's other than using testdrive w/virtualbox in a simple live test, so I use mostly bare metal. In this case I'm using: VIA C7 CPU @ 1500MHz VIA CN700/P4M800 Pro/P4M800 CE/VN800 Graphics [S3 UniChrome Pro] (rev 01) VIA VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60) Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78) 1GB DDR2 RAM It's not adequate to run Ubuntu itself but it will run both Lubuntu and Xubuntu. I prefer Lubuntu. I tried yesterday with an Lubuntu i386 20130418 Live DVD creating a situation where I thought this bug would manifest: I used only an 80GB IDE drive and created 3 primary partitions with one logical partition for swap. I then used something else (aka: manual partitioning) to install three Lubuntu's. After doing so I plugged in a USB flash drive that I use for transferring data - that drive MUST NOT be a bootable drive! Then I rebooted to try another installation (whether it be to replace an existing install or resize) and it appeared to hang so I thought, OK this is easy to reproduce. At that point I took a prolonged toilet break - maybe 10 to 15 minutes - but when I came back the busy-wheel had stopped spinning so I decided I'd just been impatient. NOW, we move onto todays testing. I was very methodical: Step #1: With only the 80GB drive connected I performed an entire disc install using an Lubuntu i386 20130418 Live DVD. No problem. Step #2: I rebooted the same DVD and then performed an auto-resize test choosing a new partition size of about 15GB, again no problem. Step #3: I rebooted the same DVD and used Gparted to shrink sda1, create 2 new primary partitions, each about 15GB, and free space of about 15GB. I then started a new “install alongside” test, but since I now had adequate free space the Continue button showed Install now as expected. Once again this installation completed with no problems. So I now had: lance@lance-VIA-desktop:~$ sudo parted -l [sudo] password for lance: Model: ATA WDC WD800BB-63JK (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 80.0GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 1049kB 15.8GB 15.7GB primary ext4boot -- entire disc install 3 15.8GB 31.5GB 15.7GB primary ext4-- not used yet 4 31.5GB 47.2GB 15.7GB primary ext4-- not used yet 2 47.2GB 80.0GB 32.8GB extended 7 47.2GB 64.0GB 16.8GB logical ext4 -- free space test 6 64.0GB 79.0GB 15.0GB logical ext4 -- auto-resize test 5 79.0GB 80.0GB 1005MB logical linux-swap(v1) It shouldn’t matter but just to be thorough I’ll mention that sda7 in charge of booting ATM since it was the last installed. Step #4: I shut down the computer and connected a 30GB drive as “slave that I’d used yesterday with the same DVD to perform an entire disc install. And I check in BIOS that the 80GB is still the boot drive before proceeding. I then run “update-grub”: lance@lance-VIA-desktop:~$ sudo update-grub [sudo] password for lance: Generating grub.cfg ... Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-18-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.8.0-18-generic Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+.bin Found Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) (13.04) on /dev/sda1 Found Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) (13.04) on /dev/sda6 Found Ubuntu Raring Ringtail (development branch) (13.04) on /dev/sdb1 done NOW IT GETS INTERESTING, and it may coincide with yesterdays prolonged potty break. When I tried the next install, I was hoping to install manually to either sda3 or sda4 but it again appeared to hang. So once again I took a prolonged break, this time to feed the dogs and make a pot of coffee - like I need more caffeine ;^/ Once again after a prolonged break (maybe 15 to 20 minutes) I come back and find that the spinning wheel has stopped spinning. But now, being the dummy that I am, I notice for the first time that Raring includes a System column in ubiquity. That was not present in Quantal and I tried booting Quantal to try an install which appeared like it would work OK QUICKLY, but I didn't complete it. So let's think for a moment. Did adding the system ID thing to ubiquity contribute to this bug?? Maybe whatever process is identifying existing system info is simply slowing the process so much that the user thinks things are hung when in fact that process is still reading. Does that make any sense at all? -- You received this
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
It has been reported within this bug that deleting extended partitions, or disabling swap, or mounting partitions helps to bypass the problem. Don't helped me :( I tried to install beta 2 build, 16.04 17.04 and 19.04 amd64 build. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Here's a screenshot of the new System column in ubiquity. It did not exist prior to Raring. I truly suspect that we're just used to having things proceed within seconds rather than many, many minutes :^) ** Attachment added: raring_displays_system.png https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3648381/+files/raring_displays_system.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
On 19 April 2013 15:28, minnigaliev-r minnigalie...@yandex.ru wrote: Have this issue on one of my PCs. PC with issue in difference to PC without issue have 2 disks SSD + HDD. parted -l and fdisk -l see in attachment. Are those GPT or MS-BIOS / regular mbr partition tables? Regards, Dmitrijs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
On 19 April 2013 15:49, Erick Brunzell lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: Here's a screenshot of the new System column in ubiquity. It did not exist prior to Raring. I truly suspect that we're just used to having things proceed within seconds rather than many, many minutes :^) That system column is cached, the fact that you can get to seeing item Something else means that this bug has already been dodged. Please note that system column was added in: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/2.13.13 Almost 4 months after this bug was first reported. Regards, Dmitrijs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
@ Dmitrijs, I think I did a bad job of explaining that, I did try my best. My point is that whatever was added to ubiguity to display System info may have just slowed the installation process in complex muti-boots and multiple disc installs to a point where users think it's frozen, when in fact it's still reading info. And I first encountered this months ago: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1107541 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Oops, muti-boots should obviously be multi-boots. I forget that after every Firefox update I must again fiddle with spell-check languages :^( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
On 19 April 2013 17:03, Erick Brunzell lbsol...@yahoo.com wrote: @ Dmitrijs, I think I did a bad job of explaining that, I did try my best. My point is that whatever was added to ubiguity to display System info may have just slowed the installation process in complex muti-boots and multiple disc installs to a point where users think it's frozen, when in fact it's still reading info. Yes, there could be a fine line between takes to long and it is actually hanging. I remember receiving reports of machines hanging, with ps outputs send to me of stuck processes. System info column, is irrelevant, we always did that OS scan and displayed that info the into drop-down for target device to install bootloader, we simply added a column to also display it in the table view. It did not any extra, processing at all. Regards, Dmitrijs. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Here's what seems to reproduce it for me on Ubuntu Server: 13.04 Server Variant, 64-bit PowerEdge R620 with a 840GB Hardware RAID 5 I'm trying to do a clean install of 13.04 Server on a system that currently has Fedora 18 installed. The disk layout on the Fedora system is as follows: /dev/sda1 /boot 500M /dev/sda2 lvm-physical volume, 836GB 1 Volume group created from the pv above 3 Logical Volumes (50GB, 780GB, 4GB for /, /home, and swap respectively) The server installation works fine until we get to the partitioning stage. At that point, I see the progress bar that says Starting up the Partitioner. That finishes just fine. What I expect to see next, however, is the partitioning screen asking me how I want to partition my disk. Instead, all I see is a blank, purple screen that seems to sit there indefinitely.The only way I've been able to get around this is if I wipe the disks out before installing OR if the system has a simple partitioning scheme (i.e. no LVM, etc.) things work as expected. I'm attaching the partman log and the syslog from a system that is currently reproducing my problem. Hopefully it helps. The last thing in the syslog before the installer gets stuck is this: Apr 19 17:25:57 kernel: [ 319.912392] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled Apr 19 17:25:58 md-devices: mdadm: No arrays found in config file or automatically Apr 19 17:25:58 partman: PV /dev/sda2 VG fedora_dhcp-163-166 lvm2 [836.11 GiB / 0free] Apr 19 17:25:58 partman: Total: 1 [836.11 GiB] / in use: 1 [836.11 GiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] Apr 19 17:25:58 partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Apr 19 17:25:58 partman: Found volume group fedora_dhcp-163-166 using metadata type lvm2 Apr 19 17:25:58 partman-lvm: 3 logical volume(s) in volume group fedora_dhcp-163-166 now active ** Attachment added: syslog https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3648527/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
partman log ** Attachment added: partman https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3648531/+files/partman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
The disks, by the way, are not using GPT, just msdos style partition tables. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
there could be a fine line between takes to long and it is actually hanging. That's what I was trying to explain in my case :^) I think I've been effected by takes too long rather than an actual hang. But too long is how long? I'm guessing anything over 1 minute is too long unless we display a please wait or this may take a long time message, but I also know we want to avoid pop-out type messages. Regardless the Quantal images work as expected but the Raring images have this hang or delay. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Are those GPT or MS-BIOS / regular mbr partition tables? Regular mbr partition tables on both disks. I installed it now! I tried to delete partition with old 12.04 system. After this installation progress. But I breaked installation to do some changes in home partition. After installation do not continue again and delete system partition not help. I tried to reboot and start installation without Try Ubuntu and get profit. It's very bad to system for human beings. I hope we can fix this bug! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
** Description changed: - Raring desktop i386 20121119 installation hangs on dell inspiron, with - ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found error message on - the syslog. - - The following is the syslog segment that may be of interest - - Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found - Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... - Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman: No volume groups found - Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman-lvm: No volume groups found - Nov 19 13:22:29 ubuntu ntpdate[4662]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset -0.220470 sec - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: ntfsresize v2012.1.15AR.5 (libntfs-3g) - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Device name: /dev/sda3 - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: NTFS volume version: 3.1 - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Cluster size : 4096 bytes - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Current volume size: 149962973696 bytes (149963 MB) - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Current device size: 149962980352 bytes (149963 MB) - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Checking filesystem consistency ... - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Accounting clusters ... - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Space in use : 88054 MB (58.7%) - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Collecting resizing constraints ... - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: You might resize at 88053858304 bytes or 88054 MB (freeing 61909 MB). - Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Please make a test run using both the -n and -s options before real resizing! - Nov 19 13:22:33 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.83KkHQhjEN: not mounted - Nov 19 13:22:33 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.vF1xKWu5Pp: not mounted - Test steps: 1. Boot the machine with usb 2. Enter the wireless password to enable the wifi connection 3. Wait to hear the drums and select 'Install Ubuntu' with English being the language selection 4. Click 'Continue' with the default selections on the 'Preparing to install ubuntu' screen( where it shows the power, available disk space and internet connectivity statu) 5. The installation does not proceed from this point - ProblemType: Bug - DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 - Package: ubiquity 2.13.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question] - ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-2.8-generic 3.7.0-rc5 - Uname: Linux 3.7.0-2-generic i686 - ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu3 - Architecture: i386 - CasperVersion: 1.329 - Date: Mon Nov 19 13:27:12 2012 - InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity - LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail - Alpha i386 (20121119) - MarkForUpload: True - ProcEnviron: - TERM=xterm - PATH=(custom, no user) - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 - SourcePackage: ubiquity - UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + Workarounds: + It has been reported within this bug that deleting extended partitions, or disabling swap, or mounting partitions helps to bypass the problem. + + Why is this not fixed yet: + Well, at the moment the cause of hangs has not been determined. The best way to aid Ubuntu Installer team at fixing this bug is to provide a reproducible test case of this hang, that is is steps that one needs to perform to setup a VM / real machine that will exhibit such hang. At the moment we don't know how to trigger this bug and thus diagnose fix it. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I'm trying to come up with a test-case to reliably reproduce this bug, and while I thought that would be easy, that's proving not to be the case. So Dmitrijs is correct in his edits of the bug description. But I'm not giving up, hopefully I can find a reliable way to reproduce this, it's just not nearly as easy as I'd originally thought :^( -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I can confirm this bug using the beta iso on a system76 laptop, SSD and HDD, i7, Nvidia card. After booting into USB the install program freezes before the partition options. Mounting all disk units before that did not help either. Surprising as I never had an issue like that before since Dapper Drake. Hope it can be fixed before realease day! -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I have an i7 with UEFI and 2 quad cord. Both the Daily build and the Bata 2 install work find on the i7 but stall on the quad cores. I have tried this from USB and DVD. The only way from me to install 13.04 on the Quad core was install 12.04 upgrade to 12.10 then upgrade to 13.04. -- 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 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
Still present in current daily, amd64 on a Dell Latitude E6530. The rsyslogd workaround from comment #41 worked fine for me. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
further thoughts... now that I have done half-a-dozen full installs plus many tests... I think some of the reports above of failures are actually false positives. What many people probably do not realize is that partman is very slow... I have not benchmarked it for the exact timing, but it's on the order of several minutes to perform it's disk checks prior to displaying the menu. This long delay could easily be mistaken for a hung session. You must wait for 5 to 10 minutes before you conclude that it is actually hung and not just being slow. However, having said that... I must also say that so far the only totally relaible way that I have found to get partman to work, is to turn off the auto-mounted swap before runnung the installer. As far as where to begin, in order to find the problem, the chief observation is that I don't recall encountering any problems when installing 12.10 and I am certain that the install of 12.04 was trouble- free. So to track down this problem I suggest starting by comparing what changed. The script itself is archiac legacy code... I know that shell, sed and awk have a grand old tradition in the history of *nix, but really and truely it is a horrible way to do programming. perhaps it is time for a full rewrite? several pieces are already written in python, why not convert the whole thing to python? and get rid of those unix sockets too since that is undoubtly where the hangs are occuring. just a thought... -- 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 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
P.S. deleting random pieces of the script/program in the hopes that it will bypass the problem -- without taking the time to fully understand exactly what the impact will be -- has got to be one of the worst ideas ever you might just as well start deleting random files from /etc or /boot to see if that will make your computer run faster... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Another me too! for this bug. Some details on my partition setup that may be relevant is that my windows partition has had an ntfs error on it for about a month or so. I haven't needed to boot into Windows lately :-D but I still need the data. I have installed both openSUSE 12.3 Fedora 17 without any issues on the same system. It looks like the partman program is telling ubiquity about the ntfs error and ubiquity has no idea what to make of it so it just runs partman over and over again. This all happens in the background with no indication to the end user or a timeout error. There should definitly be a timeout implemented because casual users wont know where to look to see what's happeneing. I will attach the few logs I have. Hopefully it is helpful. Keep up the good work! ;) ** Attachment added: LOGS https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/raring/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3633049/+files/LOGS -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
I got the same error when installing 13.04 beta1 (and all alphas before this). I have a rather complex set of partitions. The installation hangs indefinitely at the Preparing for installation window. $ sudo fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 250.1 GB, 250059350016 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30401 cylinders, total 488397168 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0xb7d5 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 638191543440957686 83 Linux /dev/sda2 *81915435 16384693440965750 83 Linux /dev/sda3 163846935 24576243040957748 83 Linux /dev/sda4 245762431 488392064 1213148175 Extended /dev/sda5 245762433 33177437943005973+ 83 Linux /dev/sda6 331774443 41778638943005973+ 83 Linux /dev/sda7 417786453 429497774 5855661 83 Linux /dev/sda8 429497838 437305364 3903763+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda9 437305428 48839206425543318+ 83 Linux This command fixed this error and allowed me to continue the installation. $ sudo rm -rf /lib/partman/automatically_partition/15reuse/ /lib/partman/automatically_partition/25replace/ -- 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 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
Here are my installation logs (var/log/*) ** Attachment added: installation /var/log/* https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3627739/+files/install-logs.tar.gz -- 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 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
Why is the /var/log/partman file so long (135 iterations)? -- 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 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
I was able to install, I mounted the disk disks, open the terminal, write: $ sudo rm-rf / lib/partman/automatically_partition/15reuse / / lib/partman/automatically_partition/25replace / I open the installer, I try, asks if I want to remove the disc ... I say no, if it takes more than a minute to go to the next window, close the installer and the terminal write: sudo-i, as root write ps aux | grep part I open the installer again and it works. In the event that you do not run the installer closes and rewrites in the terminal: $ sudo rm-rf / lib/partman/automatically_partition/15reuse / / lib/partman/automatically_partition/25replace / After several unsuccessful attempts, thanks to the help I have received here install. Thanks especially for moma (osmoma). Note: This text is written with the google translator. -- 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 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
I too had the same issue. Removing the two files stated by Félix Fernández (ffescuredo) has workd for me and I have now gotten onto partitioning. -- 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 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
Hi all, I got here after work hours trying to install Ubuntu 13.04, after reading a possible solution here: to try the mounted disk (ssd ocz is a vector with two ext4 partition without swap, I have installed the 12.04 also another ssd without swap and works perfect) and run in terminal ps aux | grep part, I got nothing, I can not either install. After years installing ubuntu, is the first time it is not possible. Frustration. Sorry my English is the translator ggogle -- 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 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
I had some reports that: sudo rm -rf /lib/partman/automatically_partition/15reuse/ /lib/partman/automatically_partition/25replace/ Helps (do it before clicking continue on the prepare page) -- 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 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
** Tags added: kubuntu -- 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 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
This bug is also present in netboot installer (text mode, version 20101020ubuntu227, 02-Apr-2013), confirmed 5 minutes ago. I use 3 HDDs, two of which are mdraid mirror. The swapoff -a trick didnt work for me, but as Roman Yepishev (thanks rye!) suggested, feedeing two OKs to /var/lib/partman/outfifio helped: echo OK /var/lib/partman/outfifio Each OK produced this dmesg line: kernel: [timestamp] brtfs: open /dev/sdf1 failed After two OKs, got into partitioner menu, and the business could be done as usual. Now, /dev/sdf1 is just one of the mdraid (ID:FD) partitions, and it is ext4, WTF brtfs fails on it? Could this be a brtfs module problem? Needles to say, netboot installer is critical for numerous server deployments, PLEASE FIX! -- 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 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
the follwoing is a follow up to a discussion with cjwatson on #ubuntu-installer fresh boot from flash drive or DVD swap is mounted no other partitions are mounted partman is not running/hung Start Install select English [continue] [x] Install this third party software [continue] At this point partman is launched. result: partman.failed.r2.txt Analysis: Fundamentally there are multiple seperate bugs here, and they all interact to create the very erratic behavior that has been widely observed. The primary issue is that if partman fails for any reason, then instead of exiting, it hangs. When the installer gets run again, it will start a new partman process, the new partman process will also hang because of the existance of the previously hung partman process. This will occur even if the original error condition has been cleared. By starting the installer multiple times, you will get multiple hung partman processes, one for each invocation. The presence of any hung partman process will cause the new partman process to hang. This accounts for a lot of the erratic behavior that people are seeing. Partman has two modes. The first mode is that it requires the partitons to be unmounted. The second mode is that it will ignore(allow) the fact that partitions are mounted. When partman is initially invoked, it checks to see if there are any partitions mounted. If it finds any mounted partitions, it prompts the user to see if they would like to unmount the partitons or to ignore the fact that the partitions are mounted. For mode one, partman will attempt to unmount the mounted partitions. If for any reason -- such as a file that is in use -- that partman fails to unmount the partitons, then partman will hang. Once partman is hung, the behavior is as described above. For mode two, if the user chooses to continue while allowing the partitons to remain mounted, then partman will work as expected. This is why users are able to coax partman into working by both having a mounted partiton and by telling partman to ignore the mounted partitions. now for the tricky bug... if the swap file is mounted, partman does not prompt the user about the fact that it is mounted. Neither does partman attempt to unmount the swap partition. Instead partman will hang when it later realizes that the swap partiton is mounted. If on the other hand, another partition is mounted, then partman will prompt as above, and if the user chooses to ignore the mounted partitions, then partman will also ignore the mounted swap partition. This is the crux of the observed erratic behavior. Once partman decides to ignore the swap it will function as expected. Partman will work if the swap partition is not mounted and no other partition is mounted. Partman will also work if the swap partiton is mounted and at least one other partition is mounted... which causes partman to prompt about the partitions, AND the user chooses to ignore them. In all other scenarios partman will fail. Summary: Partman fails to turn off the swap file. Partman fails to prompt the user about the presence of the swap file. Partman can fail to unmount a partiton that is in use, after prompting the user. Any failure will cause partman to hang. Once partman is hung, it stays hung even after quiting the installer. The presence of a hung partman process will cause subsequent install attempts to also fail. They must either be killed manually or the computer rebooted. It may be that under some circuimstances, partman does succeed in turning off the swap file, or for some other reason the swap file is not activated. When this happens then partman works as expected. === When partman is hung, it looks like this: root 8364 0.0 0.0 6436 396 ?S03:35 0:00 log-output -t ubiquity --pass-stdout sh -c /usr/share/ubiquity/activate-dmraid /bin/partman root 8365 0.0 0.0 4440 624 ?S03:35 0:00 sh -c /usr/share/ubiquity/activate-dmraid /bin/partman root 8371 0.0 0.0 4572 892 ?S03:35 0:00 /bin/sh /bin/partman root 8496 0.1 0.0 24628 1112 ?S03:35 0:00 parted_server root 9485 0.0 0.0 4572 880 ?S03:35 0:00 /bin/sh /lib/partman/display.d/10initial_auto root 10634 0.0 0.0 4572 592 ?S03:36 0:00 /bin/sh /lib/partman/display.d/10initial_auto root 10730 0.0 0.0 4572 896 ?S03:36 0:00 /bin/sh /lib/partman/automatically_partition/15reuse/choices ** Attachment added: partman log of failure when swap file is active https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3619695/+files/partman.failed.r2a.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
syslog ** Attachment added: syslog for run #2 of failed partman https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3619696/+files/syslog.failed.r2.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
partman log of run #3 Success, after manually turning off the swap file and also killing the hung partman process. ** Attachment added: partman log success https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3619722/+files/partman.success.r3.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1080701 Title: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list kubuntu-b...@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
calrification: if the user asks partman to unmount the partitions, it is possible for partman to fail. This will happen if a file is in use on the partition to be unmounted. If partman should fail in it's attempt to unmount the partition, then it will hang. -- 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 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
i worked around this bug by creating, in a terminal window, mount points and mounting 6 of the 9 ntfs, ext4 partitions and a swap partition on my 4 drives, two standard and two ssd. these 6 are other OSes and data partitions that are not used as system partitions. i then run # swapoff -a. i leave 2 ext4 and the 1 swap not mounted and these are my target partitions for the install. after the preparing to install runs (YAY) and a dialog asks if i want it to unmount the mounted partitions, i select no or cancel or whatever the do not unmount option is. it tells me that the resize functionality will not work, but i have done all that before hand. then the partitioner is launched and i manually umount all drives i manually mounted in the terminal window that i used to create them in and enter the new mount points into the partitioner. i don't think the mount points matter what they are called or where i mount them as long as the partitions that i am not going to install to are mounted. i've only done this on my one machine. | x58/ich10r | i7-950 | 6@2GB 1600 3x channel | geforce gt240 1GB | 24 16:9 / 19 8:5 | 2@120GB ssd / 500GB / 1TB / dvd+-rw sata ahci | 600W | -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
rather surprised that this is still an issue...not long until release day for 13.04...this one's a show stopper for most users i'd have said (assuming they run into trouble...maybe it isn't all that widespread). -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
** No longer affects: ubiquity -- 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 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
Just wanted to confirm that this still exists as of this morning's daily. FYI for googlers who are having a problem with ubiquity installer stalling on 13.04: Comments 79/80 of this bug report look good, but I didn't see those before fixing it -- I did as described in comments 12 and 16 of this bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1081245 I'm a little dissapointed to see importance=undecided and that it hasn't been assigned this late in the cycle, when the bug was opened back in November. Seems like a pretty significant show stopper to me. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I'm a little dissapointed to see importance=undecided and that it hasn't been assigned this late in the cycl OK -- reading = fail for me with regard to that. I see now that neither of those is true. Sorry! -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I had the same problem. i removed all the partitions using the ubuntu disk utility and then did fdisk /dev/sda1 Then i got the following message Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x6a2a4941. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) Then i did write by typing w After that the problem was gone for me -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
struggled with this for ages (same thing's happening with xubuntu 13.04) installing from usb. got it working in the end by mounting all partitions except for the partition that would become / sudo swapoff -a saying 'no' when the installer asked if it wanted me to let it unmount the partitions. thanks for all our pointers everyone. this needs to get fixed though. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Tried mounting all partitions except for my 3rd hard drive(which did not have any partitions). Said 'no' when the installer asked if it wanted me to let it unmount the partitions. Then the installed worked and now I have 13.04 64bit on my 3rd hard drive. Thanks for all your info everyone. This needs to get fixed though. Bob W. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Had the same problem today trying to reinstall 13.04 Kubuntu. Disc Structure i had before (where installer worked without the problem): /dev/sda (750GB HDD) sda2 - ext4 (home partition) sda1 - ntfs (windows data partition) sda3 - ext4 (root partition for 13.04) /dev/sdb (120GB SSD) sdb1 - ntfs (windows) sdb2 - root partition for 12.10 i then changed partitions for the reinstall to (prior trying to install) /dev/sda (750GB HDD) sda1 - unchanged ntfs (windows data) sda3 - unchanged ext4 (data storage) extended partition: - sda5 - ext4 /boot - sda6 - ext4 /tmp - sda7 - ext4 /home /dev/sdb (SSD) sdb1 - ntfs unchanged extended partition - dev/sdb5 - ext4 root for 12.10 install - dev/sdb6 - ext4 root for 13.04 install and then had the installer error hanging at step 2. I tried all the stuff above without success, except mounting all drives before starting the installer did solve it. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Another report that mounting all partitions before starting the installer fixes the problem. I launched gparted first,(which mounted all the partitions). Then launched the installer. - Model: ATA Hitachi HDS72101 (scsi) Disk /dev/sda: 1000GB Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B Partition Table: msdos Number Start End SizeType File system Flags 1 1049kB 10.0GB MB primary ext4boot 2 10.0GB 20.0GB 10.0GB primary ext4 3 20.0GB 30.0GB 10.0GB primary ext4 4 30.0GB 1000GB 970GB extended 5 30.0GB 40.0GB MB logical linux-swap(v1) 6 40.0GB 70.0GB 30.0GB logical ext4 7 70.0GB 100GB 30.0GB logical ext4 8 100GB 400GB 300GB logical jfs 9 400GB 1000GB 600GB logical jfs -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I have found out a solution for my problem, if i disable from BIOS AMD IOMMU than the system boots with any kernel from 3.7 and up. If i have the option enabled then the system only boots with a kernel version lower then 3.6. Should this problem be reported as a different bug? Thank you. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Why are people posting issues that are related to not booting? And yes, this issue is still present in the latest nightly build. Doing an upgrade in the live session doesn't fix it as some report (and it doesn't really stand to reason that that would fix it). Additionally, that's not really an option for, say, Kubuntu. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Installed daily build downloaded Mar 15. Two drives, both w/ multiple partitions; same problem as others have described. Tried other tricks discussed without success; finally deleted the two partitions that I was going to use for boot/root, and mounted all other non-swap partitions so that partman couldn't consider them. Worked fine after that! -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
AMD890FXchipset. I also have this problem upgrading or clean install, it drops to busybox. I can wait forever and type exit, same result, no disk drives in /dev except my CDROM.. Kernel 3.8 does not see any of my HDDs. Kernel 3.5 works very well in Raring. This kernel is a show stopper for me. I have uploaded the output from lshw. How can i help to investigate this problem further? ** Attachment added: AMD890FX.txt https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3581968/+files/AMD890FX.txt -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I am having the same or a similar problem with the march 15 daily live of Ubuntu-gnome . The installer hangs as soon as I hit continue on the second screen ( where you are asked if you want to download supdaes etc) . The live session isn't hung just ubuquity . Note . the daily of the regular raring same date installed with no problem, elow is the section of the syslog just before the hang . Mar 16 01:14:55 ubuntu-gnome NetworkManager[2864]: info (wlan0): IP6 addrconf timed out or failed. Mar 16 01:14:55 ubuntu-gnome NetworkManager[2864]: info Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) scheduled... Mar 16 01:14:55 ubuntu-gnome NetworkManager[2864]: info Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) started... Mar 16 01:14:55 ubuntu-gnome NetworkManager[2864]: info Activation (wlan0) Stage 4 of 5 (IPv6 Configure Timeout) complete. Mar 16 01:14:58 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect Mar 16 01:15:01 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect Mar 16 01:15:13 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: switched to page language Mar 16 01:15:15 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: switched to page language Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: Language = 'en' Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: line=en;0;US;UTF-8;en_US.UTF-8;;console-setup Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/language = 'en' Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: Default country = 'US' Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: Default locale = 'en_US.UTF-8' Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/consoledisplay = 'console-setup' Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'US' Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'en_US.UTF-8' Mar 16 01:15:21 ubuntu-gnome localechooser: info: System locale (debian-installer/locale) = 'en_US.UTF-8' Mar 16 01:15:23 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: debconffilter_done: ubi-language (current: ubi-language) Mar 16 01:15:23 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: Step_before = stepLanguage Mar 16 01:15:24 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: switched to page prepare Mar 16 01:15:28 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: debconffilter_done: ubi-prepare (current: ubi-prepare) Mar 16 01:15:28 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: Step_before = stepPrepare Mar 16 01:15:29 ubuntu-gnome ubiquity[4438]: Step_before = stepPrepare Mar 16 01:15:29 ubuntu-gnome activate-dmraid: No Serial ATA RAID disks detected Mar 16 01:15:30 ubuntu-gnome kernel: [ 304.277670] Btrfs loaded Mar 16 01:15:30 ubuntu-gnome kernel: [ 304.372665] JFS: nTxBlock = 8192, nTxLock = 65536 Mar 16 01:15:30 ubuntu-gnome kernel: [ 304.688305] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block/inode numbers, no debug enabled Mar 16 01:15:31 ubuntu-gnome partman: No matching physical volumes found Mar 16 01:15:31 ubuntu-gnome partman: Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while... Mar 16 01:15:31 ubuntu-gnome partman: No volume groups found Mar 16 01:15:31 ubuntu-gnome partman-lvm: No volume groups found Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: ntfsresize v2013.1.13 (libntfs-3g) Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Device name: /dev/sde1 Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: NTFS volume version: 3.1 Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Cluster size : 4096 bytes Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Current volume size: 200047325696 bytes (200048 MB) Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Current device size: 200047329280 bytes (200048 MB) Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Checking filesystem consistency ... Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Accounting clusters ... Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Space in use : 23704 MB (11.8%) Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Collecting resizing constraints ... Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: You might resize at 23703388160 bytes or 23704 MB (freeing 176344 MB). Mar 16 01:15:40 ubuntu-gnome ntfsresize: Please make a test run using both the -n and -s options before real resizing! Mar 16 01:16:10 ubuntu-gnome dbus[1667]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.hostname1' (using servicehelper) Mar 16 01:16:11 ubuntu-gnome dbus[1667]: [system] Successfully activated service 'org.freedesktop.hostname1' Mar 16 01:17:01 ubuntu-gnome CRON[9816]: (root) CMD ( cd / run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Mar 16 01:19:01 ubuntu-gnome dbus[1667]: [system] Activating service name='org.freedesktop.PolicyKit1' (using servicehelper) Note I don't know why the date reads march 16 it was friday night march 15 when I took this ( maybe utc I'm east cost US time zone . -- 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 To manage
[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
Hi, same problem on latest (current) image. made a USB install key with unetbootin and raring amd64 iso. Tried to install. blocked at step 2 ... So tried to delete the Ubuntu partition already on my disk (previous version installed but no used on this machine so no data to loose) and now the installer runs correctly ... attached mu lshw output (runned from live USB) ** Attachment added: lshw output https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+attachment/3570800/+files/hw.list -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I have a laptop with two hard drives (One of them already has a Windows 8 UEFI install). I managed to get it working by removing the win8 drive from the system (http://yoush.homelinux.org:8079/tech/addremove-linux- hard-drive-at-runtime) and then adding it back after ubiquity presented the partitioning options. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
What's the latest on this chaps? Still affecting me with the 8th March Daily. No workarounds solve it. cheers -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Raring) Milestone: None = ubuntu-13.04 -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Running sudo swapoff -a in the live session then starting the installer worked. My system has a 60GB SSD for / and 2x1TB for /home in mdadm RAID 1. I had formatted the 60GB SSD entirely and unplugged my two HDDs for /home but even still, it kept failing to get past the screen where it asks me if I want to install codecs and download updates. The only partitions that were on the 60GB SSD was 8GB for swap and 20GB EXT4. That was it. At any rate, 13.04 is *finally* installing. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Need to add a Details button to the Preparing to install Ubuntu screen so we (the user) can see a problem and not have to wait so long to give up. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I got this problem too, and after deleting my extended partition, ubiquity works again. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Found a solution. If I mount all of the HDD and the SSD manually via Unity or Disk application, and select to proceed with all partitions mounted, then installer proceeds as normal. -- 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 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
Not sure why this works, but I have multiple disk with single partions, and mounting them manually is the only thing that lets installation proceed normally. -- 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 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
** Also affects: ubiquity Importance: Undecided Status: New -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
I can confirm that mounting all available partitions prior to starting Ubiquity gets round the problem. I have an SDD with three primary and one extended partitions. -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/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
Got a MacBook Pro 13 Retina (late 2012). None of the suggestions above works for me. It's a stock installation of OS X, haven't modified it anyway. There're three partitions on the SSD: 1. EFI stuff 2. OS X 3. Recovery -- 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 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubiquity/+bug/1080701/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
