[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2015-03-19 Thread Erick Brunzell
Just happened (somewhat late in the process) with Ubuntu GNOME 20150318 i386. Can't just quit the installation at that point, must just restart live DVD, then format with Gparted, and then install. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2015-03-19 09_16_41.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2015-01-19 Thread Zdenek
I had the same issue. It was clean installation as replacement of windows 7 on Lenovo T440s. First instalation cycle was ok but there was something bad with parttiions, I thought it was because I wanted to keep untouched partition for Intel Rapid Start Technology and recreated only some partitions

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-04 Thread Gregor Plata
Hi, I had the same issue when I tried to install Kubuntu 14.10 over the old 14.04 installation. The workaround I found ist quite simple. I chose not the default file system (ext4) but btrfs for the "root partition" and the installation succeeded without any further issues. I guess, the issue is so

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Phillip Susi
I noticed this in the syslog: Nov 1 15:48:08 ubuntu partman: mke2fs 1.42.10 (18-May-2014) Nov 1 15:48:08 ubuntu partman: Found a dos partition table in /dev/sda10 It seems you have something that looks like a dos partition table in /dev/sda10. I'm guessing that mke2fs is printing that warning

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Erick Brunzell
Looks like mkfs is still running: root 22613 0.0 0.1 5088 2460 ?S15:48 0:00 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda10 Or at least it's still consuming memory. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.n

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Erick Brunzell
** Attachment added: "dm" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4250835/+files/dm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951 Title: Utopic instal

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Erick Brunzell
** Attachment added: "partman" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4250833/+files/partman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951 Title: Uto

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Erick Brunzell
** Attachment added: "debug" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4250834/+files/debug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951 Title: Utopic

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Erick Brunzell
OK, finally got to this. I saved ps aux to white.text and I'll attach that as well as other applicable logs. I'll try to read them more closely when I'm in a more comfortable environment for my tired old eyes. You should probably know that the live USB booted directly to the install dialog after ap

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Erick Brunzell
** Attachment added: "syslog" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4250832/+files/syslog -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951 Title: Utopi

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-11-01 Thread Erick Brunzell
This is it for now, but since I used a live USB instead of a DVD any addirtional logs needed should hopefully be saved. ** Attachment added: "version" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4250836/+files/version -- You received this bug notification beca

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-31 Thread Tim
Lance, it really doesnt matter where you add them, anywhere is fine. `ps -aux` will be fine, though the '-' is somewhat redundant if you are going to be typing it a lot. `ps aux` should do -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ub

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-31 Thread Erick Brunzell
I'm curious where to add those two additional lines in /etc/rsyslog.conf??? This is what it looks like out_of_box: # /etc/rsyslog.confConfiguration file for rsyslog. # # For more information see # /usr/share/doc/rsyslog-doc/html/rsyslog_conf.html #

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Phillip Susi
It sounds like the mkfs works then and ubiquity freezes after for some reason. You might just double check with a full ps since it likely won't show up in top if it is hung. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs

Re: [Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Tim
On 30/10/14 07:44, Erick Brunzell wrote: > Just thinking out loud :^) > > I seem to recall some time ago being able to collect more detailed info > if I started the live DVD with a boot parameter like "ubiquity-maybe" > but I didn't keep notes and I'm unsure what the actual boot parameter is > - wo

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Erick Brunzell
Just thinking out loud :^) I seem to recall some time ago being able to collect more detailed info if I started the live DVD with a boot parameter like "ubiquity-maybe" but I didn't keep notes and I'm unsure what the actual boot parameter is - would something like that help at all? -- You receiv

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Erick Brunzell
Here's the partman log from that last attempt which was BTW done with Ubuntu Utopic i386 final. ** Attachment added: "partman" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4248500/+files/partman -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Erick Brunzell
And /installer/dm ** Attachment added: "dm" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4248502/+files/dm -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951 Tit

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Erick Brunzell
And /version ** Attachment added: "version" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4248504/+files/version -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Erick Brunzell
And var/log/installer/debug ** Attachment added: "debug" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4248501/+files/debug -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/b

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-29 Thread Erick Brunzell
Neither ps or top really show anything of interest, see screenshot. But top does show ubiquity itself is running. I'll also attach logs from that attempt. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2014-10-29 20_02_45.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-28 Thread Erick Brunzell
Only ubiquity appears to freeze so I should be able to try that. Don't hold your breath though because it's not consistently reproducible. Sometimes it works as expected and other times it freezes using the same exact partitions, same process, etc. It should prove to be a real challenge :^( -- Yo

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-28 Thread Phillip Susi
Is it only the installer that freezes or the whole system? Can you go to a command prompt and check with ps if mkfs or mke2fs are still running? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-27 Thread Launchpad Bug Tracker
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Confirmed -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951 Title: U

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-23 Thread amjjawad
When I tried to re-produce this bug, I had a previously installed Ubuntu GNOME Utopic Unicorn RC and when I tried to do the manual installation, I removed/deleted the old partitions and created new ones. Then, installed and everything was just fine. It seems this is a hard to re-produce bug and I

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-23 Thread Erick Brunzell
According to comment #9 one other person has encountered this, but it's not easily or consistently reproducible. So far I've only been able to reproduce it if 3 criteria are met: (1) The partition selected for change must contain a previously installed OS. (2) The selected partition must be a log

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-23 Thread amjjawad
I could not produce this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951 In my case, everything was just fine. However, I must say that in my case, there is only one Hard Drive, not 2 Hard Drives as in the bug report: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/13

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-16 Thread Erick Brunzell
With the 20141016 image the freeze appears to happen later in the process - actually just a graphical thing I think - see attached screenshot. So in order to quit the install and format the partition with Gparted instead of being able to click on Quit I just logged out and then logged back in. The

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-09 Thread Erick Brunzell
I have not found a reliable way to reproduce this - sometimes the reformatting proceeds as expected and sometimes it just never seems to proceed beyond displaying "Creating ext4 filesystem for / in partition #1 of SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) ...". I did poke around a bit after the most recent freez

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-10-09 Thread Dafydd ab Iago
Hi, have had this same issue with the install procedure for 14.10 64-bit desktop (daily build 9 Oct 2014) freezing while reformating. Followed the work around above (ie. reformating via gparted) and the install procedure has continued. -- You received this bug notification because you are a memb

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-08-28 Thread Erick Brunzell
Oddly I tried once last night and then once more this AM to reproduce this using the same DVD, same hardware, same installation steps, etc and couldn't reproduce so for now I suppose we can only wait and see if anyone has the same issue. -- You received this bug notification because you are a mem

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-08-27 Thread Erick Brunzell
I assume the attached logs are incomplete? I filed the bug report using ubuntu-bug ubiquity while the installer still appeared to be trying to create the / partition. I could not find a way to kill the process before filing the bug report. I've since wiped that failed install but I'll reproduce a

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-08-27 Thread Tim
I just tested this in a VM and manual partioning worked just fine. Lance, can you post the ubiquity logs up? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1361951 Title: Utopic installation freezes

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-08-26 Thread Erick Brunzell
Installation completes successfully if partitions are created prior to performing the installation, so I think it would be reasonable to set a milestone for Beta 2 or even Final as long as we mention this in the release notes. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubun

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-08-26 Thread Erick Brunzell
This is what Gparted shows had been done after a reboot. BTW I just reformatted that partition to ext4 and ran a check via Gparted which showed the partition being OK, and smart status via GNOME Disk Utility shows the drive being OK. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2014-08-26 22:53:49.png"

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-08-26 Thread Ubuntu QA Website
This bug has been reported on the Ubuntu ISO testing tracker. A list of all reports related to this bug can be found here: http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/reports/bugs/1361951 ** Tags added: iso-testing -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is s

[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

2014-08-26 Thread Erick Brunzell
Here also is a screenshot of my chosen partitioning prior to beginning the install. ** Attachment added: "Screenshot from 2014-08-27 02:57:37.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1361951/+attachment/4187965/+files/Screenshot%20from%202014-08-27%2002%3A57%3A37.png -- Y