While it does not work for me in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 15.10 was able
to get past the error.
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same on 15.10. workaround above does not work any more.
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usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: "System policy prevents
installing
Same thing on 14.04.2. Upon entering admin user password the script
fails with the error message, 'Failed to install boot loader' and quits.
In fact, it's getting even worse as on top of it the script now fails to
erase the USB stick as well with the error message:
Can confirm I'm getting this on 14.04, fully updated, trying to make a
USB 15.04 installer.
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Problem appeared on 14.04 fully updated system. (several attempts)
as a workaround: used Unetbootin which created a bootable 8GB memory stick
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usb-creator-gtk 0.2.56.3 still fails to install bootloader with Ubuntu
14.04.2 LTS
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Title:
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Wait until the LED stops flashing, some have recommended. But there
are plenty of USB sticks, even ones from well advertised brands such as
SanDisk, that don't have an LED. Presumably users of such sticks are
expected to be psychic?
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It does fail in my case, LED or no LED. The workaround described in #46
by Ron Duplain still works for me though.
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Note that usb-creator will provide a definitive confirmation window when
it succeeds. If you don't see a clear message telling you that it's
done, assume it crashed and the media may not boot.
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My latest workaround is to run from the command-line, in a fresh
terminal:
unset DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS
sudo usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal
This provided a working boot media for me after several repeat runs
hitting the bug in this thread. I am using bash shell (Ubuntu's
This issue is also present on 13.04!
I agree with @mmalmeida, importance should be critical.
** Tags added: raring
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Always ask for password before installing bootloader. And when i entered
it too late, it just failed, render the long awaited process useless.
This is serious anoying bug. One password at start should be enough, no
need to ask it repeately.
Ubuntu Precise 64.
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Same issue here - I've always reported the issue when the crash
happened, so the team might have a few crash bug reports on it.
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Also, since this bug makes the software completely useless - it doesn't
do the one thing it's supposed to do - I suggest making the importance
of this bug critical.
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memory corruption when using:
sudo usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal
*** Error in `/usr/bin/python3': malloc(): memory corruption:
0x019deee0 ***
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This bug affects me on Ubuntu Studio 12.10, 32-bit.
It seems waiting until light on USB drive stops blinking before typing
password (as suggested in this thread) might be a workaround. I managed
to successfully create an image once, and it could be that it was some
waiting before typing the
See my previous comment. Even if crashing, it seems sudo usb-creator-
gtk made a working USB boot stick.
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Same here trying to write a 64bit 13.10 image from 64bit 13.10
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Affects me in 64-bit Saucy writing the desktop 64-bit distribution onto
a USB key (Lacie). Got progressively slower during writing process.
Eventually grinds to a halt on 99%, or similar, and crashes.
I've been plagued by this bug for years - it's pretty fundemental to
installing Ubuntu so would
From syslog:
Oct 30 21:59:27 david-Aspire-5750 kernel: [ 2795.845553] ISO 9660 Extensions:
Microsoft Joliet Level 3
Oct 30 21:59:27 david-Aspire-5750 kernel: [ 2795.845600] ISO 9660 Extensions:
RRIP_1991A
Oct 30 22:01:46 david-Aspire-5750 whoopsie[1273]: online
Oct 30 22:02:47 whoopsie[1273]:
I have this memory segmentation fault in 13.04, but the USB boots just
fine still. But if I remove the USB disk too early, there are files
missing causing the installation (from the USB drive) to fail.
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It is affecting me in both raring and saucy. Under raring apparently I
did not have a crash of the application when writing the bootloader by
creating again from scratch the table partition of the usb key in
gparted, formatting it in fat32 and setting the flag to boot.
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But it seems that it not writing anything I'm still not able to boot
from it.
I'm suspecting a problem in grub in ubuntu 13.10 iso. I have downloaded
it several times. The first time I have tried I have been able to
create a bootable usb and then I tried to install saucy on another usb
key as
I just tried it again and does not work.
unetbootin completes without error.
Then when I boot the thumb drive, it dumps me at a busybox prompt after
i tell it to boot from the first drive. Telling it to 'try ubuntu' and
it sits and sits and sits and sits and sits and sits. Then you pull the
power
It did eventually boot ubuntu using unetbootin but it takes a while,
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Not working in 13.10 even with the --allow-system-internal option set.
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Not working for 13.04 32bit!
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To manage
Still not working. I use an updated 13.04 Ubuntu, amd64. I tried to
creat bootable for 13.10beta amd64. UNetbootin works, but I would like
the native software to work, too.
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For those looking for an alternative, try UNetbootin. It did the job for
me, where usb-creator-gtk kept crashing.
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Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, even sudo usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal
is crashing. It's crashing everytime in various permutations.
Not really encouraging when you're trying to use to install another
Ubuntu.
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I'm still getting this failure on 13.10 as of June 22... When it
happens I get this logged:-
== syslog ==
Jun 22 19:00:14 trinity kernel: [169553.030872] usb-creator-gtk[27266]:
segfault at 4 ip 7f11ebc67db0 sp 7fff2a69a4e8 error 6 in
libdbus-1.so.3.7.3[7f11ebc44000+44000]
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WIth --allow-system-internal
I get a system crash with following message:
Ihr System besitzt nicht genug Speicher, um den Absturzbericht zu verarbeiten
und einen Bericht an die Entwickler zu senden.
Translated: Your system has not enough memory to create a crash report.
I have 12GB ram
On 13.04 x64, to avoid the segmentation fault in usb-creator-gtk, the following
works:
$ sudo usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal
Thanks @merlijn-sebrechts
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I confirm this really annoying bug in ubuntu 13.04 x64.
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This continues being a problem in raring.
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I have the same problem.
$ sudo usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal
does the trick for me.
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I can confirm that this still happens in 12.10. I can also confirm that
waiting before typing the password seems to allow avoid the problem .
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Still happens in 12.10 ~ Feb 1 2013 with all updates applied. Appears to
be related to the amount of data buffered to be written to the USB
device.
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the following worked for me on Quantal:
$ usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal
(select image, erase disk, create)
Now wait until the LED on the USB has stopped flashing before entering
root-password required for writing bootloader to the usb-stick.
This did finish with a:
Segmentation fault
Confirmed in Quantal. None of the solutions suggested above work.
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Happens in Quantal also.
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To manage
My best guess of what the problem is:
The application is trying to install the bootloader while some buffers
(linux buffers, or hardware buffers, I don't know and I don't care) are
not finished writing data on the usb key.
After 10 failed attempts I finally succeeded by waiting for my usb key
64-bit Precise, writing a 32-bit Oneiric file out; --allow-system-
internal works for me, though the 'Linux is easy' demo had already
failed by then.
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This bug also affects me, and the --allow-system-internal flag did not
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I get the same error message
Trying to setup 11.10 on a USB drive case with a 320gb IDE drive inside
shows a picture with the message
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1959764
If you run like this, when it gets to installing bootloader it now prompts you
to authenticate and works
This bug affects me.
I invoked usb-creator-gtk without knowing that was its name: I used
Startup Disk Creator from the Dash Home thing on my Unity desktop
(Oneiric + updates). It would be wise to keep names consistent.
The thing failed after 10 minutes of copying files to the thumb drive.
This
** Attachment added: message from usb-creator-gtk installation failed: Failed
to install the bootloader; Quit
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/859539/+attachment/2662361/+files/Screenshot%20at%202012-01-08%2001%3A21%3A22.png
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It is extremely confusing and stupid that authenticating to policykit
(or whatever puts this up) has no effect on the outcome. Failure has
already happened.
** Attachment added: policy kit(?) popup. usb-creator has ALREADY given up,
so authenticating here doesn't help.
This Oneiric bug looks a lot like
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/usb-creator/+bug/722019
(Maveric).
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Hmm. Still fails for me with --allow-system-internal.
This time I ran from the command line:
usb-creator-gtk --iso=Ubuntu11.10/ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386.iso
--allow-system-internal
No logging appeared on stderr (or stdout for that matter).
The command did not complete until I had entered the
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: usb-creator (Ubuntu)
Status: New = Confirmed
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It applies to me as well, but after entering my password my USB stick
works: it boots nicely with Lubuntu. Question is: is this (still) a bug?
It isn't very user friendly though to provide a pop up message referring
to system policies.
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Thank you Brian for pointing this out. Using the usb-creator-gtk
--allow-system-internal command I then was able to complete the job.
Still, I was prompted for password 3 times in the process which is a bit
too much I believe. And since usb-creator is crucial for netbook owners
it is better to
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** Description changed:
When creating USB stick from Ubuntu CD ISO image (or any other bootable
CD ISO image for that matter) upon finishing copying files onto the USB
stick I am getting an error message System policy prevents installing
the bootloaderfollowed by password prompt. When I
From UsbCreatorLog.txt:
usb-creator 2011-09-25 23:32:59,955 (DEBUG) install.py:191: install_bootloader
usb-creator 2011-09-25 23:43:00,057 (CRITICAL) install.py:94: Не удалось
установить загрузчик.
usb-creator 2011-09-25 23:43:00,068 (ERROR) frontend.py:676: Installation
failed.
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