[Bug 1747228] Re: [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer has only 0.0 B.
** Tags added: bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747228 Title: [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer has only 0.0 B. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1747228/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1747228] Re: [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer has only 0.0 B.
** Description changed: Testing the bionic daily desktop amd64 ISO for 2018-02-02 in a QEMU guest allocated 8GB via an LV, started in EFI mode and using "Try Ubuntu" mode, when Ubiquity was started it reported: You need at least 8.4 GB disk space to install Ubuntu. This computer has only 0.0 B. I checked the LV was correctly connected: cat /sys/block/sda/size 16777216 I then expanded the LV to 16GB and re-ran the exercise and got the same message. cat /sys/block/sda/size 33554432 + + I did some hunting through the source code and discovered that when the + prepare step calls ... + + /bin/parted_devices + + ... nothing is returned. + + I ran strace on that command. + + It turns out if the device is *read-only* nothing is returned. + + Ubiquity really should report something more appropriate. Currently the + 0.0 message is due to the variable 'free' being initialised to 0 and not + being changed because parted_devices doesn't return any data. No results + should provoke a helpful GUI message, and certainly something in the + debug log. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747228 Title: [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer has only 0.0 B. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1747228/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 1747228] Re: [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer has only 0.0 B.
** Summary changed: - [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer only has 0.0 B. + [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer has only 0.0 B. ** Description changed: Testing the bionic daily desktop amd64 ISO for 2018-02-02 in a QEMU guest allocated 8GB via an LV, started in EFI mode and using "Try Ubuntu" mode, when Ubiquity was started it reported: You need at least 8.4 GB disk space to install Ubuntu. - This computer only as 0.0 B. + This computer has only 0.0 B. I checked the LV was correctly connected: cat /sys/block/sda/size 16777216 I then expanded the LV to 16GB and re-ran the exercise and got the same message. cat /sys/block/sda/size 33554432 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1747228 Title: [18.04] You need at least 8.4 GB ... This computer has only 0.0 B. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1747228/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
