I was able to work around the issue by reinstalling ubiquity and re- running the installer...
sudo aptitude reinstall ubiquity -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/483282 Title: crash in kubuntu netbook installer (9.10) -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
