Public bug reported:
The installer hangs forever at message "Saving installed packages" under
certain conditions. Steps to reproduce:
- Start gparted, create GPT partition table and create big enough partitions as
follows:
- /dev/sda1 formatted as ext4
- /dev/sda2 formatted as ext4
- Start Ubiquity
- Use default options until you reach "Installation Type"
- Choose "Something else"
- Choose usage of partitions and mount points as follows (do NOT format!)
-- /dev/sda1 on /
-- /dev/sda2 on /var
- Hit "Install now" (ignore the warning)
=> Installer will then hang forever. Last message it displays is: "Saving
installed packages"
I have tried this with 11.10 live CDs on a physical machine and VMs and
it always shows this behaviour.
Some notes:
- You can avoid the problem, if you mark / or /var (or both) for formatting
- It only seems to happen with a separate /var partition. If only /usr is
different, everything works as expected
- The problem did not exist in previous installers
The reason why I do not want to format with Ubiquity is because I have
pre-formatted my partitions with special parameters which I cannot set
in Ubiquity.
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Sat Oct 15 21:01:41 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, no user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity ubiquity-2.8.7
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