apport information ** Tags added: apport-collected
** Description changed: 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) + --- + ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3 + Architecture: amd64 + CasperVersion: 1.287 + DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 + LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012) + Package: ubiquity 2.8.7 + PackageArchitecture: amd64 + ProcEnviron: + PATH=(custom, no user) + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4 + Tags: oneiric ubiquity-2.8.7 + Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64 + UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) + UserGroups: ** Attachment added: "Casper.txt" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875343/+attachment/2553293/+files/Casper.txt -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875343 Title: Installer hangs forever To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/875343/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
