It sounds like a race condition on some limited situation. I have updated description accordingly.
** Description changed: ubi-partman crashed with exit code 141 when stepLanguage skipped with automatic-ubiquity on Ubuntu installed disk. minimal steps to reproduce: - 1. install Ubuntu into a drive on KVM + 1. prepare 8GiB drive which has a empty ext4 partition 2. boot from ISO of Ubuntu 12.04 12.04.1 or 12.04.2 LTS - with boot parameters "locale=en_US automatic-ubiquity" on the same KVM machine. + with boot parameters "locale=en_US automatic-ubiquity" Expected result: show a step "This computer currently has Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS on it. What would you like to do?" Actual result: ubi-partman crashes with exit code 141. Difference between releases: * raring 20130315: OK * 12.10: OK * 12.04.2 LTS: CRASH * 12.04.1 LTS: CRASH * 12.04 LTS: CRASH * 11.10: OK - I can reproduce with: - KVM (precise host) + Difference between drive conditions: + * 8GiB with a empty ext4 partition: CRASH + * 8GiB with no partition: OK + * 16GiB with a empty ext4 partition: OK - I cannot reproduce with: - VirtualBox (precise host) - physical machine - + Difference between operations: + * automatic-ubiquity: CRASH + * skip stepLanguage and other steps before ubi-partman quickly: CRASH + * waiting some time on stepLanguage, then skip it: OK ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: ubiquity 2.10.24 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.315.1 Date: Sat Mar 16 11:59:56 2013 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash locale=en_US automatic-ubiquity debug-ubiquity -- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash TERM=linux LANG=en_US.UTF-8SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) --- ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1 Architecture: i386 CasperVersion: 1.315.1DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash locale=en_US automatic-ubiquity debug-ubiquity -- LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213) MarkForUpload: True Package: ubiquity 2.10.24 PackageArchitecture: i386 ProcEnviron: TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2 Tags: precise ubiquity-2.10.24 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686 UnreportableReason: This is not an official Ubuntu package. Please remove any third party package and try again. UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1155932 Title: ubi-partman crashes with exit code 141 when stepLanguage skipped on Ubuntu installed drive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1155932/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
