Public bug reported:

Image: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

The suffix of hostname is too long and makes ubiqutiy automatic installation 
failed
because suffix contains the warring message of dmidecode.

Here is the error message in /var/log/installer/debug when installtion
is failed.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 394, in info_loop
    self.hostname_error(make_error_string(self.controller, errors))
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/plugins/ubi-usersetup.py", line 69, in 
make_error_string
    return "\n".join([controller.get_string(error) for error in errors])
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, NoneType found

In automation installtion, ubiquity uses product name from BIOS as hostname 
suffix by 
parsing dmidecode output, but if a SMBIOS version is large thatn the version 
dmidecode supported,
the output of `dmidecode -s system-product-name` or `dmidecode -s 
system-version` 
contains the following warring message, so that hostname suffix is invalid.

The warring message is

````
# SMBIOS implementations newer than version 2.7 are not
# fully supported by this version of dmidecode.
````

**** Additional information:

ubiquity package version:

ii ubiquity 2.10.26 Ubuntu live CD installer
ii ubiquity-casper 1.315.1 Configuration hooks for live installer
ii ubiquity-frontend-gtk 2.10.26 GTK+ frontend for Ubiquity live installer
ii ubiquity-plugin-apt-setup 1.1 Ubiquity plugin - apt-setup
ii ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu 58.2 Ubiquity slideshow for Ubuntu
ii ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork 2.10.26 Ubuntu artwork for Ubiquity live installer

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "ubiquity_debug.txt"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1236233/+attachment/3863835/+files/ubiquity_debug.txt

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  BIOS that SMIBIOS is not fuly supported by dmidecode causes image
  autmatic installation fail

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