I was caught by this yesterday with an amd64 16.04.1 DVD install to a
BIOS+GPT custom ("Something Else") configuration where I had forgotten
to create the GPT BIOS Boot Partition for GRUB's core.
The Bootloader Error dialog is modal with only a GtkButton "gtk-ok".
Reading the ubiquity Python code and XML user interface description
files it looks as if the OK button is disabled if *any* changes are made
to the device GtkComboBox where the user-selected device is invalid
(which is checked by the grub_verify_loop() handler.
In my case there was no alternative valid option so once I'd interacted
with the GtkComboBox the OK button was disabled and I couldn't close the
modal dialog.
So the issue seems to be that once the OK button has been disabled it is
never re-enabled when selecting other valid options.
I spent quite some time trying to understand and track the execution
flow but didn't get to the point of testing my bug-fix hypothesis due to
lack of time but it is detailed at the end of this comment if anyone
cares to test it.
/use/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py::Wizard.run(): (line ~718)
# Auto-connecting signals with additional parameters does not work.
self.grub_new_device_entry.connect(
'changed', self.grub_verify_loop, self.grub_fail_okbutton)
This connects a signal from the device GtkComboBox to the
grub_verify_loop() function.
/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py::Wizard.grub_verify_loop()
(line ~1706)
def grub_verify_loop(self, widget, okbutton):
if widget is not None:
if validation.check_grub_device(widget.get_child().get_text()):
okbutton.set_sensitive(True)
else:
okbutton.set_sensitive(False)
Which will disable the OK button if the device is not valid.
/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py::bootloader_dialog(): (line ~1775)
...
response = self.bootloader_fail_dialog.run()
self.bootloader_fail_dialog.hide()
if response == Gtk.ResponseType.OK:
if self.grub_new_device.get_active():
return self.grub_new_device_entry.get_child().get_text()
elif self.grub_no_new_device.get_active():
return 'skip'
else:
return ''
else:
return ''
because bootloader_fail_dialog.run() blocks and never returns the
subsequent .hide() and response handling never occurs.
In /usr/share/ubiquity/gtk/ubiquity.ui the OK button id is
"grub_fail_okbutton" and it is attached to:
<action-widget response="-5">grub_fail_okbutton</action-widget>
The XML also defines a "toggled" signal attached to each of the radio
buttons that calls the toggle_grub_fail() handler.
/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/gtk_ui.py::Wizard.toggle_grub_fail()
(line ~1761)
def toggle_grub_fail(self, unused_widget):
if self.grub_no_new_device.get_active():
self.no_grub_warn.show()
self.grub_new_device_entry.set_sensitive(False)
self.abort_warn.hide()
elif self.grub_fail_option.get_active():
self.abort_warn.show()
self.no_grub_warn.hide()
self.grub_new_device_entry.set_sensitive(False)
else:
self.abort_warn.hide()
self.no_grub_warn.hide()
self.grub_new_device_entry.set_sensitive(True)
This changes the visibility of the option-specific warnings that appear
when those options are selected and alters the enabled status of the
GtkComboBox.
So I guess the solution is to add two identical lines here to ensure the
OK button is enabled for the 'proceed without GRUB' or 'Cancel
installtion' options:
def toggle_grub_fail(self, unused_widget):
if self.grub_no_new_device.get_active():
self.no_grub_warn.show()
self.grub_new_device_entry.set_sensitive(False)
self.okbutton.set_sensitive(True)
self.abort_warn.hide()
elif self.grub_fail_option.get_active():
self.abort_warn.show()
self.no_grub_warn.hide()
self.grub_new_device_entry.set_sensitive(False)
self.okbutton.set_sensitive(True)
else:
self.abort_warn.hide()
self.no_grub_warn.hide()
self.grub_new_device_entry.set_sensitive(True)
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