[Bug 826262] Re: installer for 11.10 crashed during install

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 825259 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/825259

Sorry for not having explaining it before. Here is the error from your logs:
Aug 14 01:07:04 ubuntu ubiquity: run-parts: executing /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common 3.0.0-8-generic-pae /boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-8-generic-pae
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity: Traceback (most recent call last):
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/bin/nvidia-detector", line 8, in <module>
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:     a = NvidiaDetection(printonly=True, verbose=False)
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 68, in __init__
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:     self.getData()
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 148, in getData
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:     driver_version = self.__get_value_from_name(stripped_package_name)
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/NvidiaDetector/nvidiadetector.py", line 87, in __get_value_from_name
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity:     v = int(name)
Aug 14 01:07:07 ubuntu ubiquity: ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '173-updates'
Aug 14 01:07:08 ubuntu ubiquity: run-parts: 
Aug 14 01:07:08 ubuntu ubiquity: /etc/kernel/postinst.d/nvidia-common exited with return code 1
Aug 14 01:07:08 ubuntu ubiquity: Failed to process /etc/kernel/postinst.d at /var/lib/dpkg/info/linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic-pae.postinst line 1010.
Aug 14 01:07:08 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing linux-image-3.0.0-8-generic-pae (--configure):
Aug 14 01:07:08 ubuntu ubiquity:  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

The installation of the kernel failed because of bug I marked this one
as duplicate of. Since it is fixed, you should be able to try again when
the fixed package is available from your mirror.

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Title:
  installer for 11.10 crashed during install

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  While installing Ubuntu 11.10 I got the message: "We're sorry; the
  installer crashed. please file a new bug report at
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+filebug (do not attach
  your details to any existing bug) and a developer will attend to the
  problem as soon as possible. To help the developers understand what
  went wrong, include the following detail in your bug report, and
  attach the files /var/log/syslog and /var/log/partman:"

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