[Bug 832191] Re: installer ubiquity crashed, installing kubuntu 10.04.3 LTS AMD64 from CD to 16MB memory stick at 99%

[Paul Vierhout]

Let me express my doubt: I succeeded in installing  on memory stick today, but I reverted to my first attempt which is not represented in the logs I attached because of a restart, and which I mentioned only briefly in my report. In my first attempt, I did not burn any CD at all, I used only memory sticks. That attempt crashed the Kubuntu installer "KPackagekit" at 63%. And I found out myself from the log, that the cause of the crash at 63% was an attempt to read from CDRom, which was not available at all because I used nothing but memory sticks. The installer should not have tried to read the CDRom. 
 However, my report shows I tried a second time from CD, failing at 99%. 
 I decided to try a third time and I succeeded. I cheated, though. This time, I inserted the CD. And I restarted the install from memory stick. That helped to go past 63%. At 63%, my CD-player started to spin. That must have been what made me succeed. So my hardware did not really fail, I think. And I wonder: why should an installer look for a CD when it starts from a memory stick "startup disk" and installs on a target memory disk?
 Would it be of any use to redo my first attempt and report it's failure at 63% with logs attached? I am satisfied now, my third install succeeded, but maybe this is really a bug? Or is it just a misunderstanding on my part?

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Title:
  installer ubiquity crashed, installing kubuntu 10.04.3 LTS AMD64 from
  CD to 16MB memory stick at 99%

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Running Kubuntu 10.04.3 LTS from CD, installing to a 16MB USB memory stick:
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  Ubiquity installer crashed at 99%, detailed message:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 524, in <module>
      main(oem_config)
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 509, in main
      install(args[0], query=options.query)
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 242, in install
      ret = wizard.run()
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_ui.py", line 460, in run
      self.progress_loop()
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_ui.py", line 863, in progress_loop
      (ret, realtb))
  RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 2566, in <module>
      install.run()
    File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 386, in run
      self.configure_apt()
    File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 1164, in configure_apt
      raise InstallStepError("AptSetup failed with code %d" % ret)
  InstallStepError: AptSetup failed with code 2
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  lsb_release -rb:

  Description:    Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS
  Release:        10.04
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