[Bug 740558] Re: Kubuntu Natty installer crashed

[Jan Killian]

Reopening:

1. Created an unetbootin USB key from the release xubuntu-11.04-desktop-
amd64.iso (md5 verified).

2. Booted the USB and selected Install Xubuntu in boot menu.

3. Chose to install the extra packages and download updates (wifi did
not catch-up, so I plugged ethernet cable and installer detected net
successfully).

4. Repartitioned manually all space as 256MB ext4 /boot + 4GB swap +
304GB btrfs /

5. Created user and chose autologon and no home encryption (using acer
notebook disk lock in bios instead).

The installer crashed at "Checking for packages to remove".

According to syslog:
plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 279, in _fetch_archives
plugininstall.py: LockFailedException: Failed to lock /target/var/cache/apt/archives/lock

Will now retest if it is reproducible, and if apt-get upgrade helps.

Also this bug probably affected Ubuntu 10.10 already, according to imho
duplicate bug
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/743359, and
another report https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/152359.

Btw, what is the bug tag policy? Should I remove i386+kubuntu tags
because the bug is not limited to them, or add amd64+ubuntu+xubuntu tags
because the bug affects them too?


** Attachment added: "/var/log/syslog (let me know if you need /var/log/partman too)"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/740558/+attachment/2151795/+files/syslog

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: Invalid => New

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Title:
  Kubuntu Natty installer crashed

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  I created a USB key from the most recent natty-desktop-i386.iso for Kubuntu, and booted from it.
  I launched Kubuntu, and when that appeared to work satisfactorily I ran "install kubuntu". I chose to install the extra packages and download updates.
  I selected manual partitioning, reformatted a partition as btrfs, kept an existing ext4 /home partition, and left the others unused.

  The installer got as far as choosing a keyboard, but vanished --
  without any crash notification -- while I was examining the "USA"
  keyboard choices.

  I reran the installer, and it got to "Checking for packages to remove
  ... 60%" before crashing.