[Bug 790808] [NEW] Ubiquity KDE frontend does not display UI during a preseeded install

[Andrew Stiegmann]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: ubiquity-frontend-kde

When installing Kubuntu 10.10 and newer using a preseed file I noticed
that there is no UI presented to the user.  X is up and there is a
pointer, but no UI.  I dug into the code and came across this line:

if not 'UBIQUITY_AUTOMATIC' in os.environ:
            self.ui.show()

So obviously this is intentional.  I am just not sure why and I believe
it to be a bug.  Reason being that the GTK frontend for ubiquity _will_
display a UI even if an unattended install is happening.  Is there some
reason this code is here (there was no comment explaining why)?

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


** Tags: ubiquity

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Title:
  Ubiquity KDE frontend does not display UI during a preseeded install

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity-frontend-kde

  When installing Kubuntu 10.10 and newer using a preseed file I noticed
  that there is no UI presented to the user.  X is up and there is a
  pointer, but no UI.  I dug into the code and came across this line:

  if not 'UBIQUITY_AUTOMATIC' in os.environ:
              self.ui.show()

  So obviously this is intentional.  I am just not sure why and I
  believe it to be a bug.  Reason being that the GTK frontend for
  ubiquity _will_ display a UI even if an unattended install is
  happening.  Is there some reason this code is here (there was no
  comment explaining why)?