[Bug 798306] Re: unable to install the selected kernel with oneiric-alternate-i386 20110616.1

[Ben Guzman]

Im new to this and dont exactly understand what the fix was. I have this
issue with the current alt install. Please help. Thank you.

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Title:
  unable to install the selected kernel with oneiric-alternate-i386
  20110616.1

Status in “debian-installer” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: debian-installer

  With 20110616.1 Ubuntu Alternate i386

  The installer stops with an error "Unable to install the selected kernel"
  The following error is displayed in syslog:
  """
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: The following extra packages will be installed:
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target:   linux-firmware linux-image-3.0-0-generic linux-image-generic wireless-crda
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: Suggested packages:
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target:   fdutils linux-doc-3.0 linux-source-3.0 linux-tools
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: Recommended packages:
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target:   grub-pc grub lilo
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: The following NEW packages will be installed:
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target:   linux-firmware linux-generic linux-image-3.0-0-generic linux-image-generic
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target:   wireless-crda
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: Can't locate object method "new" via package "Text::Iconv" (perhaps you forgot to load "Text::Iconv"?) at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Encoding.pm line 65, <GEN2> line 3.
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: Use of uninitialized value $ret in scalar chomp at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 132, <STDIN> line 2.
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: Use of uninitialized value $ret in split at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 133, <STDIN> line 2.
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: Use of uninitialized value $ret[0] in string eq at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Client/ConfModule.pm line 134, <STDIN> line 2.
  Jun 16 15:50:12 in-target: Use of uninitialized value $ret[0] in string eq at /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress line 181, <STDIN> line 2.
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: E
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: : 
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable)
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: 
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: E
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: : 
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), is another process using it?
  Jun 16 15:50:14 in-target: 
  Jun 16 15:50:14 base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/failed-install
  """

  syslog attached

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  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: debian-installer (not installed)
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0-0.1-generic 3.0.0-rc2
  Uname: Linux 3.0-0-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Thu Jun 16 18:12:55 2011
  EcryptfsInUse: Yes
  MachineType: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. U3SG
  MemoryUsage:
   total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
   Mem:       3090096    2889400     200696          0      18184    1222900
   -/+ buffers/cache:    1648316    1441780
   Swap:      5855688     823512    5032176
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US:en
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.utf8
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.0-0-generic root=UUID=75f23f17-3ace-4485-af57-a7318eb6c2ff ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-05-16 (30 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 01/28/2008
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 305
  dmi.board.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.board.name: U3SG
  dmi.board.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.board.version: 1.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: ATN12345678901234567
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
  dmi.chassis.version: 1.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvr305:bd01/28/2008:svnASUSTeKComputerInc.:pnU3SG:pvr1.0:rvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:rnU3SG:rvr1.0:cvnASUSTeKComputerInc.:ct10:cvr1.0:
  dmi.product.name: U3SG
  dmi.product.version: 1.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

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