[Bug 871605] Re: System installation crashes at "Installing System"

[Hans Peeters]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 870281 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/870281

Same here, only a bit earlier in the "Installing System" part, around 35%: "Installing languages"
These are the last lines from the SYSLOG

Mar 13 22:14:20 ubuntu ubiquity: debconf: DbDriver "templatedb": could not sync /var/cache/debconf/templates.dat-new: Input/output error
Mar 13 22:14:20 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing man-db (--unpack):
Mar 13 22:14:20 ubuntu ubiquity:  subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Mar 13 22:14:20 ubuntu ubiquity: No apport report written because MaxReports is reached already
Mar 13 22:14:23 ubuntu ubiquity: Processing triggers for shared-mime-info ...
Mar 13 22:14:30 ubuntu ubiquity: Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme ...
Mar 13 22:14:50 ubuntu ubiquity: Errors were encountered while processing:
Mar 13 22:14:50 ubuntu ubiquity:  man-db
Mar 13 22:14:51 ubuntu ubiquity: Error in function: 
Mar 13 22:14:51 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:14:51 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Mar 13 22:14:51 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
Mar 13 22:14:51 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Mar 13 22:17:01 ubuntu CRON[3343]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly)
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity: ERROR: 
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity: hook /usr/share/apport/package-hooks//source_ubiquity.py crashed:
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity: Traceback (most recent call last):
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apport/report.py", line 663, in add_hooks_info
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity:     symb['add_info'](self, ui)
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/apport/package-hooks//source_ubiquity.py", line 62, in add_info
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity:     if cd_error:
Mar 13 22:26:28 ubuntu ubiquity: UnboundLocalError: local variable 'cd_error' referenced before assignment
Mar 13 22:29:08 ubuntu ubiquity: sudo: 
Mar 13 22:29:08 ubuntu ubiquity: gnome-open: command not found
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:13 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Mar 13 22:29:15 ubuntu ubiquity: (firefox:3782): Gtk-WARNING **: Unable to locate theme engine in module_path: "pixmap",

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Title:
  System installation crashes at "Installing System"

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  This happened on Both 11.10 beta 2 and 11.10 daily build.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.285
  Date: Mon Oct 10 08:44:44 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Beta amd64 (20111009)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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