[Bug 1074355] Re: installer applet crashed near the end of the install process. I had selected to download updates while installing and I feel this is where the error occured.

Sat Nov 3 11:23:55 UTC 2012

In UbiquitySyslog.txt:

Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Downloads verified successfully
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 935, in do_install
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     fetchprogress, installprogress):
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 872, in commit_with_verify
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     res = cache.install_archives(pm, install_progress)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 444, in install_archives
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     res = install_progress.run(pm)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 348, in run
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     child_pid = self.fork()
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/progress/base.py", line 211, in fork
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     return os.fork()
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 81, in wrapper
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 260, in run
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.install_restricted_extras()
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1229, in install_restricted_extras
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.do_install(packages)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 954, in do_install
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     chroot_cleanup(self.target)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 189, in chroot_cleanup
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     chrex(target, 'umount', '/sys')
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 75, in chrex
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     return misc.execute('chroot', target, *args)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py", line 543, in execute
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     status = subprocess.call(log_args)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 471, in call
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 745, in __init__
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     restore_signals, start_new_session)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 1207, in _execute_child
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     restore_signals, start_new_session, preexec_fn)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1732, in <module>
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 83, in wrapper
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.cleanup()
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1712, in cleanup
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     misc.execute('umount', self.target_file('cdrom'))
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/misc.py", line 543, in execute
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     status = subprocess.call(log_args)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 471, in call
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     return Popen(*popenargs, **kwargs).wait()
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 745, in __init__
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     restore_signals, start_new_session)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python3.2/subprocess.py", line 1207, in _execute_child
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     restore_signals, start_new_session, preexec_fn)
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory
Nov  2 13:19:18 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601590] dbus-daemon invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x200da, order=0, oom_adj=0, oom_score_adj=0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601594] dbus-daemon cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601596] Pid: 2724, comm: dbus-daemon Not tainted 3.5.0-17-generic #28-Ubuntu
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601597] Call Trace:
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601603]  [<ffffffff810c512d>] ? cpuset_print_task_mems_allowed+0x9d/0xb0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601608]  [<ffffffff8167587e>] dump_header+0x86/0x1ba
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601611]  [<ffffffff812b2d35>] ? security_capable_noaudit+0x15/0x20
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601614]  [<ffffffff8132efe3>] ? ___ratelimit+0xa3/0x120
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601617]  [<ffffffff81126823>] oom_kill_process+0x283/0x2b0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601619]  [<ffffffff81126cbb>] out_of_memory+0x1fb/0x3b0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601622]  [<ffffffff8112c063>] __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x8c3/0x920
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601626]  [<ffffffff81681ad5>] ? _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x15/0x20
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601629]  [<ffffffff81458250>] ? scsi_request_fn+0xc0/0x560
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601632]  [<ffffffff81165f06>] alloc_pages_vma+0xb6/0x190
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601635]  [<ffffffff8115b033>] read_swap_cache_async+0xe3/0x140
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601637]  [<ffffffff8115b120>] swapin_readahead+0x90/0xd0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601640]  [<ffffffff8114855c>] do_swap_page.isra.48+0x3fc/0x620
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601642]  [<ffffffff81122d57>] ? unlock_page+0x27/0x30
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601644]  [<ffffffff81149e84>] handle_pte_fault+0x184/0x430
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601646]  [<ffffffff8114ae89>] handle_mm_fault+0x259/0x320
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601648]  [<ffffffff816856ab>] do_page_fault+0x16b/0x4e0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601652]  [<ffffffff811c6c24>] ? sys_epoll_wait+0x94/0x410
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601654]  [<ffffffff816821e5>] page_fault+0x25/0x30
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601655] Mem-Info:
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601656] Node 0 DMA per-cpu:
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601658] CPU    0: hi:    0, btch:   1 usd:   0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601659] Node 0 DMA32 per-cpu:
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601660] CPU    0: hi:  186, btch:  31 usd:  89
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601663] active_anon:105718 inactive_anon:105733 isolated_anon:0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601663]  active_file:899 inactive_file:1749 isolated_file:0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601663]  unevictable:0 dirty:0 writeback:0 unstable:0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601663]  free:12240 slab_reclaimable:14318 slab_unreclaimable:3623
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601663]  mapped:811 shmem:165 pagetables:3959 bounce:0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601665] Node 0 DMA free:4644kB min:680kB low:848kB high:1020kB active_anon:4868kB inactive_anon:4900kB active_file:48kB inactive_file:144kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:15652kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:28kB shmem:256kB slab_reclaimable:300kB slab_unreclaimable:76kB kernel_stack:8kB pagetables:100kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:1198 all_unreclaimable? yes
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601668] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 992 992 992
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601671] Node 0 DMA32 free:44316kB min:44372kB low:55464kB high:66556kB active_anon:418004kB inactive_anon:418032kB active_file:3548kB inactive_file:6852kB unevictable:0kB isolated(anon):0kB isolated(file):0kB present:1016000kB mlocked:0kB dirty:0kB writeback:0kB mapped:3216kB shmem:404kB slab_reclaimable:56972kB slab_unreclaimable:14416kB kernel_stack:1880kB pagetables:15736kB unstable:0kB bounce:0kB writeback_tmp:0kB pages_scanned:104733 all_unreclaimable? yes
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601674] lowmem_reserve[]: 0 0 0 0
Nov  2 13:28:50 ubuntu kernel: [ 1612.601676] Node 0 DMA: 15*4kB 29*8kB 26*16kB 11*32kB 4*64kB 2*128kB 0*256kB 0*512kB 1*1024kB 1*2048kB 0*4096kB = 4644kB

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Title:
  installer applet crashed near the end of the install process. I had
  selected to download updates while installing and I feel this is where
  the error occured.

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm not really sure about the details as I was not watching the
  machine. I came back to it with the error message waiting for me.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.12.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-17.28-generic 3.5.5
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-17-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.328
  Date: Fri Nov  2 09:29:21 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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