[Bug 1155932] Re: ubi-partman crashes with exit code 141 when stepLanguage skipped on Ubuntu installed drive

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Title:
  ubi-partman crashes with exit code 141 when stepLanguage skipped on
  Ubuntu installed drive

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  ubi-partman crashed with exit code 141 when stepLanguage skipped with
  automatic-ubiquity on Ubuntu installed disk.

  minimal steps to reproduce:
   1. prepare 8GiB drive which has a empty ext4 partition
   2. boot from ISO of Ubuntu 12.04 12.04.1 or 12.04.2 LTS
      with boot parameters "locale=en_US automatic-ubiquity"

  Expected result:
   show a step
     "This computer currently has Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS on it. What would you like to do?"

  Actual result:
   ubi-partman crashes with exit code 141.

  Difference between releases:
   * raring 20130315: OK
   * 12.10: OK
   * 12.04.2 LTS: CRASH
   * 12.04.1 LTS: CRASH
   * 12.04 LTS: CRASH
   * 11.10: OK

  Difference between drive conditions:
   * 8GiB with a empty ext4 partition: CRASH
   * 8GiB with no partition: OK
   * 16GiB with a empty ext4 partition: OK

  Difference between operations:
   * automatic-ubiquity: CRASH
   * skip stepLanguage and other steps before ubi-partman quickly: CRASH
   * waiting some time on stepLanguage, then skip it: OK

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.24
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1
  Date: Sat Mar 16 11:59:56 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash locale=en_US automatic-ubiquity debug-ubiquity --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=linux
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  ---
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu17.1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315.1DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash locale=en_US automatic-ubiquity debug-ubiquity --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20130213)
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.24
  PackageArchitecture: i386
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-23.35~precise1-generic 3.5.7.2
  Tags:  precise ubiquity-2.10.24
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-23-generic i686
  UnreportableReason: This is not an official Ubuntu package. Please remove any third party package and try again.
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo

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