[Bug 1277997] Re: Kubuntu Install fail on new Dell XPS8700: partman error 141: "No matching physical volumes found"

[Timothee Groleau]

I finally managed to install Kubuntu on my XPS 8700 by following
instructions from this guide:
http://ubuntuone.com/2MQe9Wi5POr46RIqVVdZVm

Basically I needed to disable Intel's Rapid Storage Technology
'acceleration' before the installer could find the disk.

The pdf guide also recommended to change the sata controller from raid
to ahci. but that step was *not* necessary in my case.

Note that *after* installation, I could re-enable Intel's Rapid Storage
Technology and grub still worked. I can boot to both windows and
kubuntu!

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Title:
  Kubuntu Install fail on new Dell XPS8700: partman error 141: "No
  matching physical volumes found"

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Kubuntu 13.10 amd64 (kubuntu-13.10-desktop-amd64.iso) fails to install
  on my new Dell XPS8700.

  Installation fails with Partman error 141, this is what I see in
  /var/log/syslog:

  =====================================
  Feb  9 00:36:43 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: debconffilter_done: ubi-language (current: ubi-language)
  Feb  9 00:36:43 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: Step_before = language
  Feb  9 00:36:43 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: switched to page Form
  Feb  9 00:36:49 kubuntu ubiquity: No drivers found for automatic installation.
  Feb  9 00:36:49 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: debconffilter_done: ubi-prepare (current: ubi-prepare)
  Feb  9 00:36:49 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: Step_before = Form
  Feb  9 00:36:49 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: Step_before = Form
  Feb  9 00:36:50 kubuntu partman:   No matching physical volumes found
  Feb  9 00:36:50 kubuntu partman:   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Feb  9 00:36:50 kubuntu partman:   No volume groups found
  Feb  9 00:36:50 kubuntu partman-lvm:   No volume groups found
  Feb  9 00:36:50 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: debconffilter_done: ubi-partman (current: ubi-partman)
  Feb  9 00:36:50 kubuntu ubiquity[6116]: dbfilter_handle_status: ('ubi-partman', 141)
  =====================================

  This is the content of /var/log/partman:
  =====================================
  /bin/partman: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/30parted: *******************************************************
  parted_server: ======= Starting the server
  parted_server: main_loop: iteration 1
  parted_server: Opening infifo
  /lib/partman/init.d/35dump: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/50biosgrub: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/50efi: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/50lvm: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/50lvm: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/52crypto: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/52crypto: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/70update_partitions: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/75auto_mountpoints: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/init.d/80autouse_swap: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/display.d/10initial_auto: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/display.d/80manual_partitioning: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/choose_partition/20auto/choices: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/choose_partition/30lvm/choices: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/choose_partition/35crypto/choices: *******************************************************
  /lib/partman/choose_partition/60partition_tree/choices: *******************************************************
  /bin/partman: IN: QUIT
  parted_server: Read command: QUIT
  parted_server: Quitting
  =====================================

  Live CD works well (I'm reporting the bug from it). The Dell XPS 8700
  is stock, I haven't modified any thing in hardware. I'm attaching the
  output of lshw for reference.

  
  Additional package info:
  =====================================
  kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ lsb_release -rd
  Description:    Ubuntu 13.10
  Release:        13.10
  kubuntu at kubuntu:~$ apt-cache policy ubiquity
  ubiquity:
    Installed: 2.15.26
    Candidate: 2.15.26
    Version table:
   *** 2.15.26 0
          500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ saucy/main amd64 Packages
          100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
  =====================================

  
  Thanks,
  Tim.

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