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

[Phillip Susi]

You can tell because you will see the raw disk drive ( /dev/sda )
mounted rather than a raid device, which Linux does not support for the
caching configuration.  Doing this causes corruption by getting the disk
out of sync with the cache.

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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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