[Bug 1326707] Re: Ubiquity does't start, hangs in "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 426, in acquire_lock, test_debconf.stdout.readline()

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

** Description changed:

  All flavors and archs of Utopic Desktop.
- Last known good image is 20140522.
+ Last known good image is 20140527.
  
  ubiquity-dm and ubiquity do not start.
  Ubiquity started from the command line hangs forever, interrupting with CTRL-C shows that it's waiting on:
  
  -----
  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ ubiquity -d
  ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
-   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 636, in <module>
-     main(oem_config)
-   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 546, in main
-     acquire_lock()
-   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 426, in acquire_lock
-     test_debconf.stdout.readline()
+   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 636, in <module>
+     main(oem_config)
+   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 546, in main
+     acquire_lock()
+   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 426, in acquire_lock
+     test_debconf.stdout.readline()
  KeyboardInterrupt
  umount: /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/90-mandatory.d: not mounted
  ----
  
  The following command works fine from the command line
  echo "VERSION 2.0"|sudo debconf-communitate -fnoninteractive ubiquity
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-5.10-generic 3.15.0-rc8
  Uname: Linux 3.15.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jun  5 08:54:35 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140604)
  ProcEnviron:
-  SHELL=/bin/bash
-  TERM=xterm
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
-  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
+  SHELL=/bin/bash
+  TERM=xterm
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Attachment added: "20140527.manifest"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1326707/+attachment/4127810/+files/20140527.manifest

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Title:
  Ubiquity does't start, hangs in "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line
  426, in acquire_lock, test_debconf.stdout.readline()

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  All flavors and archs of Utopic Desktop.
  Last known good image is 20140527.

  ubiquity-dm and ubiquity do not start.
  Ubiquity started from the command line hangs forever, interrupting with CTRL-C shows that it's waiting on:

  -----
  ubuntu at ubuntu:~$ ubiquity -d
  ^CTraceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 636, in <module>
      main(oem_config)
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 546, in main
      acquire_lock()
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 426, in acquire_lock
      test_debconf.stdout.readline()
  KeyboardInterrupt
  umount: /var/lib/polkit-1/localauthority/90-mandatory.d: not mounted
  ----

  The following command works fine from the command line
  echo "VERSION 2.0"|sudo debconf-communitate -fnoninteractive ubiquity

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.15.0-5.10-generic 3.15.0-rc8
  Uname: Linux 3.15.0-5-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.3-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Thu Jun  5 08:54:35 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha amd64 (20140604)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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