[Bug 1373365] Re: Ubiquity got stuck at 'Identifying file system...'

[sudodus]

3rd test:

Trying again, this time again from a live session , and using another
partition formatted by gparted: This time it created a working Lubuntu
Utopic system :-)

So my conclusion so far is that either there are problems installing
from the live session when several other programs has been run (testing
that the live session works), or that first particular file system made
by gparted was bad. The Ubiquity installer has been very sensitive
during several versions, and installation should be done at once, not
after running several other programs, particularly with low RAM.

With 4 GB RAM (in this test), there should not be a problem with too low
RAM, but maybe zRAM was crowded and caused problems (zRAM is used in
Lubuntu's live session).

4th test:

Tried again, this time without swap and zRAM, but running some programs
before starting Ubiquity and setting up the root partition for re-
formatting. The same thing happened as the first time (or very similar).
Stuck at 'Identifying file system...'.

I had htop on, and it showed RAM usage approx 300 MB (of a total of 4
GB) so the computer was not running out of memory.

Just after leaving the partitioning screen the system complained that it
could not shut off the swap. But I had already done it manually
(including zRAM).

It seems that Ubiquity is happy only when it is allowed to run first
(not after other programs have been running).

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Title:
  Ubiquity got stuck at 'Identifying file system...'

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I had a partition made and formatted to ext4 with gparted, so it is
  not a problem because of reformatting.

  I did not use OEM, so it should not be 'post-OEM', but maybe it is the
  same cause?

  -o-

  Isotesting: From the live session I tried 'something else' at the
  partitioning page, reused a shared swap partition, and used a
  partition made for this purpose, that was never used (only formatted).
  I had complaints, that the swap was on when it was not on. After re-
  trying, the installer could continue.

  The target drive is a USB HDD dedicated to testing. There are already
  two linux distros installed: Xubuntu and Mageia, but it should work
  anyway.

  I could enter language and user identification. The installation
  continued, but got stuck with a rotating round cursor at the text
  'Identifying file system...' (in Swedish).

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.19.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-17.23-generic 3.16.3
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-17-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.344
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Wed Sep 24 12:39:24 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- debian-installer/language=sv keyboard-configuration/layoutcode?=se
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140923)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=sv_SE.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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