[Bug 1307994] Re: PPC - ubiquity does not split and resize partitions when told to

[Boris Reinhard]

Some time ago I had a similar issue, for some reason the installer would
not automatically unmount earlier created still active/ mounted
partitions (older test installations), and would later report an error
or simply fail to proceed, back then it somehow worked to go a step
back, reinit hardware and disk detection after which as far as I can
remember it would come up with a prompt to unload active partitions and
you could continue partitioning.

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Title:
  PPC - ubiquity does not split and resize partitions when told to

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When told to instal the new system along side the old system, a window
  pops up where the new and old partitions can be sized.  Ubiquity seems
  to do nothing after that, it just sits there with the disc mouse
  pointer spinning.  Checking with Menu->Accessories->Disks shows that
  the old partitioning remains unchanged even after many minutes.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.4 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-powerpc-smp 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-powerpc-smp ppc
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: powerpc
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Tue Apr 15 10:41:04 2014
  InstallCmdLine: ro ramdisk_size=1048576 file=/cdrom/preseed/lubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- video=radeonfb:1280x854-32 at 60
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release powerpc (20140414)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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