[Bug 1682336] [NEW] reformatted hard drive after bug with xfce desktop, re-install now failing

[Trevor B]

Public bug reported:

I think this is a newbie mistake. I already have a desktop interface. I
was following a digital ocean tutorial for setting up VNC. Part of it
was installing xfce desktop. My system started being buggy (in steam
Warhammer wouldn't display models, on reboot I would type in my password
and the screen would go black, and then it would prompt me for my
password again). I decided to do a complete system re-install. I got a
message that the install is now failing because of not being able to
access a drive or something.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.376.2
Date: Wed Apr 12 22:53:24 2017
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug ubiquity-2.21.63.3 ubuntu xenial

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Title:
  reformatted hard drive after bug with xfce desktop, re-install now
  failing

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I think this is a newbie mistake. I already have a desktop interface.
  I was following a digital ocean tutorial for setting up VNC. Part of
  it was installing xfce desktop. My system started being buggy (in
  steam Warhammer wouldn't display models, on reboot I would type in my
  password and the screen would go black, and then it would prompt me
  for my password again). I decided to do a complete system re-install.
  I got a message that the install is now failing because of not being
  able to access a drive or something.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.63.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-36.36~16.04.1-generic 4.8.11
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-36-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.376.2
  Date: Wed Apr 12 22:53:24 2017
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20170215.2)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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