[Bug 1892617] Re: xubuntu groovy - ubiquity appears stuck formatting partition

[Chris Guiver]

I wrote another update for this last night, but I must have closed
browser before hitting POST sorry.

I needed a Lubuntu 18.04 for support; so used that partition (sda5 on d755-8) to install to, and the Lubuntu 18.04.5 hung too (2+ hours).
Looking, it looked identical (message wise in journalctl & dmesg)

I rebooted, ran `badblocks` across sda1 & sda5 without issues.
erased sda5 & created a new sda5 using `gparted` (no issues)

Tried again to install Lubuntu 18.04.5 (amd64, last daily/RC) iso and it
hung for ~two hours.

I don't know how to query iso.qa.ubuntu.com to scan for all my d755-8
install alongside, replace partition, manual partitioning for more
detail, but that box is used heaps for QA-testing.

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Title:
  xubuntu groovy - ubiquity appears stuck formatting partition

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Watched kettle never boils?

  QA-test install on
  dell [optiplex] 755 (c2d-e8300, 8gb, amd/ati radeon rv610/radeon hd2400 pro/xt)

  I'm attempting to replace a QA-test install of 18.04.5 with a groovy
  install, I used manual partitioning to select sda5 (an install
  alongside in the bionic.5 cycle), and told it to mount as /, use ext4
  and format.

  It's been over FIVE hours now and it's still not progressed. It's
  stuck

  busy are systemd-udevd, udisksd, & parted-server..

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.10
  Package: ubiquity 20.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-42.46-generic 5.4.44
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-42-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu44
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.452
  Date: Sun Aug 23 06:46:16 2020
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 20.10 "Groovy Gorilla" - Alpha amd64 (20200822)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm-256color
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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