[Bug 1997030] [NEW] installer crashed while trying to install on a manually unlocked Luks vg partition

[Simon Oosthoek]

Public bug reported:

I was trying to install ubuntu 20.10 on a laptop with an existing disk
encryption with several logical volumes containing data, it didn't work
and crashed. Also I noticed that in one of the attempts the swap
partition wasn't just initialised, but also activated, this may have
been the case while I was attempting to go through one of the
partitioning attempts.

I guess this wasn't a use case that was fully tested, however I found a
question (without answer) about this very issue.

I unlocked the luks fs via the ctrl-alt-f2 terminal using `cryptsetup
luksOpen somename`, this went as expected and the logical volumes became
visible in the partioner after I reloaded (back/continue) the
partitioning page.

I'm probably now going to backup the entire disk and reformat the entire
nvme, so I won't be able to test this again anytime soon.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
Package: ubiquity 22.10.10
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-21.21-generic 5.19.7
Uname: Linux 5.19.0-21-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.475
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Fri Nov 18 13:57:54 2022
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kinetic ubiquity-22.10.10 ubuntu

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Title:
  installer crashed while trying to install on a manually unlocked Luks
  vg partition

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I was trying to install ubuntu 20.10 on a laptop with an existing disk
  encryption with several logical volumes containing data, it didn't
  work and crashed. Also I noticed that in one of the attempts the swap
  partition wasn't just initialised, but also activated, this may have
  been the case while I was attempting to go through one of the
  partitioning attempts.

  I guess this wasn't a use case that was fully tested, however I found
  a question (without answer) about this very issue.

  I unlocked the luks fs via the ctrl-alt-f2 terminal using `cryptsetup
  luksOpen somename`, this went as expected and the logical volumes
  became visible in the partioner after I reloaded (back/continue) the
  partitioning page.

  I'm probably now going to backup the entire disk and reformat the
  entire nvme, so I won't be able to test this again anytime soon.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.10
  Package: ubiquity 22.10.10
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.19.0-21.21-generic 5.19.7
  Uname: Linux 5.19.0-21-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.23.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.475
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Fri Nov 18 13:57:54 2022
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 22.10 "Kinetic Kudu" - Release amd64 (20221020)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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