[Bug 686859] Re: "Bootloader install failed" cannot be closed

[Patrick Heck]

Just hit this in 22.04. Very frustrating. I had to kill ubiquity, and
now I have no idea what state it has left things in.

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Title:
  "Bootloader install failed" cannot be closed

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: ubiquity

  Installing Natty alpha 32-bit on LVM with the Desktop live disk.

  After having installed lvm2, modprobed dm-mod, configured my lvs and
  started the Ubuntu installer, it crashes at the bootloader
  installation step.

  The window "Bootloader install failed" with contents "Sorry, an error
  occurred and it was not possible to install the bootloader at the
  specified location." is shown.

  I have 3 options:
  - Choose a different device
  - Continue without a bootloader
  - Cancel the installation

  Despite from the failed bootloader installation, there seem to be some
  UI bugs:

  - When I choose some LVM mapper device as "different device", the OK button get greyed out (Bug: it does not even try?).
  - If I then choose "Continue without bootloader" or "Cancel the installation", the OK button stays greyed out.
  - If I switch back to another normal partition (OK button is clickable), switch to "Continue without bootloader" again (OK still clickable), and click OK, just nothing happens.
  - If I in any configuration (e.g. "Cancel the installation") click the clickable OK button, nothing happens.
  - If I hit Alt-F4, nothing happens.

  => It is not possible for a normal user to leave the "Bootloader
  install failed" window. Happy trappy!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.5.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-7.19-generic 2.6.37-rc3
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-7-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Dec  8 04:18:49 2010
  ExecutablePath: /lib/partman/display.d/10initial_auto
  InterpreterPath: /bin/dash
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   LC_COLLATE=C
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity

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