[xubuntu-users] Ubiquity crash during install

[Sandy Harris]

I have Xubuntu 11.10-i386 desktop on a fairly recent Acer
Aspire laptop. Model name not to hand, but bought only
a couple of months back. It came with a 320 G hard drive;
I installed Xubuntu & Win XP, and both worked fine.

Then I replaced the hard drive with a 64 G SSD. On the
SSD, I installed Xubuntu from a USB key, no problem.
40-odd G for /, 4 swap, 15 saved for XP.

Then I installed XP, no problem except now Xubuntu
does not boot. That does not matter in this case; I can
just re-install Xubuntu.

Try installing. I am completely certain the USB key is
the same one I used for the first Xubuntu install on the
SSD, 90+% certain it is the same as for the original
install on the hard drive. But it now fails.

I got an error message from Ubiquity several times,
reported it to bug tracker, and turned it off. Install
attempts cause the LED on the USB key to flicker
a while, then nothing.

This is not a new bug. Web search shows it, or
something very similar, has been around since
Dapper.

There is at least one doc bug too. Looking at the
script invoked, it uses "ubiquity --desktop" and
"man ubiquity" does not show that option.

As I write, I'm downloading the 12.04 beta to see
if the problem is fixed there.