Mythbuntu

Mythbuntu installation crash

Bug #159350 reported by Michael Gratton
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Bug Description

Mythbuntu 7.10 (AMD64 image) crashes on installation reproducibly at about 83% complete:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 212, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 207, in main
    install(args[0])
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/bin/ubiquity", line 65, in install
    ret = wizard.run()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/mythbuntu_ui.py", line 252, in run
    self.progress_loop()
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/mythbuntu_ui.py", line 330, in progress_loop
    (ret, realtb))
RuntimeError: Install failed with exit code 1
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/mythbuntu_install.py", line 288, in <module>
    install.run()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/mythbuntu_install.py", line 100, in run
    self.configure_mythbuntu()
  File "/usr/share/ubiquity/mythbuntu_install.py", line 179, in configure_mythbuntu
    raise InstallStepError("MythbuntuApply Debconf Xfer failed with code %d" % ret)
InstallStepError: MythbuntuApply Debconf Xfer failed with code 1

syslog and partman reports follow.

More info: I'm installing a Master Backend/Frontend version with the "advanced option". I installed most of the myth plug-ins, nvidia drivers, and used the remote control config/lirc driver for Hauppage WinTV.

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Michael Gratton (mgratton) wrote :

Syslog:

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Michael Gratton (mgratton) wrote :
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Mario Limonciello (superm1) wrote : Re: [Bug 159350] Re: Mythbuntu installation crash

Did this only happen once, or did you retry and have it happen again? It
almost looks like the target partition isn't formatted and might have
already had a symbolic link in place.

On Nov 1, 2007 3:58 PM, Michael Gratton <email address hidden> wrote:

>
> ** Attachment added: "partman log of crash:"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/10242283/partman-crash
>
> --
> Mythbuntu installation crash
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/159350
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of
> Mythbuntu, which is the bug contact for Mythbuntu.
>

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Mario Limonciello
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Michael Gratton (mgratton) wrote :

This happened three times, with it freezing at the same point each time.
My disk setup is one sata drive with three partitions. I'm reformatting the first to be root, the second as swap, and the third has been previously formatted and is mounted as /home ... Maybe I didn't check the format box, but I'm pretty sure. I'll try again later, and I'll also try a different disk and report back.

David Morris (dave-greenacre)
Changed in mythbuntu:
status: New → Incomplete
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laga (laga) wrote :

Michael,

do you have any updates for us? :)

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Michael Gratton (mgratton) wrote :

Ah, sorry for the lapse. I tried the installation using a PATA disk, but I again had no luck. I tried formatting the partitions seperately using fdisk and mkfs.ext3. I could mount and write to them, so I tried to use the installer, but it crashed as before.
The installation crashed in the same place as before installing onto the SATA disk.

 I ended up doing a minimal console ubuntu install and grabbing myth packages from aptitude. The installer didn't work for me, but I've been impressed by the quality of the actual packages!

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