[Bug 875343] [NEW] Installer hangs forever

[Ingo Schmidt]

Public bug reported:

The installer hangs forever at message "Saving installed packages" under certain conditions. Steps to reproduce:
- Start gparted, create GPT partition table and create big enough partitions as follows:
- /dev/sda1 formatted as ext4
- /dev/sda2 formatted as ext4
- Start Ubiquity
- Use default options until you reach "Installation Type"
- Choose "Something else"
- Choose usage of partitions and mount points as follows (do NOT format!)
-- /dev/sda1 on /
-- /dev/sda2 on /var
- Hit "Install now" (ignore the warning)
=> Installer will then hang forever. Last message it displays is: "Saving installed packages"

I have tried this with 11.10 live CDs on a physical machine and VMs and
it always shows this behaviour.

Some notes:
- You can avoid the problem, if you mark / or /var (or both) for formatting
- It only seems to happen with a separate /var partition. If only /usr is different, everything works as expected
- The problem did not exist in previous installers

The reason why I do not want to format with Ubiquity is because I have
pre-formatted my partitions with special parameters which I cannot set
in Ubiquity.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.287
Date: Sat Oct 15 21:01:41 2011
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug oneiric running-unity ubiquity-2.8.7

-- 
You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu
Foundations Bugs, which is subscribed to ubiquity in Ubuntu.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/875343

Title:
  Installer hangs forever

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The installer hangs forever at message "Saving installed packages" under certain conditions. Steps to reproduce:
  - Start gparted, create GPT partition table and create big enough partitions as follows:
  - /dev/sda1 formatted as ext4
  - /dev/sda2 formatted as ext4
  - Start Ubiquity
  - Use default options until you reach "Installation Type"
  - Choose "Something else"
  - Choose usage of partitions and mount points as follows (do NOT format!)
  -- /dev/sda1 on /
  -- /dev/sda2 on /var
  - Hit "Install now" (ignore the warning)
  => Installer will then hang forever. Last message it displays is: "Saving installed packages"

  I have tried this with 11.10 live CDs on a physical machine and VMs
  and it always shows this behaviour.

  Some notes:
  - You can avoid the problem, if you mark / or /var (or both) for formatting
  - It only seems to happen with a separate /var partition. If only /usr is different, everything works as expected
  - The problem did not exist in previous installers

  The reason why I do not want to format with Ubiquity is because I have
  pre-formatted my partitions with special parameters which I cannot set
  in Ubiquity.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.8.7
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Sat Oct 15 21:01:41 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

To manage notifications about this bug go to:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/875343/+subscriptions