[Bug 877232] Re: Installer crashed when taking a photo for login screen.

[Robert Roth]

Exception during installation:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 656, in <module>
     install.run()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 130, in run
     self.copy_all()
File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 410, in copy_all
     os.mknod(targetpath, stat.S_IFCHR | mode, st.st_rdev)
OSError: [Errno 17] File exists

** Summary changed:

- Installer crashed when taking a photo for login screen.
+ Installer crashed with OSError: [Errno 17] File exists when taking a photo for login screen.

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Title:
  Installer crashed with OSError: [Errno 17] File exists when taking a
  photo for login screen.

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The system was already partitioned (Ubuntu 11.04 was installed before, and update to Oneiric failed).
  I didn't choose to format the file system containing / as I want to keep as much data as I can.
  As said in title, the crash occurred while taking the photo with embedded webcam.

  System : Dell Vostro 1510.

  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
  NonfreeKernelModules: wl
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.287
  Date: Tue Oct 18 10:49:38 2011
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=fr_FR.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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