[Bug 979350] Re: install with encrypted home failed near the end: OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory

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This bug was fixed in the package ubiquity - 2.10.14

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ubiquity (2.10.14) precise-proposed; urgency=low

  [ Colin Watson ]
  * Install ubiquity-frontend-$frontend along with oem-config-$frontend to
    improve dependency resolution; with the packaging the way it is at the
    moment, apt may sometimes select ubiquity-frontend-kde to resolve
    ubiquity's dependency on a frontend before realising that oem-config-gtk
    already depends on ubiquity-frontend-gtk.
  * Don't default to installing GRUB to a removable device with /cdrom
    mounted from it, even if /cdrom's filesystem isn't iso9660
    (LP: #984989).
  * If encrypting the user's home directory, wipe and enable encrypted swap
    before starting the slideshow, because running the slideshow can use up
    a lot of memory so we won't be able to disable swap once that's in
    progress (LP: #979350).
  * Automatic update of included source packages: apt-setup 1:0.55ubuntu3,
    partman-base 153ubuntu4, user-setup 1.42ubuntu3.
  * If /etc/network/interfaces doesn't exist when configuring the network in
    oem-config, write out a skeleton one (LP: #985305).

  [ Stéphane Graber ]
  * Always install oem-config-slideshow-ubuntu in OEM mode, also for
    alternate installs (LP: #984736)
 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson at ubuntu.com>   Thu, 19 Apr 2012 03:30:44 +0100

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu Precise)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  install with encrypted home failed near the end: OSError: [Errno 12]
  Cannot allocate memory

Status in “ecryptfs-utils” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “user-setup” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released
Status in “ecryptfs-utils” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released
Status in “user-setup” source package in Precise:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  I was trying to recreate another bug and just a full disk install with
  an encrypted home and received a notification that ubiquity had
  crashed.

  TEST CASE:
  1. Use a system with 1GB of RAM or less or a VM and set Virtual Memory to 1024MB
  2. Boot a Live Session
  3. Start Ubiquity
  4. Select the following options:
    - prepare: select 'Download upgrades while installing' and 'Install 3rd party software'
    - partman: use entire disk
    - user setup: Encrypt my home directory
  5. Proceed with installation

  ACTUAL RESULT
  Near the end of installation ubiquity crash with the following error in syslog:
  Apr 11 20:52:47 ubuntu plugininstall.py: self.pid = os.fork()
  Apr 11 20:52:47 ubuntu plugininstall.py: OSError: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-22.35-generic 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.314
  Date: Wed Apr 11 13:53:54 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120410)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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