[Bug 1040033] Re: Fresh VM install via preseeded oneiric iso failed

Jamie Strandboge jamie at ubuntu.com
Wed Aug 22 11:58:06 UTC 2012 

** Description changed:

  The security team, et al uses lp:ubuntu-qa-tools/vm-tools/uvt to create
  new VM images by using an ISO, then updating it with preseed information
  so we may perform unattended VM installs. Before ubiquity finishes
  installation, 11.10 amd64 and i386 sometimes fails.
+ 
+ Here is the contents of preseed/vmtools.seed:
+ ubiquity	languagechooser/language-name	select	English
+ ubiquity	countrychooser/shortlist	select	US
+ ubiquity	time/zone	select	America/Chicago
+ ubiquity	debian-installer/locale	select	en_US.UTF-8
+ ubiquity	localechooser/supported-locales	multiselect	en_US.UTF-8
+ console-setup	console-setup/layoutcode	string	us
+ console-setup	console-setup/layout	select	U.S. English
+ console-setup	console-setup/variantcode	select	U.S. English
+ console-setup	console-setup/codeset	select	. Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic
+ ubiquity	partman-auto/init_automatically_partition	select	Guided - use entire disk
+ ubiquity	partman-auto/disk	string	/dev/vda
+ ubiquity	partman-auto/method	string	regular
+ ubiquity	partman-auto/choose_recipe	select	All files in one partition (recommended for new users)
+ ubiquity	partman/confirm_write_new_label	boolean	true
+ ubiquity	partman/choose_partition	select	Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
+ ubiquity	partman/confirm	boolean	true
+ ubiquity	passwd/user-fullname	string	REDACTED
+ user-setup	passwd/user-fullname	string	REDACTED
+ ubiquity	passwd/username	string	REDACTED
+ user-setup	passwd/username	string	REDACTED
+ ubiquity	passwd/user-password password REDACTED
+ ubiquity	passwd/user-password-again password REDACTED
+ user-setup	passwd/user-password password REDACTED
+ user-setup	passwd/user-password-again password REDACTED
+ d-i		netcfg/get_hostname	string	vmtools
+ d-i		netcfg/get_domain	string	defaultdomain
+ ubiquity	migration-assistant/partitions	multiselect
+ ubiquity	ubiquity/summary	note
+ ubiquity	ubiquity/reboot	string	true
+ d-i             mirror/http/proxy       string  
+ ubiquity	ubiquity/success_command	string	cp /cdrom/preseed/latecommand.sh /target/root/; chroot /target chmod +x /root/latecommand.sh; chroot /target bash /root/latecommand.sh;
  
  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: Wed Aug 22 06:49:51 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
-  LANGUAGE=
-  PATH=(custom, no user)
-  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
+  LANGUAGE=
+  PATH=(custom, no user)
+  LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Description changed:

  The security team, et al uses lp:ubuntu-qa-tools/vm-tools/uvt to create
  new VM images by using an ISO, then updating it with preseed information
  so we may perform unattended VM installs. Before ubiquity finishes
  installation, 11.10 amd64 and i386 sometimes fails.
  
- Here is the contents of preseed/vmtools.seed:
+ Here are the contents of preseed/vmtools.seed:
  ubiquity	languagechooser/language-name	select	English
  ubiquity	countrychooser/shortlist	select	US
  ubiquity	time/zone	select	America/Chicago
  ubiquity	debian-installer/locale	select	en_US.UTF-8
  ubiquity	localechooser/supported-locales	multiselect	en_US.UTF-8
  console-setup	console-setup/layoutcode	string	us
  console-setup	console-setup/layout	select	U.S. English
  console-setup	console-setup/variantcode	select	U.S. English
  console-setup	console-setup/codeset	select	. Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic
  ubiquity	partman-auto/init_automatically_partition	select	Guided - use entire disk
  ubiquity	partman-auto/disk	string	/dev/vda
  ubiquity	partman-auto/method	string	regular
  ubiquity	partman-auto/choose_recipe	select	All files in one partition (recommended for new users)
  ubiquity	partman/confirm_write_new_label	boolean	true
  ubiquity	partman/choose_partition	select	Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
  ubiquity	partman/confirm	boolean	true
  ubiquity	passwd/user-fullname	string	REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/user-fullname	string	REDACTED
  ubiquity	passwd/username	string	REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/username	string	REDACTED
  ubiquity	passwd/user-password password REDACTED
  ubiquity	passwd/user-password-again password REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/user-password password REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/user-password-again password REDACTED
  d-i		netcfg/get_hostname	string	vmtools
  d-i		netcfg/get_domain	string	defaultdomain
  ubiquity	migration-assistant/partitions	multiselect
  ubiquity	ubiquity/summary	note
  ubiquity	ubiquity/reboot	string	true
- d-i             mirror/http/proxy       string  
+ d-i             mirror/http/proxy       string
  ubiquity	ubiquity/success_command	string	cp /cdrom/preseed/latecommand.sh /target/root/; chroot /target chmod +x /root/latecommand.sh; chroot /target bash /root/latecommand.sh;
  
  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: Wed Aug 22 06:49:51 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Fresh VM install via preseeded oneiric iso failed

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The security team, et al uses lp:ubuntu-qa-tools/vm-tools/uvt to
  create new VM images by using an ISO, then updating it with preseed
  information so we may perform unattended VM installs. Before ubiquity
  finishes installation, 11.10 amd64 and i386 sometimes fails.

  Here are the contents of preseed/vmtools.seed:
  ubiquity	languagechooser/language-name	select	English
  ubiquity	countrychooser/shortlist	select	US
  ubiquity	time/zone	select	America/Chicago
  ubiquity	debian-installer/locale	select	en_US.UTF-8
  ubiquity	localechooser/supported-locales	multiselect	en_US.UTF-8
  console-setup	console-setup/layoutcode	string	us
  console-setup	console-setup/layout	select	U.S. English
  console-setup	console-setup/variantcode	select	U.S. English
  console-setup	console-setup/codeset	select	. Combined - Latin; Slavic Cyrillic; Hebrew; basic Arabic
  ubiquity	partman-auto/init_automatically_partition	select	Guided - use entire disk
  ubiquity	partman-auto/disk	string	/dev/vda
  ubiquity	partman-auto/method	string	regular
  ubiquity	partman-auto/choose_recipe	select	All files in one partition (recommended for new users)
  ubiquity	partman/confirm_write_new_label	boolean	true
  ubiquity	partman/choose_partition	select	Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
  ubiquity	partman/confirm	boolean	true
  ubiquity	passwd/user-fullname	string	REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/user-fullname	string	REDACTED
  ubiquity	passwd/username	string	REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/username	string	REDACTED
  ubiquity	passwd/user-password password REDACTED
  ubiquity	passwd/user-password-again password REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/user-password password REDACTED
  user-setup	passwd/user-password-again password REDACTED
  d-i		netcfg/get_hostname	string	vmtools
  d-i		netcfg/get_domain	string	defaultdomain
  ubiquity	migration-assistant/partitions	multiselect
  ubiquity	ubiquity/summary	note
  ubiquity	ubiquity/reboot	string	true
  d-i             mirror/http/proxy       string
  ubiquity	ubiquity/success_command	string	cp /cdrom/preseed/latecommand.sh /target/root/; chroot /target chmod +x /root/latecommand.sh; chroot /target bash /root/latecommand.sh;

  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: Wed Aug 22 06:49:51 2012
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release amd64 (20111012)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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