[Bug 1040343] Re: Crashed whilst doing an install in VMWare Player - /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>

[melchiaros]

In UbiquitySyslog:

Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     install.run()
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 55, in wrapper
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     func(self)
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 215, in run
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.remove_extras()
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1460, in remove_extras
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     cache = Cache()
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 102, in __init__
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.open(progress)
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/apt/cache.py", line 145, in open
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py:     self._cache = apt_pkg.Cache(progress)
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Encountered a section with no Package: header, E:Problem with MergeList /target/var/lib/apt/lists/us.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_precise-updates_main_binary-i386_Packages, E:The package lists or status file could not be parsed or opened.
Aug 22 23:55:06 ubuntu plugininstall.py: 
Aug 22 23:56:13 ubuntu ubiquity: 
Aug 22 23:56:13 ubuntu ubiquity: ** (apport-gtk:21257): WARNING **: The connection is closed


** Summary changed:

- Crashed whilst doing an install in VMWare Player
+ Crashed whilst doing an install in VMWare Player - /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>

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Title:
  Crashed whilst doing an install in VMWare Player -
  /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1735, in <module>

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Last stage noted on screen was whilst Configuring Hardware.  Was
  working on another PC and had failed when I next looked.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-23.36-generic-pae 3.2.14
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-23-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.315
  Date: Wed Aug 22 16:56:14 2012
  InstallCmdLine: initrd=initrd.lz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash -- debian-installer/custom-installation=/custom find_preseed=/preseed.cfg auto preseed/file=/floppy/preseed.cfg automatic-ubiquity noprompt priority=critical locale=en_US console-setup/modelcode=evdev BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release i386 (20120423)
  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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