[Bug 1080701] Re: After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'

[Bryce Harrington]

Further experimentation, I reinstalled the system from scratch.

0.  Insert precise Live USB stick and boot either directly or via live session
1.  Install 12.04, using "Something Else" and partitioning as follows:
    /dev/sda1    20G    /
    /dev/sda2    20G    swap
    /dev/sda3   100G   /var/cache/foobar
    /dev/sda4    EXTENDED
    /dev/sda5    20G    [formatted, but no mount point]
    (The system has a 320G hard drive, so this leaves ample remaining unpartitioned space.)
2.  Reboot into precise 12.04.
    * Verify partition /dev/sda3 mounted

3.  Insert raring Live USB stick, and reboot
4.  Go to Live session
5.  Launch ubiquity to begin installation
6.  Hangs after selecting Continue from 'Preparing to install Ubuntu'
7.  Quit ubiquity

8.  Run `df /dev/sda` or your favorite partition manager, and delete partitions 3, 4, and 5.  (I tried deleting only partitions 4 and 5, but it'd still hang.)  Then run partprobe as suggested.
9.  Launch ubiquity again
10.  This time it allows progressing to the partition manager.

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Title:
  After 'Preparing to install Ubuntu' screen, raring installation hangs
  with 'ubuntu partman: No matching physical volumes found'

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “ubiquity” source package in Raring:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Raring desktop i386 20121119 installation hangs on dell inspiron, with
  ubuntu partman:   No matching physical volumes found error message on
  the syslog.

  The following is the syslog segment that may be of interest

  Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman:   No matching physical volumes found
  Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman:   Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
  Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman:   No volume groups found
  Nov 19 13:22:25 ubuntu partman-lvm:   No volume groups found
  Nov 19 13:22:29 ubuntu ntpdate[4662]: adjust time server 91.189.94.4 offset -0.220470 sec
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: ntfsresize v2012.1.15AR.5 (libntfs-3g)
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Device name        : /dev/sda3
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: NTFS volume version: 3.1
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Cluster size       : 4096 bytes
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Current volume size: 149962973696 bytes (149963 MB)
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Current device size: 149962980352 bytes (149963 MB)
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Checking filesystem consistency ...
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Accounting clusters ...
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Space in use       : 88054 MB (58.7%)
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Collecting resizing constraints ...
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: You might resize at 88053858304 bytes or 88054 MB (freeing 61909 MB).
  Nov 19 13:22:32 ubuntu ntfsresize: Please make a test run using both the -n and -s options before real resizing!
  Nov 19 13:22:33 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.83KkHQhjEN: not mounted
  Nov 19 13:22:33 ubuntu ubiquity: umount: /tmp/tmp.vF1xKWu5Pp: not mounted

  Test steps:
  1. Boot the machine with usb
  2. Enter the wireless password to enable the wifi connection
  3. Wait to hear the drums  and select 'Install Ubuntu' with English being the language selection
  4. Click 'Continue' with the default selections on the 'Preparing  to install ubuntu' screen( where it shows the power, available disk space and internet connectivity statu)
  5. The installation does not proceed from this point

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.13.3 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.7.0-2.8-generic 3.7.0-rc5
  Uname: Linux 3.7.0-2-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.2-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.329
  Date: Mon Nov 19 13:27:12 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha i386 (20121119)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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