[Bug 968216] Re: IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

[Mossroy]

Same issue on an AMD Athlon XP 3200+.
The workaround also worked for me.

I saw in some duplicate bugs that some users do not know how to apply the workaround.
For those interested, here are the steps :
- start your computer from the live-CD (or live-USB), and choose "Try Ubuntu without installing" instead of "Install Ubuntu"
- after some time, you should reach the desktop : click on the Ubuntu logo in the top left corner and type "terminal" (without the quotes)
- a terminal icon should appear below : click on it. You should have a command-line in a dark window
- type "sudo apt-get remove ubiquity-slideshow-xubuntu", and confirm the uninstallation when it is asked
- close the window with the red cross in its top left corner
- double-click on the desktop icon "Install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS" and follow the usual installation steps
- when all the information will be entered, instead of having a slideshow of Ubuntu features during the installation, you will have a small window with a progress bar. But the installation should work fine

In any case, be aware that there is at least one other issue with these
old CPUs on Linux : https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source
/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/968759 . It seems that Adobe compiled the
recent Flash plugin versions with some options that are incompatible
with our CPUs. So Flash crashes every time and is unusable... Thank you
Adobe

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Title:
  IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Seems a duplicate of
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/710582 but is
  already fixed

  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py: Exception during installation:
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last):
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 279, in pulse
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.db.progress('SET', int(self.percent))
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 60, in <lambda>
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py:     lambda *args, **kw: self.command(command, *args, **kw))
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py:   File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/debconf.py", line 65, in command
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py:     self.write.flush()
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py: IOError: [Errno 32] Broken pipe
  Mar 29 12:36:18 kubuntu plugininstall.py:

  Hello
  Attempting to install Kubuntu or Lubuntu, but the installer crash
  Thanks
  Fabio

  ProblemType: BugDistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.10.4
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic-pae 3.2.12
  Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic-pae i686
  ApportVersion: 1.95-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.312
  Date: Thu Mar 29 14:47:06 2012
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta i386 (20120328)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=
   TERM=xterm
   LANG=it_IT.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bashSourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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