[Bug 1165949] Re: ubiquity stucked at detecting disks

[Brian Murray]

It looks like an issue communicating with the disk:

Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.137121] scsi 6:0:0:0: Direct-Access                               0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.137920] sd 6:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.138727] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] 7897088 512-byte logical blocks: (4.04 GB/3.76 GiB)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.139398] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.139404] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 00 00 00
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.140207] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Asking for cache data failed
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.140210] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.143121] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Asking for cache data failed
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.143124] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.270366]  sda: sda1 sda2
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.273517] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Asking for cache data failed
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.273521] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    5.273525] sd 6:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [    8.728708] ata1: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.372190] ata1: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.691886] ata1: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.692162] ACPI Error: [DSSP] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20121018/psargs-359)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.692170] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SAT0.SPT0._GTF] (Node ffff880214b805c8), AE_NOT_FOUND (20121018/psparse-537)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.692260] ata1.00: ATA-7: INTEL SSDSA2M040G2GC, 2CV102HB, max UDMA/133
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.692262] ata1.00: 78165360 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.692578] ACPI Error: [DSSP] Namespace lookup failure, AE_NOT_FOUND (20121018/psargs-359)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.692586] ACPI Error: Method parse/execution failed [\_SB_.PCI0.SAT0.SPT0._GTF] (Node ffff880214b805c8), AE_NOT_FOUND (20121018/psparse-537)
Apr  7 23:19:44 ubuntu kernel: [   13.692624] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/133

Are you able to examine the disk at all after choosing "Try Ubuntu" when
booting the usb disk?

@Jackson the reporter said 'stucked'  not 'sucked'.

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  ubiquity stucked at detecting disks

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  1 Download raring desktop amd64 of 20130403 daily build
  2 dd it onto a usb key drive 
  3 boot it into installation or boot into live desktop and launch ubiquity manually.
  4 then ubiquity stucked during partman detecting partitisons 
  issue also happens with beta 2 release,  tried with server alternative cd, same issue, tried with wheezy net installer, works fine with my desktop.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.14.1 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5
  Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.330
  Date: Mon Apr  8 00:58:48 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130407)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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