[Bug 1217906] [NEW] Tried to run Ubiquity from a booted external hard drive

[Nicholas Anderson]

Public bug reported:

The page indicates "Extra debug information will be added to the bug
report automatically." I was attempting to run ubiquity to format and
install on my laptop's hard drive from an external hard drive. It
crashed shortly after choosing a password.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: ubiquity 2.12.16
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-39.60-generic 3.5.7.17
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-39-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu12
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Aug 28 09:12:07 2013
InstallCmdLine: cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-15 (193 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: apport-bug i386 quantal ubiquity-2.12.16

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Title:
  Tried to run Ubiquity from a booted external hard drive

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  The page indicates "Extra debug information will be added to the bug
  report automatically." I was attempting to run ubiquity to format and
  install on my laptop's hard drive from an external hard drive. It
  crashed shortly after choosing a password.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.12.16
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-39.60-generic 3.5.7.17
  Uname: Linux 3.5.0-39-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu12
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Aug 28 09:12:07 2013
  InstallCmdLine: cdrom-detect/try-usb=true file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz splash -- BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-02-15 (193 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release i386 (20121017.2)
  MarkForUpload: True
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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