[Bug 1132352] [NEW] Installer crashes at Signin

[Fred Van Houten Jr]

Public bug reported:

Considering the dates on similar problems, this may need bringing to
your attention again.  I tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 and all was well
until the signon.  In the middle of entering my name, I got the
"installer crashed" message.  Prior to this, the same thing happened
with 12.10.  The only difference was that then, I was taken to a desktop
where an icon appeared which gave the option to install 12.10 (again).
I took it and this time it went much farther, finally freezing 14
minutes into the "Copying Files" message.

I have a new (to me) machine.  It's a 2006 eMachines T3120 with:
1.80GHz AMD Sempron processor
128MB Primary Cache
256MB Secondary Cache
Bus Clock 201 MHz
2GB memory (I just upgraded from 512MB)
100GB HDD

It previously had Windows XP-SP3 on it.  It was very slow, which is why
I upgraded its memory to the max before trying Ubuntu on it.  This
improved its XP performance eight-fold.

 I previously used the same 12.04 install disk (downloaded *.iso to disc
using Roxio Creator 2012 Pro) on another older machine last year and it
worked fine - I've been using it for more than 6 months).

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: Sat Feb 23 21:49:15 2013
InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
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)

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


** Tags: apport-bug i386 precise ubiquity-2.10.16

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Title:
  Installer crashes at Signin

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Considering the dates on similar problems, this may need bringing to
  your attention again.  I tried to install Ubuntu 12.04 and all was
  well until the signon.  In the middle of entering my name, I got the
  "installer crashed" message.  Prior to this, the same thing happened
  with 12.10.  The only difference was that then, I was taken to a
  desktop where an icon appeared which gave the option to install 12.10
  (again).  I took it and this time it went much farther, finally
  freezing 14 minutes into the "Copying Files" message.

  I have a new (to me) machine.  It's a 2006 eMachines T3120 with:
  1.80GHz AMD Sempron processor
  128MB Primary Cache
  256MB Secondary Cache
  Bus Clock 201 MHz
  2GB memory (I just upgraded from 512MB)
  100GB HDD

  It previously had Windows XP-SP3 on it.  It was very slow, which is
  why I upgraded its memory to the max before trying Ubuntu on it.  This
  improved its XP performance eight-fold.

   I previously used the same 12.04 install disk (downloaded *.iso to
  disc using Roxio Creator 2012 Pro) on another older machine last year
  and it worked fine - I've been using it for more than 6 months).

  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: Sat Feb 23 21:49:15 2013
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  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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