[Bug 859539] Re: usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: "System policy prevents installing the bootloader"

[Alf Haakon Lund]

This bug affects me on Ubuntu Studio 12.10, 32-bit.

It seems waiting until light on USB drive stops blinking before typing
password (as suggested in this thread) might be a workaround. I managed
to successfully create an image once, and it could be that it was some
waiting before typing the password.

Run from cli "usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal" it asks for
system password, seems to run as root and crashes with the message
"Segmentation fault (core dumped)" while creating the persistence file.

Run from cli "sudo usb-creator-gtk --allow-system-internal" it crashed
without any error message while still copying files (before the creation
of a persistence file.

Run from cli "sudo usb-creator-gtk" it crashed without any error message
while finishing. Will try if it created a bootable stick and report
back.

Testing requires patience as each run is ~ 10-15 mins or more...

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Title:
  usb-creator-gtk fails to install bootloader: "System policy prevents
  installing the bootloader"

Status in “usb-creator” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  When creating USB stick from Ubuntu CD ISO image (or any other
  bootable CD ISO image for that matter) upon finishing copying files
  onto the USB stick I am getting an error message "System policy
  prevents installing the bootloader"followed by password prompt. When I
  enter the password, I get an error message "Failed to install
  bootloader". The result is the USB stick with all necessary files on
  it, but it is not bootable. I do have all administrative rights for
  the account I am using.

  And if I start usb-creator-gtk from a command line after "sudo -s" it
  crashes with a segmentation fault just after copying files onto the
  USB stick.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: usb-creator-gtk 0.2.28.3
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-11.50-generic 2.6.38.8
  Uname: Linux 2.6.38-11-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Mon Sep 26 14:18:09 2011
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
  PackageArchitecture: all
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=ru:en
   LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: usb-creator
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-15 (163 days ago)

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