[Bug 1238446] Re: Ubiquity is stuck after "Prepare" step

[Phillip Susi]

It looks like parted's gpt code simply throws out the upper 8 bits of
each 16 bit character, which corrupts non ascii names.  Later it tries
to treat this corrupted name as a multi byte string ( which I think
means UTF-8 ) and convert it to a wide character string, and this fails.

I'm not sure how to convert UTF-16 to the current locale encoding.

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Title:
  Ubiquity is stuck after "Prepare" step

Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu:
  New
Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I am using the Kubuntu Beta 2 Live CD to install it on my Sony Vaio
  SVS13A190X laptop. It has one SSD with GPT partition and uses UEFI.

  After the prepare step, the installer hangs, presumably because of an
  inability to read some partitions, going by the syslog (attached).

  There is no indication of error, the installer is just stuck with the "Wait" mouse pointer spinning. I have used the Kubuntu 13.04 in the past to install successfully on this laptop.
  --- 
  ApportVersion: 2.12.4-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  AudioDevicesInUse:
   USER        PID ACCESS COMMAND
   /dev/snd/controlC0:  kubuntu    4659 F.... pulseaudio
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1)
  MachineType: Sony Corporation SVS13A190X
  MarkForUpload: True
  Package: ubiquity 2.15.20 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  PackageArchitecture: amd64
  ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/username.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity quiet splash --
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-8.15-generic 3.11.1
  RelatedPackageVersions:
   linux-restricted-modules-3.11.0-8-generic N/A
   linux-backports-modules-3.11.0-8-generic  N/A
   linux-firmware                            1.114
  Tags:  saucy saucy ubiquity-2.15.20 kubuntu
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-8-generic x86_64
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
  UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
  dmi.bios.date: 08/22/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: Insyde Corp.
  dmi.bios.version: R0143C5
  dmi.board.asset.tag: N/A
  dmi.board.name: VAIO
  dmi.board.vendor: Sony Corporation
  dmi.board.version: N/A
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: N/A
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Sony Corporation
  dmi.chassis.version: N/A
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnInsydeCorp.:bvrR0143C5:bd08/22/2012:svnSonyCorporation:pnSVS13A190X:pvrC60AL06C:rvnSonyCorporation:rnVAIO:rvrN/A:cvnSonyCorporation:ct10:cvrN/A:
  dmi.product.name: SVS13A190X
  dmi.product.version: C60AL06C
  dmi.sys.vendor: Sony Corporation

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