[Bug 1182784] Re: Install with German / Swiss Keyboard fails: "ubi-console-setup failed with exit code 141" or "Installer Crashed"

[Andreas Bürki]

I can confirm this bug. tried to install a Kubuntu 13.04 64-bit version
(checksum OK) on a brand new Think Pad T430s and ended up with

ubi-console-setup crashed -> ubi-console-setup failed with exit code
141. Further information may be found in /var/log/syslog. Do you want to
try running this step again before continuing? If you do not, your
installation may fail entirely or may be broken. -> Buttons: Retry
Ignore Close

Retry don't change anything. So, press ignore and go ahead... Until
"Installer Crashed" during "Tastatur wird eingerichtet" with a totally
useless "Please file a new bug report using the command 'ubuntu-bug
ubiquity' in a terminal.....

My little side note: What are all the Canonical marketing $ dollars
worth, if the product breaks in the very beginning during installation
and a normal user is left alone in the desert? Is this the way to
attract more new Users?

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Title:
  Install with German / Swiss Keyboard fails: "ubi-console-setup failed
  with exit code 141" or "Installer Crashed"

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Swiss German Keyboard abolutely does not work in kUbuntu 13.04
  Installer! No Way!

  64bit kUbuntu Desktop 13.04 image from kubuntu.org downloaded
  2013-05-22

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  First try:

  Try to install with Swiss-German Keyboard (i.e. choose it at boot
  screen) and there's a "ubi-console-setup failed with exit code 141"
  after setting the timezone; later (after ignore) the installation
  completely fails.

  And yes, I just correctly downloaded and burned a 64bit kUbuntu
  Desktop 13.04 image from kubuntu.org.

  Try it!

  Install kUbuntu in German (Deutsch) / Swiss German Keyboard (Deusch
  Schweiz), selected already at boot.

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  Second try:

  Boot without language/keyboard selection. Start live desktop. Go to
  system settings, setup german language and swiss-german keyboard (I
  *need* that! ever tried to enter password with another keyboard
  layout?!?). Start installer in german (note I always choose encrypted
  LVM). Set timezone to Switzerland. This time, I arrive at the keyboard
  selection. There is no "Deutsch (Schweiz)" ("German (Switzerland)")
  only Austria is represented - why?!? - ok, there's Schweiz
  (Switzerland), so I choose it from the combo-box -> immediately
  crashes!

  "Installer Crashed" Traceback /usr/lib/ubiquity/plugin.py line 48 ...

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  No, I cannot provide you with log files, since I cannot setup a system
  on that computer. Try it out yourself! Please!

  See also:
  - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/539463
  - http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/kde-installation-stuerzt-mit-ch-tastatur-ab/#post-5617642

  Or google for "ubi-console-setup failed with exit code 141" ...

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