[Bug 1306704] Re: daily image launched from usb has partman crash

[Jean-Baptiste Lallement]

** Description changed:

- I've got the daily kubuntu amd64 desktop image on a usb stick, booted
- via grub2.  When I get to the part where the installer wants to unmount
- partitions, I get an unreadable error message, and the installer sits on
- "Preparing to install Kubuntu" with the Back and Continue buttons greyed
- out.
+ Reproducible on Ubuntu Trusty Desktop 20140413 AMD64, Ubuntu Gnome,
+ Kubuntu.
+ 
+ TEST CASE:
+ 1. Prepare a GPT disk with 1 primary partition of type FAT32 which uses all disk space.
+ 2. Boot in EFI mode from an Ubuntu Trusty Desktop AMD64 SO with this disk attached
+ 3. Launch Ubiquity from the live session
+ 4. On step 'Prepare' press 'Continue'
+ 
+ ACTUAL RESULT:
+ parted_server crashes with the following trace in syslog:
+ Backtrace has 9 calls on stack:
+   9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7ff39159e4b1]
+   8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(+0x26451) [0x7ff3915b5451]
+   7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(fat_open+0x115) [0x7ff3915b7b85]
+   6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_file_system_open+0x6f) [0x7ff39159fd9f]
+   5: parted_server() [0x40d967]
+   4: parted_server() [0x40f4ac]
+   3: parted_server() [0x402bb1]
+   2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7ff3911eaec5]
+   1: parted_server() [0x402bda]
+ 
+ == Original Description ==
+ I've got the daily kubuntu amd64 desktop image on a usb stick, booted via grub2.  When I get to the part where the installer wants to unmount partitions, I get an unreadable error message, and the installer sits on "Preparing to install Kubuntu" with the Back and Continue buttons greyed out.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.1 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Apr 11 15:58:10 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/desktop-64.iso noeject noprompt splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140411)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  daily image launched from usb has partman crash

Status in “parted” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in “parted” source package in Trusty:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Reproducible on Ubuntu Trusty Desktop 20140413 AMD64, Ubuntu Gnome,
  Kubuntu.

  TEST CASE:
  1. Prepare a GPT disk with 1 primary partition of type FAT32 which uses all disk space.
  2. Boot in EFI mode from an Ubuntu Trusty Desktop AMD64 SO with this disk attached
  3. Launch Ubiquity from the live session
  4. On step 'Prepare' press 'Continue'

  ACTUAL RESULT:
  parted_server crashes with the following trace in syslog:
  Backtrace has 9 calls on stack:
    9: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_assert+0x31) [0x7ff39159e4b1]
    8: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(+0x26451) [0x7ff3915b5451]
    7: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(fat_open+0x115) [0x7ff3915b7b85]
    6: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libparted.so.0(ped_file_system_open+0x6f) [0x7ff39159fd9f]
    5: parted_server() [0x40d967]
    4: parted_server() [0x40f4ac]
    3: parted_server() [0x402bb1]
    2: /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf5) [0x7ff3911eaec5]
    1: parted_server() [0x402bda]

  == Original Description ==
  I've got the daily kubuntu amd64 desktop image on a usb stick, booted via grub2.  When I get to the part where the installer wants to unmount partitions, I get an unreadable error message, and the installer sits on "Preparing to install Kubuntu" with the Back and Continue buttons greyed out.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.18.1 [modified: lib/partman/automatically_partition/question]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-23.45-generic 3.13.8
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.340
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Apr 11 15:58:10 2014
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=(loop)/casper/vmlinuz.efi boot=casper iso-scan/filename=/desktop-64.iso noeject noprompt splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Daily amd64 (20140411)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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