[Bug 316548] Re: Installer quietly discards errors, gets stuck on "ok" dialog

[Phillip Susi]

Have you had this problem on 12.04+?


** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  Installer quietly discards errors, gets stuck on "ok" dialog

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When the "install ubuntu" option of the server edition installer hits
  a certain problem, it shows a dialog box with an "Ok" button and quits
  without any other indication of the problem.  It should probably show
  some indication of what problem was encountered.

  I discovered this bug because ACPI complained about the cheesy Promise
  RAID controller being used in the system I was attempting to install
  on.  Under the 8.04 installer, the system attempts to boot linux and
  then shows the ACPI error message.  Under the 8.10 installer, the
  dialog box pictured in the attached photo is shown.  If the "Ok"
  button is selected, the dialog closes and nothing more happens.

  In my case in particular, moving the drives from the Promise
  controller allowed both the 8.04 and 8.10 installers to proceed
  without issue.  There may be other classes of problems that cause the
  installer to quietly discard this error.

  A similar behavior is seen when "memory test" is selected: the dialog
  box shows an "Ok" button with the text "memtest" inside the box.

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