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

[Oliver Knoll]

Just for confirmation that there are more than 10 people in Switzerland
trying to install Kubuntu ;)

I experienced exactly the same "ubi-console-setup failed with exit code
141" with a Kubuntu 13.10 64bit ISO image, while trying to install it in
a VirtualBox machine, on a Mac with OS X 10.8.5 as host and... a Swiss
keyboard (DE_CH)!

The error appears when about to select the Time Zone during
installation. "Retry" results (unsurprisingly) in the same error. After
"Ignore" I reach the "Personal Info" screen (where I can enter my
desired user name and such), the installer downloads some packages in
the background and proceeds somewhat, until finally dying with an
"Installation failed" message (about 25% of the progress bar or so have
been reached).

Interestingly enough the system then goes on and boots into the KDE
desktop - at this point I did not try to check what packages where
missing (mostly because I was very annoyed by that black box which very
frequently was rendered "behind" my mouse button, but that is probably
more a Mac Hardware/Virtual Box thing - never mind).

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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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