[Bug 1256588] Re: PPC: LiveCD installation window vanishes during installation

[Lars Noodén]

Ok.  I tried the following.

I got ubiquity_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-frontend-
debconf_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-frontend-gtk_2.15.9_powerpc.deb
ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork_2.15.9_all.deb from http://ftp.tu-
chemnitz.de/pub/linux/ubuntu-ports/pool/main/u/ubiquity/ and installed
them forcibly, after installing the dependencies python3-pyicu and
python3-oauthlib.  Here is the output:

# dpkg --force-all -i ubiquity_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-frontend-debconf_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-frontend-gtk_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork_2.15.9_all.deb 
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
(Reading database ... 119659 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ubiquity_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity-frontend-debconf from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
Preparing to unpack ubiquity-frontend-debconf_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity-frontend-debconf (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity-frontend-gtk from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
Preparing to unpack ubiquity-frontend-gtk_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity-frontend-gtk (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
Preparing to unpack ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork_2.15.9_all.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
Setting up ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork (2.15.9) ...
dpkg: ubiquity: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 ubiquity depends on python3-pyicu (>= 1.0); however:
  Package python3-pyicu is not installed.
 ubiquity depends on reiserfsprogs; however:
  Package reiserfsprogs is not installed.

Setting up ubiquity (2.15.9) ...
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
dpkg: ubiquity-frontend-debconf: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 ubiquity-frontend-debconf depends on ubiquity (= 2.15.9).

Setting up ubiquity-frontend-debconf (2.15.9) ...
dpkg: ubiquity-frontend-gtk: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 ubiquity-frontend-gtk depends on ubiquity (= 2.15.9).
 ubiquity-frontend-gtk depends on gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0; however:
  Package gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 is not installed.
 ubiquity-frontend-gtk depends on python3-oauthlib; however:
  Package python3-oauthlib is not installed.

Setting up ubiquity-frontend-gtk (2.15.9) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.6-1) ...
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...
root at lubuntu:/home/lubuntu/Downloads# dpkg --force-all -i ubiquity_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-frontend-debconf_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-frontend-gtk_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork_2.15.9_all.deb 
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
(Reading database ... 119662 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack ubiquity_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity-frontend-debconf from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
Preparing to unpack ubiquity-frontend-debconf_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity-frontend-debconf (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity-frontend-gtk from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
Preparing to unpack ubiquity-frontend-gtk_2.15.9_powerpc.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity-frontend-gtk (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
dpkg: warning: downgrading ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork from 2.17.10 to 2.15.9
Preparing to unpack ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork_2.15.9_all.deb ...
Unpacking ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork (2.15.9) over (2.17.10) ...
Setting up ubiquity-ubuntu-artwork (2.15.9) ...
dpkg: ubiquity: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 ubiquity depends on reiserfsprogs; however:
  Package reiserfsprogs is not installed.

Setting up ubiquity (2.15.9) ...
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
dpkg: ubiquity-frontend-debconf: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 ubiquity-frontend-debconf depends on ubiquity (= 2.15.9).

Setting up ubiquity-frontend-debconf (2.15.9) ...
dpkg: ubiquity-frontend-gtk: dependency problems, but configuring anyway as you requested:
 ubiquity-frontend-gtk depends on ubiquity (= 2.15.9).
 ubiquity-frontend-gtk depends on gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0; however:
  Package gir1.2-gnomekeyring-1.0 is not installed.
 ubiquity-frontend-gtk depends on python3-oauthlib; however:
  Package python3-oauthlib is not installed.

Setting up ubiquity-frontend-gtk (2.15.9) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.22-1ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.54ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.6.6-1) ...
locale: Cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory
Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-16) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.13-1) ...

The error still occurred.  I'm not sure if that was the right method,
but it looks like 2.15.9 is installed:

# dpkg -l "*ubiquity*"
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
|/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
+++-==============-============-============-=================================
ii  ubiquity       2.15.9       powerpc      Ubuntu live CD installer
un  ubiquity-artwo <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  ubiquity-caspe 1.339        all          Configuration hooks for live inst
un  ubiquity-front <none>       <none>       (no descblription available)
ii  ubiquity-front 2.15.9       powerpc      debconf frontend for the Ubiquity
ii  ubiquity-front 2.15.9       powerpc      GTK+ frontend for Ubiquity live i
un  ubiquity-slide <none>       <none>       (no description available)
ii  ubiquity-slide 80           all          Ubiquity slideshow for Lubuntu
ii  ubiquity-ubunt 2.15.9       all          Ubuntu artwork for Ubiquity live 
un  ubiquity-ubunt <none>       <none>       (no description available)

This is unfamiliar territory so I probably missed something important.

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Title:
  PPC: LiveCD installation window vanishes during installation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I attempted to install from the 20131130 PPC LiveCD via usb flash
  drive. I used the erase entire drive option.

  The installation window proceeds until where the slide show would
  begin. At that point, there is a blank area where the first slide
  would normally be. The progress text reads copying files.

  After about 30 seconds, the entire installation window vanishes, and
  all that is left is the spinning gear. After 90 minutes, the
  installation never finished. I ran ubuntu-bug ubiquity from a
  terminal, and then I did a forced shutdown from the power button on
  the computer. I could not get to a console.

  Examining the hard drive, the installer looks to have partitioned the
  drive, but only installed three folders: /etc., /lost+found, and
  /media.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.17.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-3.5-powerpc-smp 3.11.3
  Uname: Linux 3.11.0-3-powerpc-smp ppc
  ApportVersion: 2.12.7-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: powerpc
  CasperVersion: 1.336ubuntu1
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Sat Nov 30 20:04:41 2013
  LiveMediaBuild: Lubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" - Alpha powerpc (20131130)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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