[Bug 1361951] Re: Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

[Erick Brunzell]

I have not found a reliable way to reproduce this - sometimes the
reformatting proceeds as expected and sometimes it just never seems to
proceed beyond displaying "Creating ext4 filesystem for / in partition
#1 of SCSI2 (0,0,0) (sda) ...........". I did poke around a bit after
the most recent freeze and someone might be able to see something at the
end of the partman log:

parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 995
parted_server: Opening infifo
/lib/partman/commit.d/50format_ext3: Try to create file system for /var/lib/partman/devices/=dev=sda/374194831360-394593831423
/lib/partman/commit.d/50format_ext3: IN: PARTITION_INFO =dev=sda 374194831360-394593831423
parted_server: Read command: PARTITION_INFO
parted_server: command_partition_info()
parted_server: Opening outfifo
parted_server: command_partition_info: info for partition with id 374194831360-394593831423
parted_server: partition_with_id(374194831360-394593831423)
parted_server: OUT: OK


parted_server: command_partition_info: partition found
parted_server: OUT: 13	374194831360-394593831423	20399000064	logical	ext4	/dev/sda13	


parted_server: Closing infifo and outfifo
parted_server: main_loop: iteration 996
parted_server: Opening infifo
/bin/partman: IN: QUIT
parted_server: Read command: QUIT
parted_server: Quitting

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Title:
  Utopic installation freezes during partition creation

Status in “ubiquity” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm testing an Ubuntu GNOME Utopic 20140826 i386 image and after
  selecting Something else and creating two partitions on a blank 80 GB
  (primary / about 77500mb and logical swap about 2500mb) shortly after
  the installation begins it freezes with the bottom of the window
  saying, "Creating ext4 filesystem for / in partition #1 of SCSI2
  (0,0,0) (sda) ...........".

  I've repeated this twice just in case the first attempt was a fluke,
  and the first time I waited well over an hour. I'm filing this report
  with the installer seemingly still attempting to run. I'd gladly
  repeat the test choosing to kill the installation before filing if I
  knew how.

  I'm attaching an actual screenshot of what the screen displays while
  frozen.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.19.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-10.15-generic 3.16.1
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-10-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.14.6-0ubuntu2
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.343
  CurrentDesktop: GNOME
  Date: Tue Aug 26 22:27:21 2014
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-gnome.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-GNOME 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Alpha i386 (20140826)
  ProcEnviron:
   TERM=xterm
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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