[Bug 1408495] Re: Ubiquity crashes prior to keyboard configuration in 15.04

[Martin Pitt]

I added a workaround to the description to prevent the complete failure
at the end.

** Description changed:

  As best as I can tell, if anything other than a US keyboard layout is
  selected from the boot menu, ubi-console-setup will crash prior to the
  keyboard configuration. The dialogue displayed says:
  
      ubi-console-setup failed with exit code 2. Further information maybe
  found in /var/log/syslog.
  
- There are the relevant lins from /var/log/syslog:
+ There are the relevant lines from /var/log/syslog:
  
  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity: /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.config: 34160: .: Can't open /etc/default/keyboard
  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -layout gb -option
  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: debconffilter_done: ubi-console-setup (current: ubi-console-setup)
  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: dbfilter_handle_status: ('ubi-console-setup', 2)
  
  The dialogue has 3 buttons, Quit, Continue Anyway and Try Again. If you
  choose Try Again it is possible to complete the install. If you choose
  Continue Anyway the installer will progress and eventually crash
- completely as which point apport was able to havest the attached logs.
+ completely as which point apport was able to harvest the attached logs.
+ 
+ 
+ WORKAROUND: After you see the "ubi-console-setup crashed" dialog, open a terminal and do
+ 
+   sudo rm /etc/default/keyboard
+   sudo mv /etc/default/keyboard.pre-ubiquity /etc/default/keyboard
+ 
+ then click "Continue anyway" in the dialog. This should prevent the
+ crash at the end of installation.
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-8.9-generic 3.18.1
  Uname: Linux 3.18.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.347
  Date: Wed Jan  7 23:36:41 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150107)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  Ubiquity crashes prior to keyboard configuration in 15.04

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubiquity source package in Vivid:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  As best as I can tell, if anything other than a US keyboard layout is
  selected from the boot menu, ubi-console-setup will crash prior to the
  keyboard configuration. The dialogue displayed says:

      ubi-console-setup failed with exit code 2. Further information
  maybe found in /var/log/syslog.

  There are the relevant lines from /var/log/syslog:

  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity: /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.config: 34160: .: Can't open /etc/default/keyboard
  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -layout gb -option
  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: debconffilter_done: ubi-console-setup (current: ubi-console-setup)
  Jan  7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: dbfilter_handle_status: ('ubi-console-setup', 2)

  The dialogue has 3 buttons, Quit, Continue Anyway and Try Again. If
  you choose Try Again it is possible to complete the install. If you
  choose Continue Anyway the installer will progress and eventually
  crash completely as which point apport was able to harvest the
  attached logs.

  
  WORKAROUND: After you see the "ubi-console-setup crashed" dialog, open a terminal and do

    sudo rm /etc/default/keyboard
    sudo mv /etc/default/keyboard.pre-ubiquity /etc/default/keyboard

  then click "Continue anyway" in the dialog. This should prevent the
  crash at the end of installation.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04
  Package: ubiquity 2.21.2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-8.9-generic 3.18.1
  Uname: Linux 3.18.0-8-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu1
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.347
  Date: Wed Jan  7 23:36:41 2015
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150107)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8
   TERM=linux
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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