[Bug 1409557] Re: Ubiquity crashes installing to encrypted partition

[Mathieu Trudel-Lapierre]

This isn't a Critical bug. By this I don't mean I think it's
unimportant, just that given that it's not part of the default paths for
install, I think we can classify it as a lower priority.

I'm hoping this isn't the actual cause for the crash since I'd hope this is already appropriately handled by ubiquity, but since it came up in the logs:
Jan 11 22:46:59 ubuntu ubiquity: cat: 0-667046379519/mountpoint
Jan 11 22:46:59 ubuntu ubiquity: : No such file or directory
Jan 11 22:46:59 ubuntu ubiquity[4539]: debconffilter_done: ubiquity.components.partman_commit (current: ubi-timezone)
Jan 11 22:47:00 ubuntu ubiquity: Traceback (most recent call last):
Jan 11 22:47:00 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 747, in <module>
Jan 11 22:47:00 ubuntu ubiquity:     install = Install()
Jan 11 22:47:00 ubuntu ubiquity:   File "/usr/share/ubiquity/install.py", line 72, in __init__
Jan 11 22:47:00 ubuntu ubiquity:     'Failed to mount the target: %s' % str(self.target)
Jan 11 22:47:00 ubuntu ubiquity: AssertionError: Failed to mount the target: /target

Could you confirm there was indeed a partition marked as the mountpoint
for / ? It's not something which is usually missing, but it would be
nice to have a confirmation of the exact partitioning if possible. A
screenshot of the partitioning dialog before confirming would be the
best way to describe this.

Thanks!

** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Critical => Medium

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

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Title:
  Ubiquity crashes installing to encrypted partition

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Attempting to install Ubuntu 14.10 alongside Windows 8.1 on a Lenovo
  Y50-70.  Want / and swap to be encrypted.  Used gparted to resize the
  main Windows 8.1 partition to make space for Ubuntu, then started
  ubiquity.

  Chose "something else" partitioning because the "encrypt" and "use
  lvm" checkboxes are greyed out when "install Ubuntu alongside Windows
  Boot Manager" is selected.  Created an ext2 partition of 512Mb for
  /boot in the free space.  Created an encrypted partition.  Noticed
  that it automatically created an ext4 filesystem within this, so
  clicked "Revert" which got rid of the ext4 filesystem but left the
  /dev/mapper/sda9_crypt device in place.  Clicked "New Partition Table"
  on this, which appeared to work, and then created swap and ext4 root
  filesystem within it.

  Ubiquity crashed on clicking Install Now.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.10
  Package: ubiquity 2.20.0
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.16.0-23.31-generic 3.16.4
  Uname: Linux 3.16.0-23-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.14.7-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.345
  Date: Sun Jan 11 22:47:12 2015
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper quiet splash --
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1)
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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