[Bug 1652229] [NEW] 16.10 Installer crashed partitionmodel has no attribute 'emit'

[Luis Rosety]

Public bug reported:

I am trying to install Kubuntu 16.10 on a system having Kubuntu 14.04.
I have choosen Manual partition

1. /boot (200MB, ext4)
2. /home (224000 MB, ext4)
3. /     (12000 MB, ext4)
4. /swapp (12000 MB)

After several trials, the Installer crashes with:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_components/PartitionModel.py", line 67, in setData
    self.emit(
AttributeError: 'PartitionModel' object has no attribute 'emit'

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
Package: ubiquity 16.10.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: amd64
CasperVersion: 1.379
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Fri Dec 23 07:27:11 2016
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
SourcePackage: grub-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: grub-installer (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug kubuntu ubiquity-16.10.14 yakkety

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Title:
  16.10 Installer crashed partitionmodel has no attribute 'emit'

Status in grub-installer package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I am trying to install Kubuntu 16.10 on a system having Kubuntu 14.04.
  I have choosen Manual partition

  1. /boot (200MB, ext4)
  2. /home (224000 MB, ext4)
  3. /     (12000 MB, ext4)
  4. /swapp (12000 MB)

  After several trials, the Installer crashes with:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/frontend/kde_components/PartitionModel.py", line 67, in setData
      self.emit(
  AttributeError: 'PartitionModel' object has no attribute 'emit'

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
  Package: ubiquity 16.10.14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
  Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperVersion: 1.379
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Fri Dec 23 07:27:11 2016
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz.efi file=/cdrom/preseed/kubuntu.seed boot=casper maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Kubuntu 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release amd64 (20161012.1)
  SourcePackage: grub-installer
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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