[Bug 1795202] Re: xubuntu 18.10 x86 (32bit) install - i suspect hdd issue caused crash

[Chris Guiver]

** Description changed:

- Installer crashed - yes.  QA tracking, 18.10 xubuntu x86 daily image
+ Installer crashed - QA tracking, 18.10 xubuntu x86 daily image
  
- I suspect (looking at dmesg, adding smartctl, but mainly journalctl)
- that the cause of the crash was HDD errors on /dev/sdc5 where I was test
- installing XUbuntu 18.10
+ -- Summary
+ HDD bad sectors - badblocks detected; marked & then ubiquity re-run completed.
+ 
+ -- Long version
+ I suspected (looking at dmesg, adding smartctl, but mainly journalctl) that the cause of the crash was HDD errors on /dev/sdc5 where I was test installing XUbuntu 18.10
  
  see
  http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/390/builds/181669/testcases/1302/results/
  
- I'll do more testing of hdd before I try again.
- 
- (`badblocks` is running...)
+ Badblocks found a number of bad sectors/blocks; it was run twice, then I
+ re-ran the installer and it succeeded (till boot anyway...)
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: ubiquity 18.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-7.8-generic 4.18.5
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.396
  Date: Sun Sep 30 15:58:11 2018
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta i386 (20180929)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Summary changed:

- xubuntu 18.10 x86 (32bit) install - i suspect hdd issue caused crash
+ xubuntu 18.10 x86 (32bit) install crash (hdd badblocks issue)

** Summary changed:

- xubuntu 18.10 x86 (32bit) install crash (hdd badblocks issue)
+ xubuntu 18.10 x86 (32bit) installer crash (hdd badblocks issue)

** Description changed:

  Installer crashed - QA tracking, 18.10 xubuntu x86 daily image
  
  -- Summary
  HDD bad sectors - badblocks detected; marked & then ubiquity re-run completed.
  
  -- Long version
  I suspected (looking at dmesg, adding smartctl, but mainly journalctl) that the cause of the crash was HDD errors on /dev/sdc5 where I was test installing XUbuntu 18.10
  
  see
  http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/390/builds/181669/testcases/1302/results/
  
  Badblocks found a number of bad sectors/blocks; it was run twice, then I
  re-ran the installer and it succeeded (till boot anyway...)
+ 
+ Note:  I'm tempted to mark this as invalid -- unless the installer is
+ going to be modified to check for hdd errors (making code larger, more
+ of a pain to maintain..) - it'll be of no use!
  
  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: ubiquity 18.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-7.8-generic 4.18.5
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.396
  Date: Sun Sep 30 15:58:11 2018
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta i386 (20180929)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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Title:
  xubuntu 18.10 x86 (32bit) installer crash (hdd badblocks issue)

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Installer crashed - QA tracking, 18.10 xubuntu x86 daily image

  -- Summary
  HDD bad sectors - badblocks detected; marked & then ubiquity re-run completed.

  -- Long version
  I suspected (looking at dmesg, adding smartctl, but mainly journalctl) that the cause of the crash was HDD errors on /dev/sdc5 where I was test installing XUbuntu 18.10

  see
  http://iso.qa.ubuntu.com/qatracker/milestones/390/builds/181669/testcases/1302/results/

  Badblocks found a number of bad sectors/blocks; it was run twice, then
  I re-ran the installer and it succeeded (till boot anyway...)

  Note:  I'm tempted to mark this as invalid -- unless the installer is
  going to be modified to check for hdd errors (making code larger, more
  of a pain to maintain..) - it'll be of no use!

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.10
  Package: ubiquity 18.10.9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-7.8-generic 4.18.5
  Uname: Linux 4.18.0-7-generic i686
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu11
  Architecture: i386
  CasperVersion: 1.396
  Date: Sun Sep 30 15:58:11 2018
  InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/xubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity
  LiveMediaBuild: Xubuntu 18.10 "Cosmic Cuttlefish" - Beta i386 (20180929)
  ProcEnviron:
   LANGUAGE=en_AU.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
   LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
   LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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