[Bug 1847806] Re: eoan: ppc64el install on pseries-eoan VM fails to install

[Colin Ian King]

Seems like we hit an illegal instruction in libc. I used to be able to
install previous releases in a VM, so maybe gcc is emitting code that
the qemu can't emulate correctly.

Oct 11 18:42:46 localechooser: Generation complete.
Oct 11 18:42:46 kernel: [  820.757132] debconf-set-sel[11139]: illegal instruction (4) at 7f8874cefe68 nip 7f8874cefe68 lr 7f8874cefe48 code 1 in libc-2.30.so[7f8874c80000+210000]
Oct 11 18:42:46 kernel: [  820.757238] debconf-set-sel[11139]: code: 40820008 eb6ffffa 7f23cb78 4bffeaa5 2c030030 41820aa4 2c030035 38e00001
Oct 11 18:42:46 kernel: [  820.757260] debconf-set-sel[11139]: code: 41820a98 810d8f98 75090080 418215bc <fc18048e> 7c080066 790807a0 e8bf0076
Oct 11 18:42:46 base-installer: /usr/lib/post-base-installer.d/05preseed: return: line 46: Illegal number: tasksel
Oct 11 18:42:46 base-installer: warning: /usr/lib/post-base-installer.d/05preseed returned error code 2
Oct 11 18:42:46 base-installer: warning: /usr/lib/post-base-installer.d/05tzsetup returned error code 10


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

** Also affects: qemu (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided
       Status: New

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Title:
  eoan: ppc64el install on pseries-eoan VM fails to install

Status in debian-installer package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete
Status in qemu package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Using today's ppc64el server iso, I tried to install this on a
  pseries-eoan VM hosted on a large x86 desktop server and it failed to
  install.

  VM: 2GB memory, 20GB virtio qcow, CPUs: 2

  Installer options:
  Language: English
  Location: United Kingdom
  Detect keyboard layout? No
  Keyboard: English (UK)
  Keyboard Layout: English (UK)
  Hostname: ubuntu
  Full name for the new user: cking
  Username for your account: cking
  Choose a password for the new user: ************
  Re-enter password to verify: ************
  Partitioning method: Guided - use entire disk
  Select disk to partition: Virtual disk 1 (vda) - 21.5 GB Virtio Block Device
  Write the changes to discs? Yes

  Then installer stopped and I cannot progress. See the attached photo
  of the failure.

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