[Bug 2056495] [NEW] Ubiquity crashes a few seconds into the install process

[Mark Dixon]

Public bug reported:

I'm following the instructions at: https://mutschler.dev/linux/ubuntu-btrfs-20-04/#create-filesystems-for-root-and-efi-system-partitions.
All goes well until I attempt to work with the installer ("ubiquity --no-bootloader" command).
I can select language (English), keyboard (English) and TZ.
When I begin to fill out my user and machine information, ubiquity crashes.
In looking at the crash report, it seems casper is seeing some invalid stdin input.
I've double-checked the editing of /usr/lib/partman/mount.d/70btrfs and /usr/lib/partman/fstab.d/btrfs and all looks good. The only change I made was to not use the "noatime" parameter in the above edits.

I'm using Ubuntu desktop 22.04.4 from a USB stick to attempt the
installation.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
Package: ubiquity 22.04.20 [modified: lib/partman/fstab.d/btrfs lib/partman/mount.d/70btrfs]
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-18.18~22.04.1-generic 6.5.8
Uname: Linux 6.5.0-18-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
Architecture: amd64
CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
CasperVersion: 1.470.2
CurrentDesktop: MATE
Date: Thu Mar  7 17:00:17 2024
InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 22.04.4 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20240216.1)
SourcePackage: ubiquity
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug jammy ubiquity-22.04.20 ubuntu-mate

** Attachment added: "partman"
   https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2056495/+attachment/5753914/+files/partman

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Title:
  Ubiquity crashes a few seconds into the install process

Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  I'm following the instructions at: https://mutschler.dev/linux/ubuntu-btrfs-20-04/#create-filesystems-for-root-and-efi-system-partitions.
  All goes well until I attempt to work with the installer ("ubiquity --no-bootloader" command).
  I can select language (English), keyboard (English) and TZ.
  When I begin to fill out my user and machine information, ubiquity crashes.
  In looking at the crash report, it seems casper is seeing some invalid stdin input.
  I've double-checked the editing of /usr/lib/partman/mount.d/70btrfs and /usr/lib/partman/fstab.d/btrfs and all looks good. The only change I made was to not use the "noatime" parameter in the above edits.

  I'm using Ubuntu desktop 22.04.4 from a USB stick to attempt the
  installation.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 22.04
  Package: ubiquity 22.04.20 [modified: lib/partman/fstab.d/btrfs lib/partman/mount.d/70btrfs]
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.5.0-18.18~22.04.1-generic 6.5.8
  Uname: Linux 6.5.0-18-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu82.5
  Architecture: amd64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: pass
  CasperVersion: 1.470.2
  CurrentDesktop: MATE
  Date: Thu Mar  7 17:00:17 2024
  InstallCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/casper/vmlinuz file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu-mate.seed maybe-ubiquity quiet splash ---
  LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu-MATE 22.04.4 LTS "Jammy Jellyfish" - Release amd64 (20240216.1)
  SourcePackage: ubiquity
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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