Failure installing Ubuntu 24.04 on an USB stick

[Volker Wysk]

Am Donnerstag, dem 22.08.2024 um 14:58 -0400 schrieb Little Girl:
> Hey there,
> 
> Volker Wysk wrote:
> 
> > I've tried to install Ubuntu 24.04 with its installer. It didn't work
> > previously with the crappy USB stick I had. Now I've tried with a
> > better (much faster) one.
> 
> Okay.
> 
> > The installation still fails, but in a different way. I get through
> > the questions and it begins installing. Then a window pops up, with
> > the title "System Program Problem Detected". Then comes a window
> > titled "Something went wrong" and the text "We're sorry, but we're
> > unsure what the error is. ..."
> 
> It would be interesting to get a look at the conditional statement
> that handles the error messages to eliminate all the known conditions
> they test for as an explanation for this. The process of elimination
> works well for diagnosing appendicitis. Maybe it would work well here,
> too.

I don't get it. You mean to inspect the source code?

> > That 24.04 installer seems to be seriously broken. At least when you
> > try to install to an USB stick.
> 
> Have you filed a bug report?

Not yet. I think I will.

I've tried to install 22.04 again on that stick and it *failed*. Then I
tried again and it worked again... 

Maybe I should switch to a different distribution. I think I'll try that do-
release-upgrade on my two systems, some time after 24.04.1 is released. When
that breaks them (or one of them), meaning I need to reinstall from scratch,
then I switch.

Cheers,
Volker