Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: ubiquity
Installing Kubuntu Herd 4 AMD_64. Selected manual partitioning. qtparted
opened in a separate window, very small. Had to expand window in order to use
it. When I finished setting up my partitions, I closed the qtparted window,
revealing the (mostly blank) ubiquity window.
When I click on 'continue', I get a message that the partitioner ended
abnormally, and the installation aborts.
I found a dapper 6.06 CD, and installed that. At the 'manual partitioning'
stage, it appears that qtparted opens within the ubiquity window itself. With
this arrangement, it was clear that I don't close qtparted, but instead just
click 'continue'.
I went back to the herd 4 CD. Selected 'manual partitioning', let the qtparted
window open, then clicked 'continue' (I had already set up the partitions twice
already!). This time, ubiquity closed qtparted for me, and glefully went on to
the next step (mount points and formatting).
This probably should be a separate bug, but ubiquity's semantics are
misleading. When it offers 'guided' partitioning, I expect it to
automatically determine a partition scheme, then tell me what it's
doing, and offer to let me override it. What it actually does, is
determine a scheme, and prompt for 'continue installation?', giving no
detail about what it has decided to do. I think the word 'guided'
should be changed to 'automatic' or something that is clear that no more
options will be offered.
** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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qtparted abnormal exit
https://launchpad.net/bugs/88687
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