Public bug reported: A reproducible crash (happened 3 times out of 3 attempts), using 13.04 daily-live/current/raring-desktop-amd64.iso.
The cause seems to be this (from /var/log/syslog): Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu ubiquity: Error in function Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu ubiquity: pulse Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation: Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Traceback (most recent call last): Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/ubiquity/ubiquity/install_misc.py", line 277, in pulse Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: AcquireProgress.pulse(self, owner) Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/progress/text.py", line 187, in pulse Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: val += ' %sB' % apt_pkg.size_to_str(worker.current_size) Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xa0 in position 1: invalid start byte Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: Mar 11 23:44:44 ubuntu ubiquity: #015Get:1 http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main hyphen-en-us all 2.8.3-2 [54,9 kB] Mar 11 23:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity: Mar 11 23:50:52 ubuntu ubiquity: (process:8771): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_slice_set_config: assertion `sys_page_size == 0' failed Attaching last ~200 lines of /var/log/syslog, not attaching partman as it doesn't seem relevant for this bug - partitioning worked correctly. If needed I can provide more info from the syslog, I just didn't want to include the whole file. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04 Package: ubiquity 2.13.13.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-12.21-generic 3.8.2 Uname: Linux 3.8.0-12-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.9.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.330 Date: Tue Mar 12 00:49:19 2013 LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130311.1) MarkForUpload: True ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug installer-crash raring ** Attachment added: "excerpt from syslog including info about the crash" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1153852/+attachment/3569242/+files/syslog-excerpt.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1153852 Title: ubuntu installer crashes at "installing language packs" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1153852/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs