I was directed to this bug report by the installation of lubuntu 13.10 and lubuntu 14.04 on an IBM X40. The bug does not seem relevant, and so I plan to file a separate bug report. However, I'm posting this here to let you know that there is a bug in the system that detects which bug has occurred during an install...
The end of /var/log/syslog is: Dec 29 00:56:36 lubuntu ubiquity: Unpacking upstart-bin (from .../upstart-bin_1.13.2-0ubuntu2_i386.deb) ... Dec 29 00:56:36 lubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: error processing /cdrom//pool/main/u/upstart/upstart-bin_1.13.2-0ubuntu2_i386.deb (--unpack): Dec 29 00:56:36 lubuntu ubiquity: trying to overwrite '/etc/bash_completion.d/upstart', which is also in package upstart 1.13.2-0ubuntu2 Dec 29 00:56:36 lubuntu ubiquity: dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) Dec 29 00:56:37 lubuntu ubiquity: Processing triggers for man-db ... Dec 29 00:56:47 lubuntu ubiquity: Errors were encountered while processing: Dec 29 00:56:47 lubuntu ubiquity: /cdrom//pool/main/u/upstart/upstart-bin_1.13.2-0ubuntu2_i386.deb Dec 29 00:56:48 lubuntu ubiquity: Error in function: Dec 29 00:56:48 lubuntu ubiquity: Dec 29 00:56:48 lubuntu /plugininstall.py: Exception during installation: Dec 29 00:56:48 lubuntu /plugininstall.py: SystemError: E:Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) Dec 29 00:56:48 lubuntu /plugininstall.py: -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/998492 Title: Fails to detect package download errors on architectures other than amd64 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/998492/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
