I'm getting mad !! I tried a second time and now there is no more problem. The installer goes to the end of the process.
But what is this line in syslog "locked by another process"? Is it a problem? or just a warning? Here is the complete syslog (the problem appears only at the end when I quit the installer on step 6): Oct 17 20:13:40 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): starting (version 2.14.0), pid 27785 user 'root' Oct 17 20:13:40 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.mandatory" to a read-only configuration source at position 0 Oct 17 20:13:40 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): Resolved address "xml:readwrite:/root/.gconf" to a writable configuration source at position 1 Oct 17 20:13:40 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 2 Oct 17 20:13:40 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/debian.defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 3 Oct 17 20:13:40 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): Resolved address "xml:readonly:/var/lib/gconf/defaults" to a read-only configuration source at position 4 Oct 17 20:13:55 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: Ubiquity 1.1.25 Oct 17 20:13:56 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect Oct 17 20:13:59 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: switched to page stepLanguage Oct 17 20:14:00 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/localechooser']' for ubiquity.components.language.Language Oct 17 20:14:00 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^languagechooser/language-name, ^countrychooser/shortlist$ Oct 17 20:14:00 ubuntu localechooser: info: Locale has been preseeded to fr_FR.UTF-8 Oct 17 20:14:00 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set languagechooser/language-name = 'French' Oct 17 20:14:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/shortlist-fr = 'FR' Oct 17 20:14:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:10 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): GConf server is not in use, shutting down. Oct 17 20:14:10 ubuntu gconfd (root-27785): Exiting Oct 17 20:14:11 ubuntu localechooser: info: LANGNAME=French Oct 17 20:14:11 ubuntu localechooser: info: line=French;1;fr;FR;fr_FR.UTF-8;UTF-8;;kbd=lat9u-16(utf8) Oct 17 20:14:11 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:14:11 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/fallbacklocale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/consoledisplay = 'kbd=lat9u-16(utf8)' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debconf/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/country-name = 'France' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: debconffilter_done: Language (current: Language) Oct 17 20:14:12 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: Step_before = stepLanguage Oct 17 20:14:13 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: switched to page stepLocation Oct 17 20:14:13 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: Step_after = stepLocation Oct 17 20:14:14 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/share/ubiquity/tzsetup']' for ubiquity.components.timezone.Timezone Oct 17 20:14:14 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^time/zone$ Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Locale has been preseeded to fr_FR.UTF-8 Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set languagechooser/language-name = 'French' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/shortlist-fr = 'FR' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: LANGNAME=French Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: line=French;1;fr;FR;fr_FR.UTF-8;UTF-8;;kbd=lat9u-16(utf8) Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/fallbacklocale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/consoledisplay = 'kbd=lat9u-16(utf8)' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debconf/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/country-name = 'France' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:14:16 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:14:17 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: debconffilter_done: Timezone (current: Timezone) Oct 17 20:14:17 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: Step_before = stepLocation Oct 17 20:14:17 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: switched to page stepKeyboardConf Oct 17 20:14:17 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: Step_after = stepKeyboardConf Oct 17 20:14:17 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/console-setup/console-setup.postinst', 'configure']' for ubiquity.components.console_setup.ConsoleSetup Oct 17 20:14:17 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^console-setup/layout Oct 17 20:14:24 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: Setting keyboard layout: pc105 us [] Oct 17 20:14:24 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us Oct 17 20:14:34 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: ubiquity: ['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/console-setup/console-setup.postinst', 'configure'] exited with code 10 Oct 17 20:14:34 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us -option lv3:ralt_switch Oct 17 20:14:34 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: debconffilter_done: ConsoleSetup (current: ConsoleSetup) Oct 17 20:14:34 ubuntu ubiquity: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process Oct 17 20:14:34 ubuntu ubiquity[27802]: log-output -t ubiquity debconf-copydb configdb targetdb -p ^console-setup/ --config=Name:targetdb --config=Driver:File --config=Filename:/var/cache/debconf/config.dat Oct 17 20:16:41 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Ubiquity 1.1.25 Oct 17 20:16:42 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: log-output -t ubiquity laptop-detect Oct 17 20:16:45 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: switched to page stepLanguage Oct 17 20:16:46 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/localechooser']' for ubiquity.components.language.Language Oct 17 20:16:46 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^languagechooser/language-name, ^countrychooser/shortlist$ Oct 17 20:16:46 ubuntu localechooser: info: Locale has been preseeded to fr_FR.UTF-8 Oct 17 20:16:46 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set languagechooser/language-name = 'French' Oct 17 20:16:46 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/shortlist-fr = 'FR' Oct 17 20:16:46 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:16:47 ubuntu localechooser: info: LANGNAME=French Oct 17 20:16:47 ubuntu localechooser: info: line=French;1;fr;FR;fr_FR.UTF-8;UTF-8;;kbd=lat9u-16(utf8) Oct 17 20:16:47 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/fallbacklocale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/consoledisplay = 'kbd=lat9u-16(utf8)' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debconf/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/country-name = 'France' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: debconffilter_done: Language (current: Language) Oct 17 20:16:48 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_before = stepLanguage Oct 17 20:16:49 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: switched to page stepLocation Oct 17 20:16:49 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_after = stepLocation Oct 17 20:16:50 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/share/ubiquity/tzsetup']' for ubiquity.components.timezone.Timezone Oct 17 20:16:50 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^time/zone$ Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Locale has been preseeded to fr_FR.UTF-8 Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set languagechooser/language-name = 'French' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/shortlist-fr = 'FR' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: LANGNAME=French Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: line=French;1;fr;FR;fr_FR.UTF-8;UTF-8;;kbd=lat9u-16(utf8) Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/fallbacklocale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/consoledisplay = 'kbd=lat9u-16(utf8)' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debconf/language = 'fr' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set countrychooser/country-name = 'France' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/country = 'FR' Oct 17 20:17:01 ubuntu localechooser: info: Set debian-installer/locale = 'fr_FR.UTF-8' Oct 17 20:17:02 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: debconffilter_done: Timezone (current: Timezone) Oct 17 20:17:02 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_before = stepLocation Oct 17 20:17:02 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: switched to page stepKeyboardConf Oct 17 20:17:02 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_after = stepKeyboardConf Oct 17 20:17:03 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/console-setup/console-setup.postinst', 'configure']' for ubiquity.components.console_setup.ConsoleSetup Oct 17 20:17:03 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^console-setup/layout Oct 17 20:17:03 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Setting keyboard layout: pc105 us [] Oct 17 20:17:03 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout us Oct 17 20:17:05 ubuntu /USR/SBIN/CRON[28449]: (root) CMD ( run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Oct 17 20:17:14 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Setting keyboard layout: pc105 ch [] Oct 17 20:17:14 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout ch Oct 17 20:17:17 ubuntu ubiquity: Your console configuration will be updated the next time your system boots. Oct 17 20:17:17 ubuntu ubiquity: If you want to update it now, run 'setupcon' from a virtual console. Oct 17 20:17:17 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -model pc105 -layout ch -option lv3:ralt_switch Oct 17 20:17:18 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: debconffilter_done: ConsoleSetup (current: ConsoleSetup) Oct 17 20:17:18 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_before = stepKeyboardConf Oct 17 20:17:18 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: switched to page stepUserInfo Oct 17 20:17:18 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_after = stepUserInfo Oct 17 20:17:18 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/lib/ubiquity/user-setup/user-setup-ask', '/target']' for ubiquity.components.usersetup.UserSetup Oct 17 20:17:18 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^passwd/user-fullname$, ^passwd/username$, ^passwd/user-password$, ^passwd/user-password-again$, ERROR Oct 17 20:21:01 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: debconffilter_done: UserSetup (current: UserSetup) Oct 17 20:21:01 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_before = stepUserInfo Oct 17 20:21:01 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: switched to page stepPartDisk Oct 17 20:21:01 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_after = stepPartDisk Oct 17 20:21:02 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/bin/partman']' for ubiquity.components.partman_auto.PartmanAuto Oct 17 20:21:02 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^partman-auto/select_disk$, ^partman-auto/.*automatically_partition$, ^partman-partitioning/new_size$, ^partman/choose_partition$, ^partman/confirm.*, type:boolean, ERROR, PROGRESS Oct 17 20:21:02 ubuntu ubiquity: unsupported Oct 17 20:21:03 ubuntu ubiquity: kernelmodules_basicfilesystems Oct 17 20:21:04 ubuntu kernel: [17184093.512000] NTFS driver 2.1.27 [Flags: R/O MODULE]. Oct 17 20:21:04 ubuntu ubiquity: kernelmodules_ext3 Oct 17 20:21:04 ubuntu ubiquity: kernelmodules_jfs Oct 17 20:21:04 ubuntu kernel: [17184093.872000] JFS: nTxBlock = 4025, nTxLock = 32207 Oct 17 20:21:04 ubuntu ubiquity: kernelmodules_reiserfs Oct 17 20:21:04 ubuntu ubiquity: kernelmodules_xfs Oct 17 20:21:05 ubuntu kernel: [17184094.332000] SGI XFS with ACLs, security attributes, realtime, large block numbers, no debug enabled Oct 17 20:21:05 ubuntu kernel: [17184094.332000] SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem Oct 17 20:21:05 ubuntu ubiquity: umount_target Oct 17 20:21:05 ubuntu ubiquity: parted Oct 17 20:21:06 ubuntu ubiquity: dump Oct 17 20:21:06 ubuntu ubiquity: update_partitions Oct 17 20:21:08 ubuntu ubiquity: filesystems_detected Oct 17 20:21:08 ubuntu ubiquity: auto_mountpoints Oct 17 20:21:10 ubuntu ubiquity: autouse_swap Oct 17 20:21:10 ubuntu ubiquity: backup Oct 17 20:21:16 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: switched to page stepPartAuto Oct 17 20:21:33 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: debconffilter_done: PartmanAuto (current: PartmanAuto) Oct 17 20:21:33 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_before = stepPartAuto Oct 17 20:21:33 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: switched to page stepReady Oct 17 20:21:33 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: Step_after = stepReady Oct 17 20:21:34 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Starting up '['log-output', '-t', 'ubiquity', '--pass-stdout', '/usr/share/ubiquity/summary']' for ubiquity.components.summary.Summary Oct 17 20:21:34 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: ubiquity: Watching for question patterns ^ubiquity/summary.* Oct 17 20:21:35 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: debconffilter_done: Summary (current: Summary) Oct 17 20:21:40 ubuntu ubiquity: debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process Oct 17 20:21:40 ubuntu ubiquity[28176]: log-output -t ubiquity debconf-copydb configdb targetdb -p ^console-setup/ --config=Name:targetdb --config=Driver:File --config=Filename:/var/cache/debconf/config.dat -- Fails to install (6.10 beta live) Ubiquity 2nd step https://launchpad.net/bugs/63328 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs