[13:18] <jago25> Ubiquity is freezing for me on language selection. I can't download >~10mb due to bandwith problems. So I need t ofall back on to another way to install. How do I fall back to the debian installer? Alternatively, perhaps I could update Ubuquity? I think the crashing is due to a complicated partition table possibly; fdisk -l says the partitions are out of order (but windows works find)
[14:02] <jago25> Quiet i inhere :/
[14:05] <lcapriotti> cjwatson: grub-installer_1.43ubuntu8_i386.udeb: <grub-install --no-floppy "(hd0)"> fails due to a missing /etc/mtab in /target, any advice? (Custom LiveCD)
[14:06] <lcapriotti> works fine after manually executing "grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab"
[14:28] <ev> cjwatson: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/6/16/163 - fail.
[14:29] <ev> perhaps we should record this on the filesystem as part of livecd-rootfs?
[14:29] <ev> saving us the time of calculating something that is static.
[15:01] <lcapriotti> cjwatson: commenting line "[ ! -h /etc/mtab ] || return 0" in functions.sh/update_grub makes the installer work, would you mind to explain?
[15:02] <lcapriotti> other info: grub legacy selected
[15:14] <CIA-93> partman-iscsi: cjwatson * r37 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 8
[15:16] <ev> bootchart works quite nicely: http://people.canonical.com/~evand/tmp/ubiquity-to-summary.png
[15:18] <cjwatson> lcapriotti: I have no idea, but surely the bug is the missing mtab, not any code in grub-installer
[15:18] <cjwatson> ev: record as part of livecd-rootfs> works for me
[15:18] <ev> coolness, I'll make that change todayish
[15:19] <lcapriotti> right, but mtab is built by that update_mtab
[15:19] <cjwatson> jago25: a freeze during language selection can't be due to your partition table
[15:19] <lcapriotti> which works by commenting the [ -h ...
[15:19] <cjwatson> lcapriotti: that test is "is /etc/mtab already a symlink?"
[15:20] <cjwatson> and if it's a symlink, that's typically to /proc/mounts, so it can't update that
[15:20] <lcapriotti> right, in d-i's root fs that is a symlink
[15:20] <lcapriotti> but what about mtab in /target?
[15:21] <lcapriotti> that is the one missing
[15:21] <lcapriotti> and that is the one created by update_mtab
[15:21] <cjwatson> oh, that should be $ROOT/etc/mtab I think
[15:21] <lcapriotti> hehe, that's what I thought
[15:21] <cjwatson> maybe?
[15:21] <cjwatson> I'd have to check the history to make sure
[15:21] <cjwatson> file a bug please
[15:22] <lcapriotti> launchad for debian-install?
[15:22] <lcapriotti> *launchpad?
[15:22] <cjwatson> no
[15:23] <cjwatson> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+filebug
[15:23] <lcapriotti> K, on my way. Tks for your support
[15:24] <cjwatson> yes, looks like it was introduced by a freebsd porter
[15:27] <lcapriotti> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/484832
[15:40] <cjwatson> lcapriotti: fixed upstream
[15:40] <lcapriotti> cool, looking forward to the new udeb
[15:40] <cjwatson> well, for lucid ...
[15:41] <lcapriotti> too bad, I'd need it for karmic
[15:41] <cjwatson> you have a custom iso anyway :-)
[15:42] <lcapriotti> sure, but I would like to rely on official udebs!
[15:42] <lcapriotti> anyway, good to have understood there the problem is
[15:43] <lcapriotti> and with grub2 it seems it's ok - doesn't it rely on mtab too?
[15:43] <cjwatson> it doesn't try to edit it
[15:44] <cjwatson> actually I don't recall exactly what needs mtab, sorry
[15:44]  * cjwatson is at a conference and not really well-placed to dig that out :)
[15:44] <lcapriotti> no problm, you were very helpful
[16:14] <jago25> This is a repeat question after 2hr wait and seeing some activity in here: Ubiquity is freezing for me on language selection. I can't download >~10mb due to bandwith problems. So I need t ofall back on to another way to install. How do I fall back to the debian installer? Alternatively, perhaps I could update Ubuquity? I think the crashing is due to a complicated partition table possibly; fdisk
[16:14] <jago25> -l says the partitions are out of order (but windows works find)
[16:24] <jago25> Would love to have at least just the twinkle of an opinion on it :/
[16:39] <jago25> :/ o well, I give up then, bye
[16:58] <cjwatson> jago25: I answered you already!
[16:58] <cjwatson> 15:19 <cjwatson> jago25: a freeze during language selection can't be due to your partition table
[16:59] <cjwatson> jago25: you can use the alternate install CD if you want to use d-i
[16:59] <cjwatson> jago25: but a ubiquity freeze on language selection indicates some rather strange problem ... perhaps a dodgy CD (drive|disk)?
[17:37] <ev> cjwatson: does this look okay to you <http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/321690/>?
[17:45] <cjwatson> ev: yes, looks fine
[17:45] <ev> thanks
[21:18] <CIA-93> ubiquity: evand * r3587 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/base.py): Run success_cmd, error_cmd, and automation_error_cmd as root.
[21:19] <StevenK> ev: have you seen something like this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484996 ?
[21:22] <ev> StevenK: nope; followed up in the bug
[21:22] <StevenK> ev: Oh, I was going to do that, thanks!