*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1410480 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410480
bug #1410480, overlayfs v1: renaming existing file uses chardev whiteout (should be symlink) seems to have nothing at all to do with ubiquity install failures which is this bug here. I've verified tahr 14.04 booted /etc/default/keyboard has file permissions -rw-r--r-- while later 15.10 has file permissions c--------- no wonder ubiquity can't even access it. which is nonsense. What's that got to do with bug #1410480 about chardev whiteout? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1408495 Title: Ubiquity crashes prior to keyboard configuration in 15.04 Status in linux package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in linux source package in Vivid: Confirmed Status in ubiquity source package in Vivid: Confirmed Bug description: As best as I can tell, if anything other than a US keyboard layout is selected from the boot menu, ubi-console-setup will crash prior to the keyboard configuration. The dialogue displayed says: ubi-console-setup failed with exit code 2. Further information maybe found in /var/log/syslog. There are the relevant lines from /var/log/syslog: Jan 7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity: /var/lib/dpkg/info/keyboard-configuration.config: 34160: .: Can't open /etc/default/keyboard Jan 7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: log-output -t ubiquity setxkbmap -layout gb -option Jan 7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: debconffilter_done: ubi-console-setup (current: ubi-console-setup) Jan 7 23:30:39 ubuntu ubiquity[2323]: dbfilter_handle_status: ('ubi-console-setup', 2) The dialogue has 3 buttons, Quit, Continue Anyway and Try Again. If you choose Try Again it is possible to complete the install. If you choose Continue Anyway the installer will progress and eventually crash completely as which point apport was able to harvest the attached logs. WORKAROUND: After you see the "ubi-console-setup crashed" dialog, open a terminal and do sudo rm /etc/default/keyboard sudo mv /etc/default/keyboard.pre-ubiquity /etc/default/keyboard then click "Continue anyway" in the dialog. This should prevent the crash at the end of installation. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.04 Package: ubiquity 2.21.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.18.0-8.9-generic 3.18.1 Uname: Linux 3.18.0-8-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.15.1-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.347 Date: Wed Jan 7 23:36:41 2015 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper only-ubiquity initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash -- keyboard-configuration/layoutcode=gb LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 15.04 "Vivid Vervet" - Alpha amd64 (20150107) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_GB.UTF-8 TERM=linux PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_GB.UTF-8 SourcePackage: ubiquity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1408495/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp