[Bug 704763] Re: boot loader not installed to target disk

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
The problem with the installer at the moment is that it blindly tries to install GRUB to the first disk in GRUB's device map, regardless of if it can or not (apart from the special removable device code). This causes problems when /dev/sda is a secondary disk that isn't configured at the time of in

[Bug 1303790] Re: In UEFI mode, installer crashes if OS is installed on 2nd drive and grub installs successfully but ubiquity doesn't think so

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
It seems that the root cause of the issue is Ubiquity ignoring the target disk and attempting to install GRUB to /dev/sda anyway, so this is a duplicate of #704763 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.

[Bug 704763] Re: boot loader not installed to target disk

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
The attached patch fixes the issue, as it allows grub-installer to use the boot device passed to grub_default() when no GRUB installation device is explicitly set like in 'Erase disk and install'. As such, if the target is /dev/sdb, GRUB will no longer try to be installed to /dev/sda (assuming both

[Bug 464334] Re: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 749519] Re: install to external hardrive modifies internal grub

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 584390] Re: grub installer fails

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 471598] Re: grub installer failed during kubuntu install

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 468787] Re: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 882662] Re: Installer couldn't install grub on /dev/sda

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 654820] Re: Ubiquity installer does not install Grub to dmraid device

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 651112] Re: External hard drive install won't boot

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 478468] Re: Grub refuses to install from both live disk & alternate disk causing installation failure (64 bit)

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 675878] Re: Installer Crashes at 95% while running "grub-install (hd0)" on eb4

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 475047] Re: During install from Live CD 9.10 to existing 9.04 partitions, grub failed to install on hd0

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 889143] Re: Ubiquity's grub-install invocation always runs on /dev/sda

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 891906] Re: Bootloader install FAILS when USB install disc is SDA and HD is SDB

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 884879] Re: Installer attempted to install grub on wrong device

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1169605] Re: Ubiquity installs grub to flash boot drive instead of hd

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 917783] Re: ubiquity installs grub in memory card while inserted, and doesn't install it in hard disk

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 1312475] Re: grub fails installing ubuntu 14.04

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 704763 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/704763 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 704763 boot loader not installed to target disk -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu.

[Bug 502563] Re: install on root lvm volume in kvm-qemu VM: ubiquity crashed with InstallStepError in configure_bootloader()

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/502563 Title: install on root lvm volume in kvm-qemu VM: ubiquity crashed with I

[Bug 486419] Re: Install to USB stick --> MBR of SATA-HD screwed up.

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
Ubiquity prioritises GRUB installation for removable media, at least in 2.18.8.3. ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/4864

[Bug 1047927] Re: Install program crashed during hardware detection - /usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1728, in

2014-12-17 Thread Robin McCorkell
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1047436 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1047436 ** This bug has been marked a duplicate of bug 1047436 grub failed to install -"/usr/share/ubiquity/plugininstall.py", line 1728, in -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of

[Bug 1347272] Re: Several XFCE applications appear unresponsive after communicating with a daemon

2014-12-03 Thread Robin McCorkell
Seconded for getting this into Trusty. This bug has caused me so much grief over the past few months... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1347272 Title: Several XFCE applications appear

[Bug 1396082] [NEW] dput GPG invocation doesn't work with spaces in working directory path

2014-11-25 Thread Robin McCorkell
Public bug reported: When using dput to push to a PPA, if the current working directory has spaces in the path, then it will warn (but not error out) with gpg: can't open . gpg: verify signatures failed: file open error The problem lies in the Python script - the path passed to GPG n

[Bug 1393833] Re: Background with feh doesn't work

2014-11-19 Thread Robin McCorkell
In the interest of code improvement, I made a patch that fixes the issue and additionally searches for /usr/share/backgrounds/installer.png when using feh (the current list is rather arbitrary). The patch is for the trusty-proposed version of ubiquity, 2.18.8.3 ** Patch added: "ubiquity.patch"

[Bug 1393833] Re: Background with feh doesn't work

2014-11-19 Thread Robin McCorkell
** Description changed: When gnome-settings-daemon or unity-settings-daemon are not installed, feh is run using one of a handful of predefined wallpapers. However, while it appears to run correctly, as it flashes up the background briefly, the actual installer has just a black screen. It s

[Bug 1393833] [NEW] Background with feh doesn't work

2014-11-18 Thread Robin McCorkell
Public bug reported: When gnome-settings-daemon or unity-settings-daemon are not installed, feh is run using one of a handful of predefined wallpapers. However, while it appears to run correctly, as it flashes up the background briefly, the actual installer has just a black screen. It seems like t

[Bug 1383687] Re: Unable to load libjava.so in fakechroot

2014-10-23 Thread Robin McCorkell
Sorry, this isn't a problem with OpenJDK but rather with fakechroot not implementing dladdr and dl_iterate_phdr ** Changed in: openjdk-7 (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bu

[Bug 1383687] [NEW] Unable to load libjava.so in fakechroot

2014-10-21 Thread Robin McCorkell
Public bug reported: When running java inside a chroot run through fakechroot, initialization fails with the following messages (assuming chroot is set up at /var/lib/foo/chroot): OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: No monotonic clock was available - timed services may be adversely affected if the

[Bug 1381783] [NEW] Broken postinst for libsvn-java

2014-10-15 Thread Robin McCorkell
Public bug reported: The postinst for this package has a broken shebang: '#/bin/sh' instead of '#!/bin/sh'. I am getting 'dpkg (subprocess): unable to execute installed post-installation script (/var/lib/dpkg/info/libsvn- java.postinst): Exec format error' when trying to install the package. ** A

[Bug 1317949] Re: Unable to see secondary groups in `id` listing

2014-06-06 Thread Robin McCorkell
** Attachment added: "sssd_hoover.com.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sssd/+bug/1317949/+attachment/4126402/+files/sssd_hoover.com.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Bug 1317949] Re: Unable to see secondary groups in `id` listing

2014-06-06 Thread Robin McCorkell
** Attachment added: "sssd_nss.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/sssd/+bug/1317949/+attachment/4126403/+files/sssd_nss.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1317949 Title:

[Bug 1317949] Re: Unable to see secondary groups in `id` listing

2014-06-06 Thread Robin McCorkell
Apologies for the late reply, but in the mean time I have indeed switched to the AD backend. It seems to be working alright, although I'm still trying to get dynamic DNS updates to work... I performed the tests you wanted, with the results as attached. Note that the users 'ismith', 'amay', and 'hf