I have experienced the same or similar issue.
Installer crashes after "copying files" stage and at beginning of "installing"
stage.
When Slideshow is removed or otherwise not displayed, crash will occur.
However I have discovered that when you wait at "user creation" page, copying
occurs/continue
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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Title:
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Weird... Ubiquity seems to have somehow stopped running as root:
Jun 18 19:36:23 ubuntu ubiquity: dpkg: warning: failed to open configuration
file '/root/.dpkg.cfg' for reading: Permission denied
Jun 18 19:36:24 ubuntu /plugininstall.py: log-output -t ubiquity chroot /target
py3compile -p python
I can confirm that running `sudo apt-get remove ubiquity-slideshow-
ubuntu` finally worked for me.
The only difference between this time and last time is that I ran it
when the install screen was already launched (the initial screen, not
the final one with the slideshow), which lead to a broken li
** Description changed:
- This has happened multiple times now. As per bug #996568, I tried `sudo
- apt-get remove ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu` before the install, and it did
- in fact get further... but it ended up crashing about 3/4 through the
- install nonetheless.
+ This has happened multiple t
