Public bug reported:
When the "install ubuntu" option of the server edition installer hits a
certain problem, it shows a dialog box with an "Ok" button and quits
without any other indication of the problem. It should probably show
some indication of what problem was encountered.
I discovered this bug because ACPI complained about the cheesy Promise
RAID controller being used in the system I was attempting to install on.
Under the 8.04 installer, the system attempts to boot linux and then
shows the ACPI error message. Under the 8.10 installer, the dialog box
pictured in the attached photo is shown. If the "Ok" button is
selected, the dialog closes and nothing more happens.
In my case in particular, moving the drives from the Promise controller
allowed both the 8.04 and 8.10 installers to proceed without issue.
There may be other classes of problems that cause the installer to
quietly discard this error.
A similar behavior is seen when "memory test" is selected: the dialog
box shows an "Ok" button with the text "memtest" inside the box.
** Affects: ubuntu
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Installer quietly discards errors, gets stuck on "ok" dialog
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/316548
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