I see hang at "Base system installed successfully" too, building Trusty VM under Precise 64-bit.
Last three lines of ps auxwww are: root 20430 0.1 0.0 40060 9716 pts/2 S+ 10:36 0:00 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/vmbuilder kvm ubuntu --suite trusty --hostname trusty --mem 512 --debug --dest /var/lib/libvirt/images/trusty root 20432 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/2 Z+ 10:36 0:00 [debootstrap] <defunct> root 31685 0.0 0.0 9892 1180 ? Ss 10:37 0:00 udevd --daemon There is a zombie debootstrap. # pstree -s 20432 init───sshd───sshd───sshd───bash───sudo───bash───vmbuilder───debootstrap # ps -o pid,ppid -C debootstrap PID PPID 20432 20430 Same backtrace from ctrl-C: ^CTraceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/vmbuilder", line 24, in <module> cli.main() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/contrib/cli.py", line 216, in main distro.build_chroot() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 83, in build_chroot self.call_hooks('bootstrap') File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/distro.py", line 67, in call_hooks call_hooks(self, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 165, in call_hooks getattr(context, func, log_no_such_method)(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/distro.py", line 136, in bootstrap self.suite.debootstrap() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/plugins/ubuntu/dapper.py", line 269, in debootstrap run_cmd(*cmd, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/VMBuilder/util.py", line 113, in run_cmd fds = select.select([x.file for x in [mystdout, mystderr] if not x.closed], [], [])[0] KeyboardInterrupt So it's definitely a question of python waiting for data from the child, but the child has gone away. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1287943 Title: vm-builder needs trusty suite To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/vmbuilder/+bug/1287943/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs