I added a workaround to the description to prevent the complete failure at the end.
** Description changed: 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 lins from /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 havest the attached logs. + 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) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1408495 Title: Ubiquity crashes prior to keyboard configuration in 15.04 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1408495/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs