I've been testing this in qemu, with two different virtual machines (built with the same default settings), one doing Scenario 1, then Scenario 2, one the other way around.
I'm using the same preseed; with the exception that "d-i partman- auto/choose_recipe select boot-crypto" is commented out (it shouldn't be necessary, but I also testing without commenting it), and using /dev/vda rather than /dev/sda as a target device. I'm unable to get precisely the message "No modifications can be made to the device Encrypted volume (sda5_crypt) for the following reasons: In use by LVM volume group ubuntu-vg." when installing with scenario 2 if I follow your steps precisely. I do get a message about creating the key file, followed by a "An error occurred while configuring encrypted volumes. The configuration has been aborted.". I am then left at the partman dialog. In indeed appears to happen independently of any previous installation artefacts on the disk. However, if I re-run the same installer step for Scenario 2 (ie. fully automated), but with the addition of "automatic-ubiquity" which behaves the same as passing --automatic to ubiquity in Scenario 1, then the installation completes successfully. Could you please try again, with adding 'automatic-ubiquity' for scenario 2; and report here whether it solves the problem? Thanks! ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Changed in: ubiquity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Low -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1386153 Title: Inconsistent behaviour between 2 ways of launching Ubiquity To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ubiquity/+bug/1386153/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs