I figured that was what the hal-lock was for. During my test of mount umount sequences the hal-lock used by ubiquity did me no good either.
I just ran dbus-monitor --system on the live-cd system during a failing install. It has many of the following messages. The whole output file is attached, starting with the reflection of the monitor program starting, and the lock done by ubiquity. signal sender=:1.5 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_CA009B90009B825D; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=PropertyModified int32 3 array [ struct { string "volume.mount_point" boolean false boolean false } struct { string "volume.is_mounted_read_only" boolean false boolean false } struct { string "volume.is_mounted" boolean false boolean false } ] signal sender=:1.5 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_CA009B90009B825D; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=PropertyModified int32 3 array [ struct { string "volume.mount_point" boolean false boolean false } struct { string "volume.is_mounted_read_only" boolean false boolean false } struct { string "volume.is_mounted" boolean false boolean false } ] signal sender=:1.5 -> dest=(null destination) path=/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/volume_uuid_781e325e_2ea7_40af_9b16_4a452fe1f5c2; interface=org.freedesktop.Hal.Device; member=PropertyModified int32 3 array [ struct { string "volume.mount_point" boolean false boolean false } struct { string "volume.is_mounted_read_only" boolean false boolean false } struct { string "volume.is_mounted" boolean false boolean false } ] ** Attachment added: "Complete dbus-monitor --system output file" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/13304927/dbus-monitor.save -- When hardy's ubiquity is running from a live cd it sometimes hangs, its migration assistant gives an incomplete list of userid candidates, and nautilus pops up /home/ubuntu windows https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/210620 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs