20080731
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This week's Hug Day will focus on Ubiquity! The goal of today's bug day will be to hunt down the bugs related to installing Ubuntu!
Here we have a sampling of bugs to work on for Hug Day. After you have triaged or fixed a bug put your name in the last column and set the row's background to green by adding lightgreen in the first cell of the column after "background-color:" and before ";". This will let people know that the bug in that row has been hugged.
5-a-day-ing
During hug days you can also do [https://wiki.ubuntu.com/5-A-Day 5-A-Day] for this one you can do the following in order to tag your work on the hug day:
- 5-a-day --add-tag hugday-20080731
- Add bugs to 5-a-day as usual
- And when done with hug day run: 5-a-day --remove-tag hugday-20080731
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80 New Bugs
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Bug |
Subject |
Triager |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/44605 44605 ] |
Dapper and Installation/Grub use different identity for SATA HDDs |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/46735 46735 ] |
[PPC install 2006-05-25] problems with hfs partitions during manual partitioning |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/47055 47055 ] |
Custom partitioner creates extended partition incorrectly |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/47229 47229 ] |
Ubuntu's Grub unfriendly to other Linux distros |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/47311 47311 ] |
partition device does not appear after automatic partitioning |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48390 48390 ] |
No drive detected within QEMU |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48426 48426 ] |
Problem with Ubuntu6.06 installation in spanish lang (87%) |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48630 48630 ] |
Admin user confusion with user directory exists by different ID |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/61353 61353 ] |
Installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/62576 62576 ] |
Dapper instalation freezes at 15% on sony vaio vgn-s5hp |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/62906 62906 ] |
AddrMarkNotFound on /dev/hda (ubiquity 1.0.17) |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/66256 66256 ] |
Edgy doesn't like KVMs, uses wrong UUIDs and tries to boot from the wrong driv |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/66531 66531 ] |
time selector sets hardware clock to UTC even if it defaults to UTC=no later |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/67413 67413 ] |
Installation partitioner problem |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheater7 nhandler] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/67801 67801 ] |
grub installation fails [cdrom open failed] |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/68626 68626 ] |
Edgy Desktop LiveCD install erroneously "requires" NewWorld boot partition (and/or Yaboot) on Pegasos |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Seisen seisen] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/74562 74562 ] |
Installer Crashed Xubuntu Edgy 2G USB Flash Memory |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/74605 74605 ] |
Unable to update Dapper -> Edgy via Install CD (Feature Request) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/75839 75839 ] |
My Keyboard can be used in the menu at the start of the live cd rom |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/76614 76614 ] |
yaboot installer crashes while installing to iPod via Firewire |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/77146 77146 ] |
install - reading mirror crashes |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/81676 81676 ] |
partition editor and mount point selector should display the same labels of the "computer" place |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/82385 82385 ] |
live cd installer - should warn when memory low |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/85413 85413 ] |
Bug during install on external drive |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/85796 85796 ] |
While installing ubiquity takes 100% CPU time |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/86176 86176 ] |
uiquity crashes when installing grub (kubuntu feisty herd4) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/88930 88930 ] |
Preparing partition step in installer fails |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheater7 nhandler] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/89225 89225 ] |
Dapper 6.06 - Ubiquity 1.0.12 - Installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/89594 89594 ] |
ubuntu 6.06 i386 installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/91792 91792 ] |
Some progress messages are inscrutable |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/91793 91793 ] |
Language pack setup downloads package lists unnecessarily |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/91801 91801 ] |
No clear indication that a reboot is in progress |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/93969 93969 ] |
Install fails with exitcode 1 on 64bit Dapper |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/94314 94314 ] |
herd-5 graphical install -- no matching modes |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/94640 94640 ] |
Old install CDs installs old version of Ubuntu. |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/95300 95300 ] |
the installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/95471 95471 ] |
Ubuntu LiveCD Install manual partitioning error msgs |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/95994 95994 ] |
installer attempts to download package files even without network connectoin |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/97161 97161 ] |
feisty installer: time zone mismatch |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/98827 98827 ] |
ubuntu installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/99963 99963 ] |
Live CD and install, slow and hanging on Toshiba Satellite A15-S129 |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/103575 103575 ] |
Error durring install |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/103939 103939 ] |
installer crashes while installing to external hd |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/105687 105687 ] |
Kubuntu 6.10 will not install grub on SATA hard drive, installation ends in fatal error. |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/105703 105703 ] |
unable to install grub in a partition |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/105748 105748 ] |
Xubuntu manual paticion version 20070411 in NTFS |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/105898 105898 ] |
langpack download slow, poor progress indication |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/107793 107793 ] |
Created partition has errors after installing |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/107908 107908 ] |
Can't configure mount point while installing from disk |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/108164 108164 ] |
lack of feedback about disk selection by biggest_free |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/108804 108804 ] |
Xubuntu 7.04 installation does not detect existing partitions |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/109794 109794 ] |
Ubuntu Feisty Fawn PS3 install glitch |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/110260 110260 ] |
Installation freezes at 83% "language packs" |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/110547 110547 ] |
Partition Editor Error on Install Feisty |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/110682 110682 ] |
6.10 install erased my LVM volumes |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/111731 111731 ] |
install to an usb disk does not work |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/112119 112119 ] |
dapper ubqiuty crashed over PPC partitioning |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/112516 112516 ] |
ubuquity using over 2 GB during apt upgrade due to unused packages |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/113507 113507 ] |
installer crash during disk partion |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheater7 nhandler] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/113937 113937 ] |
Ubuntu 6.06 Installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/114248 114248 ] |
Cannot create ext3 partition when installing 7.04 over old HPFS partition |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/114841 114841 ] |
Installer crashed while loading module sr_mod |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/115406 115406 ] |
Ubiquity doesn't handle the case of /boot being on a different partition from / |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/115442 115442 ] |
Installer crash at almost the end of process. |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheater7 nhandler] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/151979 151979 ] |
Installer: Going back resets changes in mountpoints |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/152645 152645 ] |
Pendrive is set as hd0, causing installation problems |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/155156 155156 ] |
Ubiquity installer crashes when there is a non-accesible folder in a partition |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/155247 155247 ] |
PS3 Installation of Desktop Variant crash at 82% |
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Edit conflict - other version:
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/160809 160809 ] |
whenever i try to install ubuntu, it crashes. |
Edit conflict - your version:
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/160809 160809 ] |
whenever i try to install ubuntu, it crashes. |
End of edit conflict
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/160901 160901 ] |
install partitioner borked |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/172767 172767 ] |
partitioner changes / and home names |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/177597 177597 ] |
7.10 installer crashed trying TimezoneApply |
[https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Cheater7 nhandler] |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/182448 182448 ] |
Install off of corrupt CD/Complete installation from barebones ISO |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/183557 183557 ] |
10.7 LiveCD Installation :: Status Window Becomes Minimized/Unusable if ever "X-ed Out" |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/188289 188289 ] |
Installer crashes when creating or formatting partitions |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/191119 191119 ] |
Installer corrupts raid drive |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/195415 195415 ] |
Ubuntu 7.10 stops installing to USB drive |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/196075 196075 ] |
Hanging ntfs-mounts leave system unbootable when install is cancelled |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/201397 201397 ] |
Mythbuntu Control Center MythWeb Password Blanks Out |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/203931 203931 ] |
Kubuntu "continue using Live CD" -> unable to log in |
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80 Confirmed Bugs
To mark it off the list you should:
- Verify the bug is still not fixed
Request any needed info, Subscribe, Status to incomplete or
- Mark as triaged and set priority
Bug |
Subject |
Triager |
[https://launchpad.net/bugs/16722 16722 ] |
Something needs to set the region code on new DVD drives |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/19749 19749 ] |
SATA HDD not recognized during Breezy Colony 4 install or Dapper Flight 3 or Edgy Eft or Feisty Fawn |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/34944 34944 ] |
language and locale detection |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/37356 37356 ] |
make installed system available from desktop |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/37750 37750 ] |
doesn't ask if BIOS time is in UTC |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/39156 39156 ] |
improve apt-setup customisation |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/39357 39357 ] |
add ability to install additional language support on install |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/40593 40593 ] |
language, keyboard, etc lists should load their items before dispalying |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/40788 40788 ] |
should not format swap partitions |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/41587 41587 ] |
mention sudo configuration on user-setup screen |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/42159 42159 ] |
If an existing swap partition is marked for formatation, it gets "corrupted" and unused in the final installed system, because the LiveCD is using it |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/42415 42415 ] |
partitioner is not easy to operate with a keyboard |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/43090 43090 ] |
doesn't deactivate LVM before trying to partition drives. |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/43453 43453 ] |
live cd partitioner doesn't understand lvm properly |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/44609 44609 ] |
RAID not implemented (use alternate CD instead) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/45695 45695 ] |
Load installer to memory |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/46046 46046 ] |
wrong keyboard layout when reconfiguring xserver-xorg |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/46521 46521 ] |
support non-yaboot systems |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/46600 46600 ] |
cannot select `continue' with keyboard in kde |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/46922 46922 ] |
ubiquity displays the obsolete term "live CD" |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/47668 47668 ] |
hostname not detected, if available via DHCP (ubiquity, Live-CD) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/47702 47702 ] |
Where are you? Timezone selector should use locale time-format |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48032 48032 ] |
Going back should be faster |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48054 48054 ] |
ubiquity dosen't warn that resized ntfs filesystem will be checked |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48137 48137 ] |
Dapper installer mess with a partition it should not |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48223 48223 ] |
mozilla-firefox-locale-de-de not installed for German - why not? |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48369 48369 ] |
recover more gracefully from /var/cache/debconf being deleted |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/48482 48482 ] |
Kubuntu 6.06 Installer: Lots of Simplified Chinese characters appear as black dots |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/49958 49958 ] |
Better information at the end of the visual install from Desktop CD |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/50130 50130 ] |
debconf frontend went away |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/50194 50194 ] |
Installer Crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/50271 50271 ] |
ubiquity should be more verbose |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/50825 50825 ] |
Installs '/' in the '/boot' partition |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/51313 51313 ] |
Initial install attempt, VIA EPIA MII 12000, 1GB |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/51409 51409 ] |
Timezone selection dialog bugs |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/51497 51497 ] |
Ubiquity crash when configuring grub on raid0 system with dmraid loaded |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/52228 52228 ] |
Installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/52808 52808 ] |
Partitioner used in the installer should offer automatic options again after removing partitions |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/53450 53450 ] |
Ubiquity Crashes with exit code 1 - logs attached |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/54164 54164 ] |
Failed to install grub on ATA hard disk (laptop) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/54976 54976 ] |
Offer ndiswrapper + windows driver installation |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/55318 55318 ] |
Crash at Kubuntu installer |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/55505 55505 ] |
auto-update ubiquity if a newer version is available from internet |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/55775 55775 ] |
try to deal with out-of-memory more gracefully? |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/56541 56541 ] |
KUBUNTU i386 install freeze at 1% "cheking mirror" |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/57189 57189 ] |
Unobvious where to report Ubuntu installation problems |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/57411 57411 ] |
Installer should be more clever with non-existant locations |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/57763 57763 ] |
If ubiquity disables swap during installation, system may become unusable |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/57916 57916 ] |
Grub installation error |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/59212 59212 ] |
ubuntu installer crash |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/59381 59381 ] |
On the 'Where are you?' screen, the city selection combo box should allow for first letter navigation. |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/59491 59491 ] |
should offer a way to configure pppoe |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/60065 60065 ] |
add zooming to KDE timezone widget |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/60514 60514 ] |
Propagate selected timezone to running LiveCD session |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/60516 60516 ] |
Time zone & locale should also affect Gnome time applet 12/24 preference |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/61649 61649 ] |
I was trying to save my grub installation in (hd0), so i tried to install it into (hd0,9), ie sda10, my / partition, and the installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/61855 61855 ] |
Installer crashed (powerpc,edgy knot 3) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/62213 62213 ] |
hard disk (size) not detected correctly? |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/62613 62613 ] |
Correct locale settings not set within KDE after installation |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/63064 63064 ] |
prepare mountpoints partition names unfriendly |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/63355 63355 ] |
Installer allows user to cancel while partitions are being resized |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/63358 63358 ] |
Installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/65930 65930 ] |
ubuntu installer partition tool |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/66587 66587 ] |
'/usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/post-base-installer && /usr/lib/ubiquity/localechooser/prebaseconfig'] exited with code 135 |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/67024 67024 ] |
[EDGY] charset issue when installing with Norwegian language. |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/67049 67049 ] |
Live CD -> installation process stalls and freezes the computer on Dell Inspiron 6400 (+ Wrong resolution an no acceleration for x1400 ATI) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/67452 67452 ] |
Edgy RC AMD 64 Desktop installer crashed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/67594 67594 ] |
UserSetupApply failed with code 1 (was how to fix it?) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/67891 67891 ] |
Choosing to erase entire disk during install should still mount partitions from second hard drive. |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/68541 68541 ] |
GrubInstaller failed |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/69176 69176 ] |
No notification in Ubiquity for bad sectors |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/69619 69619 ] |
Installer crashed "No space left on device" |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/71440 71440 ] |
installer crashed; adduser: No space left on device. |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/71627 71627 ] |
installer crashed: GrubInstaller failed with code 1 |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/73825 73825 ] |
Xubuntu installer |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/74606 74606 ] |
Edgy Installation program fallback for slow systems (Feature Request) |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/75828 75828 ] |
Escape should always be Cancel |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/76040 76040 ] |
Can't use USB pendrives |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/76521 76521 ] |
Automatic partitioning is not smart |
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[https://launchpad.net/bugs/77857 77857 ] |
no floppy in the drive crashed installer (grub-install fd0) |
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