Installer crashed during language pack installation

The error message said to attach this file.

The error message said to attach this file.

It looks like you tried to install the 'ntp' package before starting the installer, but that something went wrong there. If that's true, could you describe exactly what you did?

Yes, I did. At the beginning of the installation it asks you to set
the time, timezone, etc. and there's an option to setup NTP, so I
tried to do that. I can re-run the install without NTP and see what
happens.

On 5/26/06, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> It looks like you tried to install the 'ntp' package before starting the
> installer, but that something went wrong there. If that's true, could
> you describe exactly what you did?
>
> --
> Installer crashed during language pack installation
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/46743
>

That was the problem - I skipped setting the time completely and it
installed just fine. Thanks.

On 5/26/06, Colin Watson <email address hidden> wrote:
> It looks like you tried to install the 'ntp' package before starting the
> installer, but that something went wrong there. If that's true, could
> you describe exactly what you did?
>
> --
> Installer crashed during language pack installation
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/46743
>

It's probably possible to invoke time-admin in such a way that it manages to install ntp without clashing with ubiquity's debconf frontend, but that sort of wizardry is for after Dapper. In the meantime, I think the most expedient option is simply to suppress that option when time-admin is being launched from ubiquity; it will still be possible to set up NTP on the installed system by right-click on date/time applet -> Adjust Date & Time.

ubiquity (1.0.8) dapper; urgency=low

  * Ignore IOError when trying to tell gparted/qtparted to undo or exit
    (closes: Malone #46387).
  * GTK frontend:
    - Make sure the steps notebook expands and fills available space when
      the window is resized (closes: Malone #40227).
    - Hide the "New partition size" box rather than merely making it
      insensitive when not in use (closes: Malone #46749).
  * Ignore failures while removing extra packages from installed system
    (closes: Malone #46733).
  * Tell time-admin to suppress its "Install NTP support" button (closes:
    Malone #46743).

 -- Colin Watson <email address hidden> Fri, 26 May 2006 17:30:13 +0100

This is in dapper now.