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*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1410480 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1410480

bug #1410480, overlayfs v1: renaming existing file uses chardev whiteout
(should be symlink)

seems to have nothing at all to do with ubiquity install failures which
is this bug here.

I've verified tahr 14.04  booted /etc/default/keyboard has file
permissions

-rw-r--r--

while later 15.10 has file permissions

c---------

no wonder ubiquity can't even access it.

which is nonsense.  What's that got to do with bug #1410480 about
chardev whiteout?

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Title:
  Ubiquity crashes prior to keyboard configuration in 15.04

Status in linux package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in ubiquity package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in linux source package in Vivid:
  Confirmed
Status in ubiquity source package in Vivid:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  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 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 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)

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