Installing Ubuntu 9.10 with Wubi..

[.Kai]

Help please. :/

[buntunub]

Same problem here. I get a continuous stream of exception processing errors when trying to install Jaunty Kubuntu Wubi 32 bit and it will not install at all. I click through all those and then get the Wubi Installer, but after getting to the download section it finally pops another error, " An error occurred: IOError: <urlopen error (10060, 'Operation timed out')>"

[buntunub]

I finally found the wubi log and it dumped the following errors -

04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\pylE.tmp is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\pylE.tmp\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether D:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain D:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether E:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain E:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether F:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain F:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether G:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain G:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether H:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain H:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether I:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain I:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether J:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain J:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether K:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain K:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether Y:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain Y:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:   checking whether Z:\ is a valid Kubuntu CD
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  Distro:     does not contain Z:\casper\filesystem.squashfs
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Searching for local ISO
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  CommonBackend: Could not find any ISO or CD, downloading one now
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  TaskList: New task get_metalink
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  TaskList: ### Running get_metalink...
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  downloader: downloading releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/9.04/kubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.metalink > C:\ubuntu\install
04-25 01:25 ERROR  CommonBackend: Cannot download metalink file releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/9.04/kubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.metalink err=[Errno 2] Local file does not exist: C:\DOCUME~1\user\LOCALS~1\Temp\pylE.tmp\releases.ubuntu.com\kubuntu\9.04\kubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.metalink
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  downloader: downloading http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/jaunty-desktop-amd64.metalink > C:\ubuntu\install
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  downloader: Download start filename=C:\ubuntu\install\jaunty-desktop-amd64.metalink, url=http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/jaunty-desktop-amd64.metalink, basename=jaunty-desktop-amd64.metalink, length=1018, text=None
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  downloader: download finished (read 1018 bytes)
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  downloader: downloading http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/daily-live/current/MD5SUMS-metalink > C:\ubuntu\install
04-25 01:25 ERROR  TaskList: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (10060, 'Operation timed out')>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 196, in __call__
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 373, in get_metalink
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 240, in check_metalink
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\downloader.py", line 79, in download
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\urlgrabber\grabber.py", line 927, in urlgrab
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\urlgrabber\grabber.py", line 845, in _retry
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\urlgrabber\grabber.py", line 913, in retryfunc
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\urlgrabber\grabber.py", line 1001, in __init__
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\urlgrabber\grabber.py", line 1072, in _do_open
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\urlgrabber\grabber.py", line 1188, in _make_request
URLGrabError: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (10060, 'Operation timed out')>
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
04-25 01:25 ERROR  TaskList: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\tasklist.py", line 196, in __call__
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 482, in get_iso
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\backends\common\backend.py", line 326, in download_iso
Exception: Cannot download the metalink and therefore the ISO
04-25 01:25 ERROR  root: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (10060, 'Operation timed out')>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\application.py", line 55, in run
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\application.py", line 129, in select_task
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\application.py", line 155, in run_installer
  File "Z:\home\evan\bzr\wubi.trunk\build\wubi\files\lib\wubi\frontends\win32\frontend.py", line 137, in run_tasks
URLGrabError: [Errno 4] IOError: <urlopen error (10060, 'Operation timed out')>
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  TaskList: # Cancelling tasklist
04-25 01:25 DEBUG  TaskList: # Finished tasklist

[.Kai]

>_< Atleast I'm not the only one but yeah we still need help! XD

[buntunub]

There seems to be some major issues with all versions of Wubi right now. I guess this function was not properly beta/alpha tested and fixed prior to Jaunty launch. Pity, because this is one of the most important functions from a new users perspective and is what most windows users will try out first before making the big switch to Linux and it fails to work entirely -- sure to make a big impression in an incredibly negative way!

Anyway, this thread is promising and the fix worked for me. Lots of hoops to jump through and a hack job and Wubi sort of works -- at least it now installs but Nvidia/xorg fails to work. This is on Kubuntu, which so far looks like a gigantic pile of dung for Jaunty. At least Ubuntu 9.04 is fantastic!

[antrunner85]

Hi everyone,

I had the same problem but I think I found a solution.
Installing Ubuntu 9.04 from CD did not work and prompted the same error. However downloading wubi and place it under the same folder with the iso image seemed to work. I am just about restarting my computer to confirm.

[minglis]

Hi, I had the same problem, and as suggested by antrunner85, I simply placed the iso in the same dir as the wubi.exe and it worked fine.

[sintroge]

yes i had the same problem. downloading an iso and putting it in the dir worked for me as well (be sure you run it in admin mode in windows). additionalyl i recall i had to disable internet to avoid wubi from checking md5 sums online (the daily builds go out of date quickly).

[chinasteve2000]

YES! That's it. Download the iso file and put it in the same folder as the wubi.exe application.

Thanks everyone.

BTW, my problem was that I forgot the password I gave for the installation. Ha! So wubi for some reason has troubles reinstalling without the iso right there. My error was this:

an error occurred

IOError: <urlopen error>

For more info, please see log file....

Thanks community,
Steve

[clarke0iitg]

it works! ... just kept the wubi installer and the iso in the same folder ... tried it on 10.01 lucid lynx (which is awesome btw)