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What is the meaning of error code 127 ?

Asked by YannUbuntu on 2012-01-20

On a Ubuntu 11.10 ISO with added preseeds, i sometimes get the following error during Ubuntu's installation :
< The execution of the preconfigured command ( " /usr/bin/mypreseed1 ") failed with code error 127. >

(this is approximate translation, not exact words).
Despite this message, installation completes fine (except the preseed which is not executed). Most computers don't get this error.

Please could you tell me in which direction i should search ?

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Language:: English Edit question

Status:: Solved

For:: Ubuntu ubiquity Edit question

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Solved by:: Hilario J. Montoliu (hjmf)

Solved:: 2012-01-20

Last query:: 2012-01-20

Last reply:: 2012-01-20

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Nathan Heafner (nathan1465-5) said on 2012-01-20:

Hello Yann,
can you please provide the full and exact error message you receive?

Are you using pre seeds when you install ?
https://help.ubuntu.com/11.04/installation-guide/i386/preseed-intro.html

can you provide the contents of your preseed?

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YannUbuntu (yannubuntu) said on 2012-01-20:

Hi Nathan, thanks for your answer.
The error was reported by a French user, so the exact message is in French: < L'exécution de la commande préconfigurée ( " /usr/bin/cleanubiquitybefore ") a échoué avec le code d'erreur 127. >

The corresponding preseed is integrated in the ubuntu.seed file of the ISO (before rebuilding the ISO) the following way:
ubiquity partman/early_command string /usr/bin/cleanubiquitybefore

"/usr/bin/cleanubiquitybefore" is an executable Bash script, part of Clean-Ubiquity ( https://launchpad.net/clean-ubiquity ).

The full ISO can be found here : http://sourceforge.net/projects/ubuntu-secured/files/ubuntu-secured-remix-11.10-32bits.iso/download