Observed Behavior:
During the install of Yakkety or Xenial on a ppc64el system there is no option to install additional software. No tasksel screen or even an option to choose additional software.
Expected Behavior:
A screen like the one attached titled "Software selection" should appear towards the end of an install to allow the user to customize the system software.
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Obtain a Xenial [1] or Yakkety [2] server ppc64el ISO
2. Start install, select defaults
3. Note that you are never asked to select additional software
[1] http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/16.04.1/release/ubuntu-16.04.1-server-ppc64el.iso
[2] http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-server/daily/20161012/yakkety-server-ppc64el.iso
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.var.log.platform: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/platform'
ApportVersion: 2.20.3-0ubuntu8
Architecture: ppc64el
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.10
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-10-12 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 16.10 "Yakkety Yak" - Release ppc64el (20161012)
Package: tasksel 3.34ubuntu3
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
TERM=xterm
PATH=(custom, no user)
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcLoadAvg: 0.21 0.05 0.01 1/140 4322
ProcLocks:
1: FLOCK ADVISORY WRITE 1929 00:13:511 0 EOF
2: POSIX ADVISORY WRITE 1155 00:13:332 0 EOF
ProcSwaps:
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/dm-2 partition 298944 0 -1
ProcVersion: Linux version 4.8.0-22-generic (buildd@bos01-ppc64el-027) (gcc version 6.2.0 20161005 (Ubuntu 6.2.0-5ubuntu12) ) #24-Ubuntu SMP Sat Oct 8 09:14:41 UTC 2016
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.8.0-22.24-generic 4.8.0
Tags: yakkety
Uname: Linux 4.8.0-22-generic ppc64le
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev sambashare sudo
_MarkForUpload: True
cpu_cores: Number of cores present = 4
cpu_coreson: Number of cores online = 4
cpu_smt: Error: command ['ppc64_cpu', '--smt'] failed with exit code 255: Machine is not SMT capable
apport information