Comment 44 for bug 217815

Up to date hardy with kvm 1:62+dfsg-0ubuntu6 still hangs. Note that this time I tried it with the same command as I did in my last comment (eg, kvm/xtightvncviewer and not virt-manager).

Last few times it stopped in 'Erasing data on SCSI1...'. Getting back to Soren's comment on default_idle-- whenever the install hangs, CPU utilization on the host by the guest goes to '0'. Normally during the installer it is around 100% on one of the host CPUs (when not waiting for a response from the user).

Also note that if not using virt-manager and gtkvnc (ie you use xtightvncviewer or possibly other vnc clients), it seems all you have to do to get it unhung is drag the mouse over the window (the window does not need to be the active window either). This must be a difference between vnc implementations. So when testing this, be *very* careful about mouse movements over the installer window.