In both console and graphical install using GRP, an error is displayed after copying files and uncompressing portage. The install tries to set the root password at this point and it cannot. The install then quits. The error message said to include the /var/log/install.log and xml file in the report, but I can see no obvious way to attach the files to this report.
You have to attach them after the bug is created. The /tmp/compile_output.log would be pretty useful. It may just be a link at this point, which would mean you'd need to mount your / you were using for the install and pull it from the /tmp there.
Created attachment 95910 [details] compile_output.log file The compile output log file was too big to attach so I have saved it at the following address http://h1.ripway.com/brlund/compile_output.log The install.log and xml files were not saved before it crashed, so I couldn't include them. I couldn't submit this without attaching a file, so I made a simple file called temp and attached it.
That URL is 404.
Attach the files here, never refer to external links, and definitely never refer to broken external links.
The link I provided does work when I click on it. It is a 6.6 MB log file so I can't just attach the file.
just give us the last 100 lines or so.
Jakub, please leave our bugs alone once we've already taken them over. Thanks.
Created attachment 96029 [details] Last 100 lines or so of compile log for portage
Can you attach your /tmp/installprofile.xml?
No, I'm afraid I was never able to locate the file to attach it for you. I told the installer to place it in "/", but it wasn't there when I rebooted with the live dvd. I remember the installer stating that the file would be saved when the install finished. So I guess it wasn't saved before it crashed. The only one I found was the compile output log.
That would have been the LiveCD's /, not the new install. Can you try to run your install again to try to reproduce the problem? If you can't reproduce, there's nothing more to do.
I actually checked in /mnt/gentoo thinking that would become "/", but it wasn't there either. So I don't know. Yesterday, I tried reinstalling the old way with the minimal cd and it worked fine. I'll try with the live dvd again though if see if it errors out again. Hopefully since I won't be rebooting before I send it, the /tmp/installprofile.xml file will be there. I'll leave it at it's default location in /tmp. As a side note, I found that the graphical installer deleted one of my partitions when it crashed. Reading about the graphical installer, some people said it might do this and it did. Before it crashed I had 2 partitions on the hard drive (80 MB in USB enclosure). /dev/sdb1 - small fat32 (2.0 GB) /dev/sdb2 - ntfs holding windows 2000 (40 GB) I let the installer partition the unallocated space and did the install. After the installer errored out, the drive was left with just the small fat32 partition.
Created attachment 96144 [details] installProfile that was asked for
Created attachment 96145 [details] install log
Created attachment 96146 [details] client configuration file
Created attachment 96148 [details] Last 100 lines or so of compile_output.log
I re-installed with the liveDVD using dialog instead of graphical and ended up with exactly the same error. Hopefully this will give you more to work with. I didn't realize it would add a seperate entry for each attachment added. Sorry for the length of the post.
I have this error too (amd64 Live CD). GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/conf.d/consolefont GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Config files updated using etc-update. make.conf/fstab/rc.conf restored. GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Make.conf configured GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Chroot environment ready. GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:04 - Portage tree install was custom. GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - Exception received during 'Set the root password': SetRootPasswordError :FATAL: set_root_p$GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - Traceback (most recent call last): GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", line 197, in run self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']() GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - File "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 1216, in set_root_password raise GLIException("SetRootPasswordError", 'fatal', 'set_root_password', "Failure to set root password!") GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - GLIException: SetRootPasswordError :FATAL: set_root_password: Failure to set root password!
This was LiveDVD (not CD) (In reply to comment #18) > I have this error too (amd64 Live CD). > > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file > /mnt/gentoo/etc/conf.d/consolefont > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Config files updated using etc-update. > make.conf/fstab/rc.conf restored. > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Edited Config file /mnt/gentoo/etc/make.conf > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Make.conf configured > GLI: September 06 2006 22:58:51 - Chroot environment ready. > GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:04 - Portage tree install was custom. > GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - Exception received during 'Set the root > password': SetRootPasswordError :FATAL: set_root_p$GLI: September 06 2006 > 23:00:15 - Traceback (most recent call last): > GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py", > line 197, in run > self._install_steps[self._install_step]['function']() > GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - File > "/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 1216, in set_root_password > raise GLIException("SetRootPasswordError", 'fatal', 'set_root_password', > "Failure to set root password!") > GLI: September 06 2006 23:00:15 - GLIException: SetRootPasswordError :FATAL: > set_root_password: Failure to set root password! >
It looks like the reason that this happens is because the AMD64 LiveDVD was built incorrectly. The CD is in /experimental, so it should be expected to be broken unless proven otherwise :P Anyway, not an installer bug.
*** Bug 147412 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I'll just wait for an update to the dvd.
(In reply to comment #22) > I'll just wait for an update to the dvd. > dvd has been updated. http://torrents.gentoo.org/torrents/livedvd-amd64-installer-2006.1.torrent
*** Bug 148147 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 158454 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
