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Bug 105123

Summary: Problem by using the graphical installer (Unpack stage tarball stage1)
Product: Gentoo Release Media Reporter: Thorsten Maruhn <tmaruh>
Component: InstallerAssignee: Gentoo Linux Installer <gli-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: normal    
Priority: High    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: x86   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Description Thorsten Maruhn 2005-09-07 02:15:19 UTC
I have a big problem by using the graphical installer for gentoo. My internet 
connect works but when i try to download the stage1 tarball, the only thing that 
happens is that nothing happends. I got the following message Unpack stage 
tarball. I have configured the internet connection the connection works: ping 
www.web.de. 
I used this URI for the stage 1 tarball: http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/
download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.
2.
3.



Expected Results:  
Downloading the tarball and starting the installation.
Comment 1 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-07 02:29:33 UTC
Did you try another mirror?
Comment 2 Thorsten Maruhn 2005-09-07 03:13:28 UTC
Yes, i tried the following mirrors:

1) http://ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/mirrors/gentoo/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/
stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2

2) http://mirrors.sec.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/gentoo/releases/x86/2005.1/
stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2

without any success.
Comment 3 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-07 04:01:38 UTC
What exactly is the problem you're having? You didn't actually give an error
message. Does it fail? Does it just sit there? Can you download the stage
tarball by hand? Is your network actually working on the livecd?
Comment 4 Thorsten Maruhn 2005-09-07 05:05:35 UTC
My Problem is that i can not install gentoo from the live cd "it just sit 
there". The networking on the live cd is working. I have no error message 
because the only text i get is that Unpack stage tarball is shown by the 
installer. I cannot find any help in the install.log. I can download the stage 
tarball by hand. 
Comment 5 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-07 05:18:04 UTC
Post your /tmp/installprofile.xml and /var/log/installer.log.
Comment 6 Thorsten Maruhn 2005-09-07 05:45:55 UTC
the installprofile.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<gli-profile>
	<kernel-build-method/>
	<cron-daemon>
		vixie-cron
	</cron-daemon>
	<domainname>
		home-online.de
	</domainname>
	<portage-snapshot/>
	<kernel-source>
		livecd-kernel
	</kernel-source>
	<install-pcmcia-cs>
		False
	</install-pcmcia-cs>
	<time-zone>
		Europe/Berlin
	</time-zone>
	<dynamic-stage3>
		False
	</dynamic-stage3>
	<kernel-bootsplash>
		False
	</kernel-bootsplash>
	<bootloader-mbr>
		True
	</bootloader-mbr>
	<hostname>
		Gentoo-Testsystem
	</hostname>
	<bootloader-kernel-args/>
	<post-install-script-uri/>
	<nisdomainname/>
	<install-stage>
		1
	</install-stage>
	<ftp-proxy/>
	<rsync-proxy/>
	<stage-tarball>
	
http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2
	</stage-tarball>
	<bootloader>
		grub
	</bootloader>
	<root-pass-hash>
		$1$zO32QAOf$UDOFHNqLEJ6NLPXbe3HSR1
	</root-pass-hash>
	<http-proxy/>
	<mta/>
	<grp-install>
		False
	</grp-install>
	<logging-daemon>
		syslog-ng
	</logging-daemon>
	<kernel-config/>
	<portage-tree-sync>
		webrsync
	</portage-tree-sync>
	<kernel-initrd>
		True
	</kernel-initrd>
	<install-rp-pppoe>
		False
	</install-rp-pppoe>
	<install-packages/>
	<network-mounts/>
	<partitions>
		<device devnode="/dev/sda" disklabel="msdos">
			<partition format="False" mb="101" minor="1" mkfsopts="" mountopts="defaults"
mountpoint="/boot" origminor="1" type="ext2"/>
			<partition format="False" mb="494" minor="2" mkfsopts="" mountopts=""
mountpoint="" origminor="2" type="linux-swap"/>
			<partition format="False" mb="5396" minor="3" mkfsopts=""
mountopts="defaults" mountpoint="/" origminor="3" type="ext3"/>
		</device>
	</partitions>
	<etc-portage/>
	<etc-files>
		<file name="rc.conf">
			<entry name="SET_WINDOWKEYS">
				Yes
			</entry>
			<entry name="XSESSION"/>
			<entry name="CONSOLEFONT">
				default8x16
			</entry>
			<entry name="CLOCK">
				UTC
			</entry>
			<entry name="EXTENDED_KEYMAPS"/>
			<entry name="DISPLAYMANAGER">
				kdm
			</entry>
			<entry name="KEYMAP">
				de-latin1-nodeadkeys
			</entry>
			<entry name="EDITOR">
				/bin/nano
			</entry>
			<entry name="CONSOLETRANSLATION">
				##commented##
			</entry>
			<entry name="PROTOCOLS">
				1 2
			</entry>
		</file>
		<file name="make.conf">
			<entry name="MAKEOPTS">
				-j3
			</entry>
			<entry name="USE">
				 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups elibc_glibc emboss
encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde
kernel_linux libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis
opengl oracle oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl
tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts userland_GNU x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib
			</entry>
			<entry name="FEATURES"/>
			<entry name="ACCEPT_KEYWORDS"/>
			<entry name="CHOST">
				i686-pc-linux-gnu
			</entry>
			<entry name="CFLAGS">
				-march=pentium4 -O3 
			</entry>
		</file>
	</etc-files>
</gli-profile>

install.log:
GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:42 - Setting root password.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:42 - Livecd root password set.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:47 - SSH Started.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:51 - Portmap started.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:32:15 - Partition table for /dev/sda is
unchanged...skipping
GLI: September 07 2005 11:32:19 - Mounted mountpoint: /
GLI: September 07 2005 11:32:20 - Mounted mountpoint: /boot
Comment 7 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-07 05:52:38 UTC
The only thing that stands out to me is that you aren't formatting your existing
partitions. On the partition screen, for each partition, select it, click
Properties, change "Format:" to "Yes" and hit OK. This will reformat your /boot
and / which is right way to do things.
Comment 8 Thorsten Maruhn 2005-09-07 06:13:15 UTC
Yes that is okay, but i tried to format the partitions but nothing happends. 
But this is not my problem. I can not understand what is the problem?
Comment 9 Preston Cody (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-07 09:15:15 UTC
we need the additional information of the contents of /tmp/compile_output.log
please attach it as a file to this bug.
Comment 10 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-07 09:18:01 UTC
Do you have dial-up internet access? How long did you actually give it? While
it's downloading the tarball, the installer won't really seem to be doing
anything. Once it's downloaded, you'll see the output from extracting it in the
installer window.
Comment 11 Thorsten Maruhn 2005-09-08 01:02:16 UTC
I started yesterday evening the installer and today i get the following error
message: Installation failed:

Exception received:
GLIUtilityError :FATAL: fetch_and_unpack_tarball: Could not fetch
http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2
Please submit a bug report (after searching to make sure it's not a known issue
and verifying you didn't do something stupid) with the contents of
/var/log/install.log and /tmp/installprofile.xml

install.log:

GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:42 - Setting root password.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:42 - Livecd root password set.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:47 - SSH Started.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:28:51 - Portmap started.
GLI: September 07 2005 11:32:15 - Partition table for /dev/sda is
unchanged...skipping
GLI: September 07 2005 11:32:19 - Mounted mountpoint: /
GLI: September 07 2005 11:32:20 - Mounted mountpoint: /boot
GLI: September 07 2005 12:37:47 - Exception received during 'Unpack stage
tarball': GLIUtilityError :FATAL: fetch_and_unpack_tarball: Could not fetch
http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2
GLI: September 07 2005 12:37:47 - Traceback (most recent call last):
GLI: September 07 2005 12:37:47 - File "/opt/installer/GLIClientController.py",
line 151, in run
    self._install_steps[self._install_step][0]()
GLI: September 07 2005 12:37:47 - File
"/opt/installer/GLIArchitectureTemplate.py", line 302, in unpack_stage_tarball
   
GLIUtility.fetch_and_unpack_tarball(self._install_profile.get_stage_tarball_uri(),
self._chroot_dir, temp_directory=self._chroot_dir, keep_permissions=True)
GLI: September 07 2005 12:37:47 - File "/opt/installer/GLIUtility.py", line 509,
in fetch_and_unpack_tarball
    raise GLIException("GLIUtilityError", 'fatal',
'fetch_and_unpack_tarball',"Could not fetch " + tarball_uri)
GLI: September 07 2005 12:37:47 - GLIException: GLIUtilityError :FATAL:
fetch_and_unpack_tarball: Could not fetch
http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2

installprofile.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<gli-profile>
	<kernel-build-method/>
	<cron-daemon>
		vixie-cron
	</cron-daemon>
	<domainname>
		home-online.de
	</domainname>
	<portage-snapshot/>
	<kernel-source>
		livecd-kernel
	</kernel-source>
	<install-pcmcia-cs>
		False
	</install-pcmcia-cs>
	<time-zone>
		Europe/Berlin
	</time-zone>
	<dynamic-stage3>
		False
	</dynamic-stage3>
	<kernel-bootsplash>
		False
	</kernel-bootsplash>
	<bootloader-mbr>
		True
	</bootloader-mbr>
	<hostname>
		Gentoo-Testsystem
	</hostname>
	<bootloader-kernel-args/>
	<post-install-script-uri/>
	<nisdomainname/>
	<install-stage>
		1
	</install-stage>
	<ftp-proxy/>
	<rsync-proxy/>
	<stage-tarball>
	
http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2
	</stage-tarball>
	<bootloader>
		grub
	</bootloader>
	<root-pass-hash>
		$1$zO32QAOf$UDOFHNqLEJ6NLPXbe3HSR1
	</root-pass-hash>
	<http-proxy/>
	<mta/>
	<grp-install>
		False
	</grp-install>
	<logging-daemon>
		syslog-ng
	</logging-daemon>
	<kernel-config/>
	<portage-tree-sync>
		webrsync
	</portage-tree-sync>
	<kernel-initrd>
		True
	</kernel-initrd>
	<install-rp-pppoe>
		False
	</install-rp-pppoe>
	<install-packages/>
	<network-mounts/>
	<partitions>
		<device devnode="/dev/sda" disklabel="msdos">
			<partition format="False" mb="101" minor="1" mkfsopts="" mountopts="defaults"
mountpoint="/boot" origminor="1" type="ext2"/>
			<partition format="False" mb="494" minor="2" mkfsopts="" mountopts=""
mountpoint="" origminor="2" type="linux-swap"/>
			<partition format="False" mb="5396" minor="3" mkfsopts=""
mountopts="defaults" mountpoint="/" origminor="3" type="ext3"/>
		</device>
	</partitions>
	<etc-portage/>
	<etc-files>
		<file name="rc.conf">
			<entry name="SET_WINDOWKEYS">
				Yes
			</entry>
			<entry name="XSESSION"/>
			<entry name="CONSOLEFONT">
				default8x16
			</entry>
			<entry name="CLOCK">
				UTC
			</entry>
			<entry name="EXTENDED_KEYMAPS"/>
			<entry name="DISPLAYMANAGER">
				kdm
			</entry>
			<entry name="KEYMAP">
				de-latin1-nodeadkeys
			</entry>
			<entry name="EDITOR">
				/bin/nano
			</entry>
			<entry name="CONSOLETRANSLATION">
				##commented##
			</entry>
			<entry name="PROTOCOLS">
				1 2
			</entry>
		</file>
		<file name="make.conf">
			<entry name="MAKEOPTS">
				-j3
			</entry>
			<entry name="USE">
				 X alsa apm arts avi berkdb bitmap-fonts crypt cups elibc_glibc emboss
encode foomaticdb fortran gdbm gif gnome gpm gtk gtk2 imlib ipv6 jpeg kde
kernel_linux libg++ libwww mad mikmod motif mp3 mpeg ncurses nls oggvorbis
opengl oracle oss pam pdflib perl png python qt quicktime readline sdl spell ssl
tcpd truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts userland_GNU x86 xml2 xmms xv zlib
			</entry>
			<entry name="FEATURES"/>
			<entry name="ACCEPT_KEYWORDS"/>
			<entry name="CHOST">
				i686-pc-linux-gnu
			</entry>
			<entry name="CFLAGS">
				-march=pentium4 -O3 
			</entry>
		</file>
	</etc-files>
</gli-profile>

compileoutput.txt:

is empty

Can anybody help?
Comment 12 Thorsten Maruhn 2005-09-08 01:13:16 UTC
I tried the following: 

1) open a console
2) export http_proxy=http://proxy.home.local:8080
3) wget -r www.web.de -- works
   wget -r
http://linux.rz.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/download/gentoo-mirror/releases/x86/2005.1/stages/x86/stage1-x86-2005.1.tar.bz2

works, i can download the tarball.

But why the installer dont use my proxy?
Comment 13 Andrew Gaffney (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-09-08 04:59:32 UTC
Ah, this makes more sense now. The bug you are probably seeing (not using the
HTTP proxy) has already been fixed in cvs. Follow the directions at
<http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/installer/faq.xml#newerversion> for
updating to the latest CVS snapshot and try again. Reopen this bug if it still
doesn't work.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 102064 ***
Comment 14 Jeffrey Forman (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2006-03-24 13:46:33 UTC
Moving to Release Media/Installer.