[OM Cooker] Log of failed attempt to open Calamares - iso # 913

Colin Close itchka at compuserve.com
Wed Mar 22 06:51:09 EDT 2017


Jc & Ben
I seem to remember that some time ago Cris Boylan reverted some changes in 
Calamares because of a race condition. Maybe the package has been updated 
without his reversion patches?
Best,
Colin

On Wednesday, 22 March 2017 11:44:55 GMT Jean-Claude Vanier wrote:
> Hum, it seems that the issue is not always reproducible. I tried again
> and the installation went fine with luks once with MBR but restarting
> the system ended up in the rescue mode.
> Startx opened an X session with 2 virtual consoles.
> Launching sddm froze the machine.
> With GPT partitioning the install went fine till the "bootloader step"
> then it crashed:
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> 11:31:27 [0]: Starting job "bootloader"
> Bootloader: grub (bios)
> 11:31:27 [0]: Running "chroot" ("/tmp/calamares-root-e3e9eg8f",
> "grub2-install", "--target=i386-pc", "--recheck", "--force",
> "/dev/sda")
> 11:31:34 [0]: Finished. Exit code: 1
> 11:31:34 [1]: tbMsg "  File
> "/usr/lib64/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 309,
> in run\n    prepare_bootloader(fw_type)\n\n  File
> "/usr/lib64/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 283,
> in prepare_bootloader\n    install_grub(efi_directory, fw_type)\n\n
> File "/usr/lib64/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line
> 254, in install_grub\n    boot_loader["installPath"]])\n\n
> File "<string>", line 2, in <module>\n"
> 11:31:34 [0]: Installation failed:
> 11:31:34 [0]: - message: "Boost.Python error in job \"bootloader\"."
> 11:31:34 [0]: - details: "<div><strong><class
> 'subprocess.CalledProcessError'></strong></div><div>Command
> 'grub2-install --target=i386-pc --recheck --force /dev/sda' returned
> non-zero exit status 1</div><div>Traceback:</div><div><pre>  File
> "/usr/lib64/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 309,
> in run\n    prepare_bootloader(fw_type)\n\n  File
> "/usr/lib64/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line 283,
> in prepare_bootloader\n    install_grub(efi_directory, fw_type)\n\n
> File "/usr/lib64/calamares/modules/bootloader/main.py", line
> 254, in install_grub\n    boot_loader["installPath"]])\n\n
> File "<string>", line 2, in
> <module>\n</pre></div>"
> 11:32:09 [0]: Calamares will now quit.
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 2017-03-22 9:39 GMT+01:00 Jean-Claude Vanier <jclvanier at gmail.com>:
> > Yes, in VBox, the installation seems to go well at least for ext4
> > partitions. The splashscreen is nice.
> > But I had no luck with luks:
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 09:24:08 [0]: Installation failed:
> > 09:24:08 [0]: - message: "The installer failed to create file system
> > on partition /dev/sda1."
> > 09:24:08 [0]: - details:
> > "=========================================================================
> > =================\nCommand: cryptsetup -s 512 --batch-mode
> > --force-password luksFormat
> > /dev/sda1\n===============================================================
> > ===========================\n" 09:24:18 [0]: Calamares will now quit.
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > I tried several times in live mode or direct install and with
> > different partitioning schemas with the same bad result.
> > 
> > 2017-03-22 3:09 GMT+01:00 Ben Bullard <benbullard79 at cox.net>:
> >> The previous e-mail was referring to an install on hardware. This does
> >> not
> >> seem to happen in VirtualBox. Thus it could be related to my somewhat
> >> complicated partitioning set-up with multiple drives. Therefore I'll NOT
> >> file a bug report unless/until I hear other users reporting same issue.
> >> Or
> >> unless/until I can confirm on a simpler more straightforward system. I'm
> >> not inclined to spend time on an issue that only affects me and that I
> >> can work around.
> >> 
> >> Ben Bullard
> >> ben79
> >> --------------------
> >> OpenMandriva-QA Team
> >> 
> >> On 03/21/2017 06:17 PM, Ben Bullard wrote:
> >> 
> >> After attempt to install with Calamares fails this is what happens when
> >> user attempts to open Calamares a second time.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> --
> >> 
> >> Ben Bullard
> >> ben79
> >> --------------------
> >> OpenMandriva-QA Team
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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> 2017-03-22 8:39 GMT+00:00 Jean-Claude Vanier <jclvanier at gmail.com>:
> > Yes, in VBox, the installation seems to go well at least for ext4
> > partitions. The splashscreen is nice.
> > But I had no luck with luks:
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 09:24:08 [0]: Installation failed:
> > 09:24:08 [0]: - message: "The installer failed to create file system
> > on partition /dev/sda1."
> > 09:24:08 [0]: - details:
> > "=========================================================================
> > =================\nCommand: cryptsetup -s 512 --batch-mode
> > --force-password luksFormat
> > /dev/sda1\n===============================================================
> > ===========================\n" 09:24:18 [0]: Calamares will now quit.
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > I tried several times in live mode or direct install and with
> > different partitioning schemas with the same bad result.
> > 
> > 2017-03-22 3:09 GMT+01:00 Ben Bullard <benbullard79 at cox.net>:
> >> The previous e-mail was referring to an install on hardware. This does
> >> not
> >> seem to happen in VirtualBox. Thus it could be related to my somewhat
> >> complicated partitioning set-up with multiple drives. Therefore I'll NOT
> >> file a bug report unless/until I hear other users reporting same issue.
> >> Or
> >> unless/until I can confirm on a simpler more straightforward system. I'm
> >> not inclined to spend time on an issue that only affects me and that I
> >> can work around.
> >> 
> >> Ben Bullard
> >> ben79
> >> --------------------
> >> OpenMandriva-QA Team
> >> 
> >> On 03/21/2017 06:17 PM, Ben Bullard wrote:
> >> 
> >> After attempt to install with Calamares fails this is what happens when
> >> user attempts to open Calamares a second time.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> --
> >> 
> >> Ben Bullard
> >> ben79
> >> --------------------
> >> OpenMandriva-QA Team
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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> >> 
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> 
> 2017-03-22 9:39 GMT+01:00 Jean-Claude Vanier <jclvanier at gmail.com>:
> > Yes, in VBox, the installation seems to go well at least for ext4
> > partitions. The splashscreen is nice.
> > But I had no luck with luks:
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 09:24:08 [0]: Installation failed:
> > 09:24:08 [0]: - message: "The installer failed to create file system
> > on partition /dev/sda1."
> > 09:24:08 [0]: - details:
> > "=========================================================================
> > =================\nCommand: cryptsetup -s 512 --batch-mode
> > --force-password luksFormat
> > /dev/sda1\n===============================================================
> > ===========================\n" 09:24:18 [0]: Calamares will now quit.
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > I tried several times in live mode or direct install and with
> > different partitioning schemas with the same bad result.
> > 
> > 2017-03-22 3:09 GMT+01:00 Ben Bullard <benbullard79 at cox.net>:
> >> The previous e-mail was referring to an install on hardware. This does
> >> not
> >> seem to happen in VirtualBox. Thus it could be related to my somewhat
> >> complicated partitioning set-up with multiple drives. Therefore I'll NOT
> >> file a bug report unless/until I hear other users reporting same issue.
> >> Or
> >> unless/until I can confirm on a simpler more straightforward system. I'm
> >> not inclined to spend time on an issue that only affects me and that I
> >> can work around.
> >> 
> >> Ben Bullard
> >> ben79
> >> --------------------
> >> OpenMandriva-QA Team
> >> 
> >> On 03/21/2017 06:17 PM, Ben Bullard wrote:
> >> 
> >> After attempt to install with Calamares fails this is what happens when
> >> user attempts to open Calamares a second time.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> --
> >> 
> >> Ben Bullard
> >> ben79
> >> --------------------
> >> OpenMandriva-QA Team
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
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