Bug 12994

Summary:	Text upgrade uglies
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Henri Schlereth <henris>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	7.1
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Description Henri Schlereth 2000-06-24 16:07:59 UTC

After a failed GUI upgrade, I reverted to a text mode install. Evidently
the database got converted to the new db format and I could proceed.

After the "Transfering install image to hard drive" the following
ugliness got splashed on the installer screen.

make history [253]: Reading config from /etc/news/inn.conf and

later:

useradd [557]: new group name=maillnull uid 47 gid 47 /home/var/spool/
mqueue,shell=/dev/null

The cd change worked just fine BTW.

And a note on the splash screen. It comes up with an "enter Control X for
text mode", if you do that or dont it still boots into text mode, which
could be confusing someone (like me) that didnt expect/want the alternative
(GUI) mode, if it exists.

Comment 1 Henri Schlereth 2000-06-24 16:25:05 UTC

Also found in upgrade.log

Upgrading less
user prospector does not exist using root
group prospector does not exist usig root
repeated 8 times followed by
Upgrading libjpeg

from syslog:
Jun 23 23:52:14 test network: Setting network parameters succeeded
Jun 23 23:52:26 test kernel: Detected PS/2 Mouse Port.
Jun 23 23:52:34 test insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/busmouse.o: init_modul
e: Device or resource busy
Jun 23 23:52:34 test insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/misc/busmouse.o: insmod cha
r-major-10-0 failed
Jun 23 23:52:34 test gpm[543]: oops() invoked from gpm.c(906)
Jun 23 23:52:34 test gpm[543]: /dev/mouse: No such device
Jun 23 23:52:15 test ifup: SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
Jun 24 01:49:50 test depmod:       [-C configfile] [-F kernelsyms] [-b basedirec
tory] [forced_version]
Jun 24 01:49:50 test depmod: depmod [-n -e -v -q] [-f kernelsyms] module1.o modu
le2.o ...
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: depmod will output a dependancy list suitable for t
he modprobe utility.
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: depmod -a will find the list of modules to probe fr
om the file
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: /etc/modules.conf. It will output the result into t
he depfile specified
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: in this configuration file
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Normally depmod operates silently, reporting only t
he list of modules that
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: won't load properly (missing symbols).
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option -q will make depmod keep quiet about missing
 symbols
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option -e output all the unresolved symbol for a 
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option -s output all error message to the syslog da
emon
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option -v force a printout of all visited modules.
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option -n will write the dependency file on stdout
only.
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option -V will show you the release version of depm
od
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option -r will allow root to load modules that are
not owned by root
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: The following options are useful for people managin
g distributions;
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option '-b basedirectory': use an image of a module
 tree.
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option '-C configfile': use the file instead of /et
c/modules.conf.
Jun 24 01:49:51 test depmod: Option '-F kernelsyms': use the file instead of the
 current kernel symbols
Jun 24 01:50:41 test rpc.lockd: lockdsvc: Function not implemented
Jun 24 01:50:41 test nfslock: rpc.lockd startup failed

I manually did an ifup eth0 and then it worked, also did a depmod -a.

But this worked 100% better than the GUI upgrade.

Comment 2 Glen Foster 2000-07-30 17:28:36 UTC

Can this behavior be reproduced in Pinstripe (beta-5)?

Comment 3 Henri Schlereth 2000-07-30 17:41:13 UTC

Dont know, I wont get Beta5 till Mon/Tuesday

Comment 4 Henri Schlereth 2000-08-01 15:17:17 UTC

TUI Server install of Beta5 did not show the uglies mentioned. Closing out as CURRENTRELEASE (Beta5) fixed.