Description of problem: The "install to hard disk" / liveinst program doesn't do anything at all. It appears to hang. I ran it by hand and there is no message at all. I ran 'zenity' by hand, and it is able to open windows. I also ran 'anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:/dev/mapper/live-osimg-min' by hand and that ran fine (although hitting another bug in Anaconda later). Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora-20-Nightly-x86_64-Live-xfce-20130828.08-1.iso How reproducible: Unknown. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start live CD. 2. Click "install to hard disk" icon on desktop. 3. Or run 'liveinst' program (either /usr/bin or /usr/sbin, also tried running it as root so no userhelper was involved). Actual results: Hangs, no messages.
In a test, it takes about 33 seconds from starting the liveinst command in a terminal to the Welcome dialog being displayed. How long did you wait? How are you running the ISO image? Tested with: $ qemu-kvm -m 4096 -hda f20-test-3.img -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/nightly-composes/Fedora-20-Nightly-x86_64-Live-xfce-20130828.08-1.iso -vga std -boot menu=on
I've deleted this ISO image so I can't test it further. However .. I can't be absolutely sure I waited for 33 seconds, but I did wait for what I perceived to be a long time. Note that when running anaconda directly, it comes straight up. Why does the script take so long anyway?
Created attachment 792399 [details] screenshot showing "Error retrieving accessibility bus address: ..." after running liveinst Tested with: $ qemu-kvm -m 4096 -hda f20-test-3.img -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/nightly-composes/Fedora-20-Nightly-x86_64-Live-xfce-20130828.08-1.iso -vga std -boot menu=on
I didn't see liveinst print any messages at all, but presumably the dbus error only occurs after waiting 33+ seconds?
The error messages are displayed after about 28 seconds: [liveuser@localhost ~]$ liveinst localuser:root being added to access control list Starting installer, one moment... anaconda 20.9-1 for Fedora 20 (pre-release) started. ** (anaconda:1559): WARNING **: Error retrieving accessibility bus address: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NoReply: Did not receive a reply. Possible causes include: the remote application did not send a reply, the message bus security policy blocked the reply, the reply timeout expired, or the network connection was broken. error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment. [liveuser@localhost ~]$ == Tested with: $ qemu-kvm -m 4096 -hda f20-test-3.img -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/nightly-composes/Fedora-20-Nightly-x86_64-Live-xfce-20130828.08-1.iso -vga std -boot menu=on
(In reply to Steve Tyler from comment #5) ... > error: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set in the environment. ... Bug 1000927, Comment 4 reports the same error message on tty1: Bug 1000927 - 20 Alpha TC1 i386 install image (netinst or DVD) freezes in the first step
With the F20-Alpha-TC2 Live image, there is also a ~28 second delay before the same error messages are displayed. Tested with: $ qemu-kvm -m 4096 -hda f20-test-3.img -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/F20/Alpha/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-Alpha-TC2-1.iso -vga std -boot menu=on
The accessibility bus message indicates a problem communicating with dbus and at-spi-bus-launcher, and would indicate a problem in creating the xfce image. The message is non-fatal. The XDG_RUNTIME_DIR warning is also non-fatal. Anyway, I'm having no problem running liveinst from this particular live image. If the problem persists, attach log this bug.
The installer is taking ~33 seconds to start with F20-Alpha-TC3 Live Desktop, so the "problem in creating the xfce image" theory is wrong. Richard: If you can confirm the long startup time, I suggest reopening with a bug summary saying something like: "installer takes ~33 seconds to start on Live image" The error message reported in Comment 5 clearly says that there is a timeout occurring, so I don't understand why this bug was closed anyway. If anything, it should have been reassigned. Tested with: $ qemu-kvm -m 4096 -hda f20-test-3.img -cdrom ~/xfr/fedora/F20/Alpha/Fedora-Live-Desktop-x86_64-20-Alpha-TC3-1.iso -vga std -boot menu=on
Reopening per previous comment.
When i use the "install to hard disk" nothing happens at all. Even after ~30 seconds, I get no response after the mouse spins and no error message. Any suggestions how to get this to work? Is there any preparation of disk needed?
Just tried with F20 release and it works fine. Spinner is displayed for < 10 seconds and then the installer comes up.