Description of problem: "post-install process" exception caused install to abort. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ? How reproducible: I did not try to reproduce it yet. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Insert CD1, boot from CD 2. Follow instructions, replacing CDs as required 3. Actual results: After 3rd CD, "post install process" started, then got an exception. Expected results: Expected process to continue with installing grub etc... Additional info: See attached dump file. Saved to floppy as part of the exception handler...
Created attachment 94950 [details] This is the file from "save crasg info to floppy" when exception happened
I should have mentioned I installed this as a "new installation", reformating hard disk 2 as part of the "automatic partititioning".
The log you attached is truncated - please confirm the entire file was attached.
Yes, that's the entire file. Note that the last part of the file does not have CRLF, it's just a list of all the individual packages... the last is xosview: 0, Also, this brings up another point.... when I was prompted to put in a floppy disk, the prompt said all data on the diskette would be lost.... that didn't happen. When I took the disk out it still had a bunch of other files from previous use. Let me know if there's any information you need... I can try the install again later today if necessary. Don
Created attachment 95122 [details] anacdump text file in zip format (unzip size is approx 1.4MB) I tried the install again... here's what I did, step by step... > Boot from CD1 (Did not detect my monitor (IBM P96) properly (Redhat 9 does)) (I entered horiz and vert frequencies manually as per monitor specs (Horiz: 30-107KHz; Vert: 48-120Hz (Did not detect mouse properly; it selected 3button USB; it is actually a Logitect Wheel Mouse (Model M/N M-BD58)) Tip said to select MS Intellimouse... so I selected that manually) > OK, on with the install... > Install Workstation Auto partition remove all Linux partitions do NOT use hda DO use hdd GRUB on /dev/hda (default) No firewall US English only Install default software > While installing packages, an exception occured: Last message: Iinstalling gnome-desktop-devel-2.4.0-1.i386 Mouse stopped working (cursor was "text-insert" cursor over the text of the exception details) Keyboard was KO, I used TAB to select "save to floppy" (Used a newly-formatted floppy because the message abot "it will remove all data" doesn't seem to be accurate based on my last report) > Required power off/on to reboot Reboots to grub> prompt > I reinstalled RH9... no problems with RH9
FYI I installed "Fedora code test 2" on my laptop and the install went OK. I verified that the last package to be installed was the gnome-desktop-devel-2.4.0-1.i386. That means the exception happened with the "post-install" process, as originally posted. This time I was able to get a more complete anacdump file because I made sure the diskette was blank first. (So, that's another bug... the "save crash info to floppy" code does not erase the diskette even though the messages says it will.)
Can you please verify your media by booting with 'linux mediacheck'?
I didn't use that option at boot time, but I did select the "test media" choices during the beginning of the install. (All three disks passed) Is that sufficient, or do you want me to use the option you specified? Also, with the release of test3 yesterday, I was going to try that to see if the problem "went away".... Don
Looking at this, there are a lot of errors from rpm in your install.log (the floppy was in fact formatted, there just happens to be more than 1.44 megs of stuff!) -- is it possible that your hard drive has any sort of hardware problems?
I am not aware of any problems with either of the hard disks in the system. However, a minor point of frustration is any time I reboot the machine, it hangs with GRUB displayed in the top left of the screen, followed by a blinking cursor. CTL-ALT-DEL then reboots again and I see the message regarding loading stage 2, and the GRUB menu appears. This behavior was prior to any Fedora Core images... and I always attributed it to the unused hard disk powering down and then some sort of timing problem at boot up, waiting for the disk to spin up again... (Only one hard disk is in use at a time, depending on which system I boot up) Hard disk (hda) has an MS Windows 2000 Pro installation on it, and GRUB The second hard disk I use for testing new things, like Fedore Core. As for reformatting the diskette... My initial attempt (see beginning of comments here) had the same trouble, and a very truncated crash file was writen... it did NOT reformat the floppy because when I loked at it on a Windows machine, there were other files on it from some previous use. So, I formatted the floppy so I would be sure to have an empty one available for another Fedora test install crash.... and that's the zip file I uploaded the other day.
I tried installing FCT3 onto this machine..... It did not crash but I did see a lot of rpmdb errors... It did not boot up using the graphical boot, and at the point it would start X, I got a message saying: INIT: Id: "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes When I pressed enter I could log in as root.... I did a shutdown -r now which resulted in the same thing.... I tried to ftp /var/log/messages to somewhere but it said ftp was an unknown command.... then I tried to copy the file to the floppy drive... but I don't know how mount it... :-(
Can you try booting with 'ide=nodma' and see if that helps?
I just completed the install using boot: linux ide=nodma The install was much slower (expected) but it appeared tp make it all the way through. The exception did not happen (though I beleive that was fixed by correcting my IDE wiring/installation: I had my second IDE hard disk as "slave", with the CD- ROM as "master". Though I don't think this should matter, the PC manual says a second hard disk MUST be master, and the factory-installed CD-ROM has to be changed to slave and connected to the "SLAVE" connector of thwe ATA100 cable. Anyway.... when I tried to create a "boot diskette", I got an error saying "An error occurred creating the boot disk"... I then said no boot disk, and continued... With firstboot... things appeared to start up OK, but then did not go into graphical mode. I was trying to copy someof the install log files to the floppy disk, but I don't know what the correct commands are... :-( Don
I also have to say.... when the system was shutting down to do the firstboot, I got screenfuls of errors: rpmdb fatal region error detected; run recovery I suspect that's the root cause of these problems... the install is failing, even though there is no indication of anything wrong during the actual install process.
Did you see the rpmdb errors even when booting with ide=nodma?
Yes, even when I used ide=nodma I got the rpmdb errors. :-( The disk is 120GB, I dedicate the entire disk to Fedora and always let it "remove all linux partitions" and reformat automatically. Don
This is the only report I've seen of this and anaconda's not doing anything at all that should be dependent on hardware here, so the only thing I can think of is that somehow the kernel is hitting problems.
It is very consistent.... I have tried reintsalling many, many time this past week end. after firstboot, I look at /var/log/install.log and see everything running along nicely until it tries to install groff.... that's where the problems begin, and continue.... So, I think that's the stem to other problems further on.... the REAL problem is these rpmdb errors that happen during the package installation. I thought I'd try installing without groff.. but I dno't really know what groff is, or where to find it in the package list to de-select it...
Created attachment 95331 [details] X.log file created upon initial boot from CD1 This file was created when I boot from CD1 to begin an installation. At the first graphic screen at the start of the install, I pressed CTL-ALT-F2 and copied this file to a floppy disk so I could upload it here.
Created attachment 95332 [details] anaconda.log anaconda.log file taken at the same time as X.log above.... I don't see anything unusual here...
Created attachment 95335 [details] syslog after initial boot from CD1 My concern here is the "late redistration" of the ide driver.... that did not happen on another machine where FCT3 installed successfully.
Created attachment 95338 [details] created after initial boot from CD1 I'm including this file thinking it might provide some clues to why the graphical boot doesn't work, but I really think the root of all the problems is the rpmdb errors during package installation.
There's nothing in the log that stands out as a kernel problem. The IDE hardware in question is quite commonplace, and we'd be seeing a lot more reports of corruption if something was wrong with the piix driver. The only thing I can think of is a hardware problem. Try a run of memtest86, check the PSU is strong enough, check sufficient cooling in the case/cpu etc.
OK, I'll see if I can run the memory test, but it seems odd that the failure occurs very consistently. the rpm errors ALWAYS occur during the installation of groff-1.18.1-29.i386 If this is an "environmental condition caused failure", it'd expect much more randomness. Yes, the machine is adequately cooled etc.... I'll also see if I can get the /root/install.log file and post it here....
I booted from CD1 and ran the memtest86 test.... it passed with no errors. How can I get the /root/install.log file copied to a floppy disk? I booted the system, logged in as root, then... mount /dev/fd0 cp /root/install.log /dev/fd0 it asked if I wanted to overwrite ... I said yes.... then I come back to my working windows system (dual boot) and windows complains that the diskette is not formatted.
Created attachment 95353 [details] messages file "messages" file, shows some possible problem with IDE... late registration?
Created attachment 95354 [details] dmesg file and the dmesg file .....
#25 - umount before you eject the disk #26 - Shouldn't be a problem.
Created attachment 95358 [details] install.log file in zipped format, unzipped size is just over 1MByte Install was doing fine until it reached groff.... seems like everything after that point choked. That's probably why I'm having all these other problems...
Created attachment 95359 [details] install.log file in zipped format (unzipped size is just over 1MByte) The install was going along nicely until it hit groff.... then it choked and never recovered. This is probably the root of all my other problems. (I'm sending this again, because at first I uploaded it as "plain text", but now it's zipped...)
Just for fun, I tried installing a different distro... Mandrake Linux 9.1 installed with no problems at all. I think it's fair to use that as proof the hardware is OK.
I just noticed the component says "kernel".... Do you really think this is a kernel problem? I don't have a lot of experience here, but I think this is an anaconda (installation) problem. The symptoms don't manifest themselves until firstboot, but if you look at the /root/install.log file (attached in zip format) you see the install starts failing with groff and never recovers. And if you look at the X.log file created after the initial boot from CD1, it's having troubles there too... Is this because the video is a RIVA TNT2 card with nvidia drivers? From what I'v been reading of nvidia, it seems I shouildn't waste my time trying to get Fedora beta running on this machine... Comments? :-)
You know, I have the exact same problem with Red Hat 9. During the installation i pressed ctrl+alt+F1, i see a screen full of "rpmdb: fatal region error; run recovery". Not to mention when the installation completed, before having the computer restart, i would see the errors. I did in fact install Mandrake on the same computer after the failure with RH9 and it DID work! So it must be something else, not the hardware. (I was installing on the secondary master hard drive, a Western Digital 40GB dedicated to Linux) When i booted up after the installation, I also couldn't get into the GUI. My specs: Soyo P4YIS2 Motherboard w/ latest FW Pentium 4 1.7Ghz 120GB SE (Windows XP Pro) 40GB (Linux) Gainward Geforce 4 Ti4800se Sony 52/24/52 Pioneer 106d DVD-/+RW Keep in mind Mandrake 9.2 installation was fine and error free.
I also get this exact same problem, I posted my stats to bug #139146 which I saw before this one.
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