Description of problem: /proc and /sys are not mounted during the system install. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rawhide-20061127 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attempt to install rawhide-20061127 on hp rx2600 Actual results: Install is very screwed up, and install log shows GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 dirname: missing operand Try `dirname --help' for more information. mkdir: missing operand Try `mkdir --help' for more information. GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db: line 5: 3665 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/gcj-dbt4 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 xargs: /usr/bin/gcj-dbtool: terminated by signal 11 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 Installing ccid - 1.1.0-2.ia64 Installing xorg-x11-drv-evdev - 1.1.2-2.1.ia64 Installing rpm-libs - 4.4.2-36.fc7.ia64 Installing rpm-python - 4.4.2-36.fc7.ia64 Installing yum - 3.0.1-2.fc7.noarch Installing system-config-network-tui - 1.3.96-1.fc6.noarch Installing firstboot-tui - 1.4.25-1.fc7.noarch Installing system-config-network - 1.3.96-1.fc6.noarch Installing system-config-users - 1.2.48-1.fc7.noarch Installing coolkey - 1.0.1-13.fc7.ia64 Installing antlr - 2.7.6-4jpp.2.ia64 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 dirname: missing operand Try `dirname --help' for more information. mkdir: missing operand Try `mkdir --help' for more information. GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db: line 5: 3768 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/gcj-dbt4 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 xargs: /usr/bin/gcj-dbtool: terminated by signal 11 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 Installing gjdoc - 0.7.7-14.fc7.ia64 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 dirname: missing operand Try `dirname --help' for more information. mkdir: missing operand Try `mkdir --help' for more information. GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 /usr/bin/rebuild-gcj-db: line 5: 3779 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/gcj-dbt4 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 xargs: /usr/bin/gcj-dbtool: terminated by signal 11 GC Warning: Couldn't read /proc/stat GC Warning: GC_get_nprocs() returned -1 Installing gnome-bluetooth - 0.8.0-1.fc7.ia64 /proc is empty (not mounted ?) Expected results: Install should suceed. Additional info: Seen only on rx2600 series
I've verified that this works on the Altix boxes. It seems like it is something restricted to the rx2600 series. P.
Prarit, I think this might be some sort of a timing issue. I have been experiementing and have had successful and unsuccessful installs on the same box. I am doing some installs with remote syslog debugging set up to gather more data.
/proc definitely should be being mounted... this might just be a kernel issue.
(In reply to comment #3) > /proc definitely should be being mounted... this might just be a kernel issue. It doesn't seem like it :/. I don't see any strangeness when I boot the kernel rpm on top of a stable FC ... I'm still investigating though.... P.
It seems that at some point during the rpm installs, /tmp/proc and /tmp/sys get mounted to /mnt/sysimage/proc and /mnt/sysimage/sys.
Yeah -- it definately looks like during the RPM installs one of the RPMs is setting the /proc and /sys mount points to /tmp/proc and /tmp/sys . I'm still investigating... P.
One important item Prarit didn't mention is the end result of all this is the /boot/efi partition does not get set up correctly so that the system is not bootable. I sometimes hit this and other times it installs OK. I have not yet determined what conditions cause it to fail (may be a timing issue?). Prarit says he hits it all the time. I just hit this again on todays rawhide build: rawhide-20061129 I will attach all the log files. I don't see any smoking gun there but perhaps someone else will find something of note.
Created attachment 142392 [details] anaconda.log from rawhide-20061129 install
Created attachment 142393 [details] anaconda.syslog from rawhide-20061129 install
Created attachment 142394 [details] install.log from rawhide-20061129 install
Created attachment 142395 [details] install.log.syslog from rawhide-20061129 install
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