Anaconda-devel December 2004

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kernel installation in anaconda
by Pavel Ivanov 23 Dec '04

23 Dec '04

Hello, I need some help. In my costume FC distribution I've added a bootsplash support. I've made some changes in packages to made bootsplash work right after kernel rpm is installed. And everything is fine if I install kernel manually in working system. But I have a problem when kernel is installed by anaconda (during the system installation process). As I understand installation of kernel is doing by new-kernel-pkg script which is running after the kernel package installed (%post section of kernel.spec). So, to eneble bootsplash right after kernel rpm installed I've added a --kernel-args="video=vesafb:ywrap,mtrr vga=0x317 splash=silent" option to new-kernel-pkg so this kernel arsuments prints in grub.conf. Ok, when I install kernel manually everything works fine. But when kernel installed by anaconda those kernel arguments didn't appear in grub.conf. Anyone have suggestions what may be wrong? And sorry for my english please. -- {00} Peace, Pavel Ivanov / \/ \ E-mail: pi(a)mail.by /{ )\ ICQ#: 51473881 ^ ^

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[patch] anaconda-10.1.0.2-quotefstype.patch
by Danen Brücker 22 Dec '04

22 Dec '04

Here's a quick patch for two related bugs that caught me until I found the post here: http://linux.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/RedHat/2004-04/0332.html Anaconda produces an incorrect anaconda-ks.cfg for LVM+MD by not quoting the argument to --fstype. As the post suggests, you can simply remove the --fstype <arg> part all together and anaconda will guess that the fstype for anything starting with pv. should have the "physical volume (LVM)" type. But, this patch makes it work as the ks file is currently generated. Also, treating the return from fstype.find( " " ) as a boolean doesn't work because if the substring doesn't exits, it returns -1 which evals true, so even fstypes without spaces would get quoted. Non-fatal, but I think the generated ks file should be close to what is documented. So, the patch checks that it returns a value > 0 instead. It could be > -1 if ever an fstype starting with a " " (space) would be valid, but I doubt that would happen. As the subject suggests, the patch is against 10.1.0.2 (FC3) as I don't have Python 2.4 installed to build cvs HEAD, but it appears to apply cleanly to the later. -- Danen Brücker Modwest Sr. Engineer Powerful, Affordable Web Hosting

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[patch] anaconda-10.1.0.2-corruptreboot4vnc.patch
by Danen Brücker 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

Hi, Here is a small patch that adds a "Reboot" button to the dialog that opens when a package is found to be "corrupt", which in my PXE/http method of installation usually means that the package is missing from the tree because I added updates and didn't rebuild hdlist{,2}. Because, as was mentioned earlier in the list, this is really the same as just "pushing the reset", this button should only show up during a vnc install which is assumed to be a remote where the reset button is not convenient. Again, this is against anaconda 10.1.0.2, but looks like it applies to cvs HEAD as well. -- Danen Brücker Modwest Sr. Engineer Powerful, Affordable Web Hosting

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anaconda and encrypted root
by Brian Long 21 Dec '04

21 Dec '04

Jeremy et al, Are there efforts underway to add the ability to install to an encrypted root filesystem during installation? I read the recent Linux Journal article about converting root to encrypted using Fedora Core 3's dm_crypt module. If dm_crpyt is included in FC3, when will anaconda be able to use it during installation? Will it make it into RHEL 4? Thanks. /Brian/ -- Brian Long | | | IT Data Center Systems | .|||. .|||. Cisco Linux Developer | ..:|||||||:...:|||||||:.. Phone: (919) 392-7363 | C i s c o S y s t e m s

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build install errors (most likely from upd-instroot)
by Daniel Spratlen 18 Dec '04

18 Dec '04

I am currently building custom RHEL ES 3.0 update3 install disks. I'm getting the following errors, which appear to cause the iso's that I've generated to fail. The disks boot fine, but anaconda bombs out after it's loaded the kernel modules. I believe the following errors are causing my problems which appear to be coming from the upd-instroot script. Going to run buildinstall again Building images... Assembling package list... Expanding text packages... Expanding graphical packages... retrieving timezones ln: creating symbolic link `/tmp/treedir.31597/instimage/etc/joe/picorc' to `jpicorc': No such file or directory ln: creating symbolic link `/tmp/treedir.31597/instimage/etc/joe/emacsrc' to `jmacsrc': No such file or directory Creating nsswitch.conf Fixing up /etc/man.config to point into /mnt/sysimage Running mkfontdir... Getting pango modules /usr/sbin/chroot: /usr/bin/pango-querymodules: No such file or directory Getting gtk2 input method modules /home/redhat/dist/redhat- cd-3.0/redhat-3.0/i386/buildinstall.tree.31578/upd-instroot: line 903: /tmp/treedir.31597/instimage/etc/gtk-2.0/gtk.immodules: No such file or directory Getting gtk2 gdk-pixbuf loaders /home/redhat/dist/redhat- cd-3.0/redhat-3.0/i386/buildinstall.tree.31578/upd-instroot: line 913: /tmp/treedir.31597/instimage/etc/gtk-2.0/gdk-pixbuf.loaders: No such file or directory Munging fonts.conf Scrubbing trees... /tmp/treedir.31597/image-template /usr/sbin/chroot: usr/sbin/ldconfig: No such file or directory Scrubbing trees... /tmp/treedir.31597/instimage /usr/sbin/chroot: usr/sbin/ldconfig: No such file or directory Compressing .mo files in stage2 images... Creating fontconfig cache /usr/sbin/chroot: /usr/bin/fc-cache: No such file or directory Creating debug dir Patching python library... Removing unused python files in hdimage... /usr/sbin/chroot: /usr/bin/anaconda: No such file or directory done. I've spent a good bit of time googling on this. Any ideas? thanks, Daniel

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FC3 customized error ..
by Jerry Garcia 16 Dec '04

16 Dec '04

Dear All, If you encounter this error on your customized FC3 installer, install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done disabling swap... /tmp/hda2 unmounting filesystem... /mnt/runtime done ... ... /mnt/sysimage done you may safely reboot your system Here what you should do, check wether that packages that you have added on your customized installer doesn't have a problem. You can do this by issuing the following command #/usr/lib/anaconda-runtime/genhdlist --withnumbers --fileorder [customizedFC3path]/pkgfile \ [basedirectoryofthecustomizedFC3] --productpath [directory where the base and RPMS folder is located] if you have receive error message or a Warning messages after you have done this you should look on the rpm package that has a Warning message on it you could either delete or retain it. For more reference visit this site. http://www.coolgoose.com/sites/lal_tvm/anaconda.html It works for me. But there is still a little problem I have yet to solve. The one with the lvm error. I have to manually partition my harddisk just to install my customized FC3 because if I selected automic partion it will give me the error message "lvmcreate error". Jerry Garcia

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Customized FC3 installer !
by Jerry Garcia 15 Dec '04

15 Dec '04

Dear All, Why do I get this error: install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done sending kill signals...done disabling swap... /tmp/hda2 unmountin filesystem... /mnt/runtime done ... ... /mnt/sysimage done you may safely reboot your system after the RPM trasansaction begins. Jerry Garcia

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error while installing FC3 customized CD.
by bhaskar 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Hi ALL, I tried to customized the Fedora Core 3 .While installing customized boot CD all the screens are coming fine.last screen which shows details installing package details is crashing.follow error are there.. Install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done disabling swap.... /tmp/hda3 unmounting filesystems /mnt/runtime done disabling /dev/loop0 /proc/bus/usb done <Tab><Alt-Tab> between elements | <Space> selects | <F12> next /proc done /dev/pts done /sys done /tmp/ramfs done /mnt/source done /selinux done /mnt/sysimage/boot done /mnt/sysimage/proc done /mnt/sysimage/sys done /mnt/sysimage/var/log done /mnt/sysimage/selinux done /mnt/sysimage/dev done /mnt/sysimage done you may safely reboot your system.

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Re: Anaconda-devel-list Digest, Vol 10, Issue 10
by Ayyappan S 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Dear normally this error will accurs when your trying to install in a currepted hdd / so please check your HardDisk before installing i had this same problem then i found that problem with my disk Rgds Ayyappan ----- Original Message ----- From: <anaconda-devel-list-request(a)redhat.com> To: <anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 10:30 PM Subject: Anaconda-devel-list Digest, Vol 10, Issue 10 > Send Anaconda-devel-list mailing list submissions to > anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > anaconda-devel-list-request(a)redhat.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > anaconda-devel-list-owner(a)redhat.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Anaconda-devel-list digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. lochangfd error (Shen Qian) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:35:27 +0800 > From: "Shen Qian" <shenqian(a)cosix.com.cn> > Subject: lochangfd error > To: anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com > Message-ID: <7cd38(a)cosix.com.cn> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="gb2312" > > Hi, > > I use a custom-build anaconda10.0.The NFS installation works > well, but the cd-rom installation has a fatal error.Just at > the end of transmitting stage2.img to harddrive,anaconda > raise a fatal exception: > > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py",line200,in systemMounted > isys.lochangefd("/tmp/loop",self.loopbackFile) > File "/usr/lib/anaconda/isys.py",line 118,in lochangefd > _isys.lochangefd(loop,targ) > SystemError:(14,"Bad address") > > Could anyone tell me the reason? > > Thanks, > > Shen > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Anaconda-devel-list mailing list > Anaconda-devel-list(a)redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/anaconda-devel-list > > End of Anaconda-devel-list Digest, Vol 10, Issue 10 > *************************************************** >

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Re: Fedora Core 3 - 2 hard drives - install error message
by Ted Bolver 13 Dec '04

13 Dec '04

Just wondering whether anyone can shed any light on this error message - quick background: 2 hard drives - /dev/hda /dev/hdc Trying to install Federa Core 3 root partition on /dev/hdc4. Just selected the packages, fedora "appears" to start to install them to the partiion - after about 10-15 seconds it typically "crashes" to this screen/message: Starting graphical installation... /usr/lib/anaconda/iw/network_gui.py: 265: GtkWarning: file Gtktable.c: line 515 (gtk_table_resize): assertion n_rows > 0 && n_rows < 65536 ' failed devTable = gtk.Table (len(devopts), 2) install exited abnormally Just wondering whether anyone has seen anything similar before etc, any ideas on the cause etc. Thanks. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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