5:07 p.m.
Scenario:
I am attempting to upgrade from RedHat 9 --> 9.0.93. I have 3 good CDs
(verified, and also used on a prior install). The upgrade consistently
fails when trying to upgrade kdebase-3.1.2-13. This occurs about 30
seconds after installing disk #2.
The upgrade aborts with a message of possible media failure, possible
disk space problem and possible hardware problem. I believe all three of
these "possibilities" to be incorrect. The media has been verified and
used on a prior install. Just to be sure, I re-burned a copy of disk #2.
Space... well, I have about 2.4 gig free when I start the install.
However, I evern removed several meg of files, and the "crash" still
occurs at the same place. Hardware...I have nothing else happening to
indicate this is hardware.
I am puzzled as to why it's trying to do an upgrade of kdebase. I'm
"pretty sure" I never installed KDE to begin with...I'm not a KDE user.
I also did an rpm query of installed packages, and found NO references
to kdebase.
At this point, I have a "partial" install of 9.0.93. In fact, my system
thinks it is now a 9.0.93 system. But, I know that quite a few packages
were never installed after the abort.
Thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. I can consistently duplicate
this failure on this particular machine...but not sure if anyone else
has seen this.
Thanks...Terry
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3:48 p.m.
One of your Bugzilla entries uses the word 'abends'. I was so amazed
when I read that, I just had to ask. That is definitely IBM mainframe
speak. As in, 'S806 abend'. An abend means your program broke for
whatever reason. Of course, I'm not sure if other programming
environments like Sun use the term. Perhaps they do. I can't really
remember seeing it out of the context of IBM programmer talk. (And I'm
an IBM programmer. 22 years now.)
Bob Cochran
On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 14:49, Elton Woo wrote:
On Monday 04 August 2003 14:09, Robert L Cochran Robert L Cochran
<cochranb(a)speakeasy.net> wrote:
> Elton,
>
> Are you a mainframe programmer with IBM experience?
>
> Bob Cochran
No. Is there something in my message that indicates this?
Alas, I'm no programmer, however, I am "good" at installing
hardware / software... and tracking bugs (if I may dare say
so!) <G>
Elton ;-)
1:09 p.m.
Elton,
Are you a mainframe programmer with IBM experience?
Bob Cochran
On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 13:31, Elton Woo wrote:
On Sunday 03 August 2003 18:07, Terry R Linhardt Terry R Linhardt
<linhardt(a)swbell.net> wrote:
> At this point, I have a "partial" install of 9.0.93. In fact, my system
> thinks it is now a 9.0.93 system. But, I know that quite a few packages
> were never installed after the abort.
>
> Thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. I can consistently duplicate
> this failure on this particular machine...but not sure if anyone else
> has seen this.
Perhaps this *might* be related to the following bugs:
Summary: selecting "install everything with Severn causes hard failure
in installation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101078,
and
Summary: Severn "upgrade" install fails just after monitor selection.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101181
Elton ;-)
5:18 p.m.
A wild branch.
Bob
On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 17:47, Joel Young wrote:
From: Robert L Cochran <cochranb(a)speakeasy.net>
> Are you a mainframe programmer with IBM experience?
What's a S0C4?
Of course it's to
To keep your feet warm...
Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Joel
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1:49 p.m.
On Monday 04 August 2003 14:09, Robert L Cochran Robert L Cochran
<cochranb(a)speakeasy.net> wrote:
Elton,
Are you a mainframe programmer with IBM experience?
Bob Cochran
No. Is there something in my message that indicates this?
Alas, I'm no programmer, however, I am "good" at installing
hardware / software... and tracking bugs (if I may dare say
so!) <G>
Elton ;-)
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12:31 p.m.
On Sunday 03 August 2003 18:07, Terry R Linhardt Terry R Linhardt
<linhardt(a)swbell.net> wrote:
At this point, I have a "partial" install of 9.0.93. In
fact, my system
thinks it is now a 9.0.93 system. But, I know that quite a few packages
were never installed after the abort.
Thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. I can consistently duplicate
this failure on this particular machine...but not sure if anyone else
has seen this.
Perhaps this *might* be related to the following bugs:
Summary: selecting "install everything with Severn causes hard failure
in installation
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101078,
and
Summary: Severn "upgrade" install fails just after monitor selection.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=101181
Elton ;-)
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7:33 p.m.
Okay, here are some things I observed:
1) I went out to a text console and observed the message:
"using kdebase-6:3.1.2-13.i386 to satisfy kdebase-6:3.1.2"
(The update crashes with an error while installing kdebase-3.1.2-13).
2) I see the message: isys.py:mount() - going to mount /gmp/hdc on
/mnt/source
(Not sure if this is relevant, but when I do a df -k after the failure
/mnt/source is configured as 661056 blocks, and all of them are used.
3) From the /root/upgrade.log (full text):
Upgrading 227 packages
The following packages were automatically
selected to be installed:
Upgrade: XFree86 was on the system. Pulling in xterm for upgrade.
Upgrading compat-db-4.0.14-2.i386.
Upgrading kdebase-3.1.2-13.i386.
warning: /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/KDE created as
/etc/X11/gdm/Sessions/KDE.rpmnew
warning: /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc saved as /etc/X11/xdm/kdmrc.rpmorig
warning: /etc/kderc saved as /etc/kderc.rpmorig
warning: /etc/ksysguarddrc created as /etc/ksysguarddrc.rpmnew
warning: /etc/pam.d/kde created as /etc/pam.d/kde.rpmnew
error: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/applnk-redhat:
cpio: rename
=============
Those are the items that seem to possibly relevant.
Terry
On Sun, 2003-08-03 at 17:27, Alan Cox wrote:
> Thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. I can consistently
duplicate
> this failure on this particular machine...but not sure if anyone else
> has seen this.
If it displays an "oh dear" type message flip to the othe rconsoles
(ctrl-alt f2 f3 f4 f5) and see if any of them show anything odd
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5:27 p.m.
Thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. I can consistently duplicate
this failure on this particular machine...but not sure if anyone else
has seen this.
If it displays an "oh dear" type message flip to the othe rconsoles
(ctrl-alt f2 f3 f4 f5) and see if any of them show anything odd
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