[Fedora-livecd-list] Re: livecd-creator, revisor fail to build a CD

Thu Jan 31 20:50:17 UTC 2008

Simon,

It seems like when I used to use a repository on a server, it gave both 
livecd-tools and revisor fits.  Why is a whole different question. 

The most dependable approach for me has been to use the cache feature 
instead of a local repo.  After the files are cached, it runs just as 
fast as having a local repo.  Given updates and all, it takes a short 
amount of time (5 or 10 minutes) on the first build on a particular day 
to update the cache.  I'm using a custom kickstart that's fairly 
involved and I'm using 1.7G for the cache (base and updates).

> livecd-creator --config=[config file path] --fslabel=[label] --cache=/var/cache/yum/fedora/8/i386

The minimal is also a little problematic.  When you boot, you can't 
login.  That's a documented characteristic; just not one that's 
documented in the kickstart.

 > echo "# Warning: this kickstart generates a LiveCD that boots ... but 
login is disabled" >> /usr/share/livecd-tools/livecd-fedora-minimal.ks

Tim Wood

Simon Ritchie wrote:
> I have the same problem, using Fedora core 8.  While attempting to 
> build the minimal livecd, livecd-creator hangs.  My Linux box freezes 
> up.  If I can log in and get a command window (not always possible) 
> the shutdown command runs for a while but does not complete, so the 
> only solution is to disconnect the power.
>
> Tonight I was luckier and I got some control, so I can post some 
> diagnostics.
>
> This is a fairly new and clean installation of Fedora core 8 on a 
> Compaq Pentium III box.  The only changes I have made is to install 
> livecd-creator and the necessary support stuff.  The livecd-creator 
> came from  livecd-tools-013-1.fc8.i386.rpm.
>
> I am using a local repository - stored on a linux file server on my 
> home network and exported via NFS.  (Not enough disk space on my build 
> machine.)
>
> I run the command as follows:
>
>    livecd-creator --config=livecd-fedora-minimal.ks
>
> (The control file is shown below.)
>
> It hangs after about half an hour.  The console shows:
>
> 16.22% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
> 24.30% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:08 2008
> 32.42% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
> 40.50% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:08 2008
> 48.61% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
> 56.70% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:09 2008
> 64.81% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
> 72.90% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:09 2008
> 81.01% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
> 89.09% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:09 2008
> 97.20% done, estimate finish Thu Jan 31 19:30:10 2008
> Total translation table size: 2048
> Total rockridge attributes bytes: 1337
> Total directory bytes: 4096
> Path table size(bytes): 40
> Max brk space used 0
> 61739 extents written (120 MB)
> Inserting md5sum into iso image...
> md5 = c0590991a2439b041651cc4afa0d1e09
> Inserting fragment md5sums into iso image...
> fragmd5 = 1716c77e228d4763bd27981c365f48125e7ea77241f7c2ee64bd32db5fc1
> frags = 20
> Setting supported flag to 0
>
>
> According to ps, the livecd-creator command is no longer running, but 
> a few other python scripts are:
>
> [root at l4l ~]# ps -aef | fgrep live
> root      6027  5880  0 20:14 pts/3    00:00:00 fgrep live
>
> [root at l4l ~]# ps -aef | fgrep python
> root      1693     1  0 18:10 ?        00:00:01 /usr/bin/python -E 
> /usr/sbin/setroubleshootd
> root      2001     1  0 18:10 ?        00:00:00 /usr/bin/python -tt 
> /usr/sbin/yum-updatesd
> root      6031  5880  0 20:15 pts/3    00:00:00 fgrep python
>
>
>
> There are the latest error messages in the system log:
>
> Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: security:  invalidating context
> unconfined_u:system_r:setrans_t:s0
> Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: security:  invalidating context
> unconfined_u:system_r:inetd_child_t:s0
> Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: security:  invalidating context
> unconfined_u:object_r:policy_config_t:s0
> Jan 31 19:21:44 l4l kernel: audispd[1502]: segfault at 1fdd8dac eip 
> 001b16ad
> esp bfc6c754 error 6
> Jan 31 19:24:13 l4l restorecond: Reset file context /etc/mtab:
> system_u:object_r:etc_t:s0->system_u:object_r:etc_runtime_t:s0
> Jan 31 19:30:13 l4l restorecond:last message repeated 2 times
> Jan 31 19:30:13 l4l kernel: top[2642]: segfault at 0000000c eip 
> 00a3c70c esp
> bfa9d120 error 6
>
>
> My control file livecd-fedora-minimal.ks contains
>
> lang en_US.UTF-8
> keyboard uk
> timezone Europe/London
> auth --useshadow --enablemd5
> selinux --enforcing
> firewall --disabled
> part / --size 1024
>
> repo --name=fed8 --baseurl=file:///mnt/fs/livecd.rh8/fedora.rpms
> repo --name=ext --baseurl=file:///mnt/fs/livecd.rh8/extras
>
> %packages
> @core
> bash
> kernel
> passwd
> policycoreutils
> chkconfig
> authconfig
> rootfiles
>
> %end
>
>
>
>
>
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