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[08:02] <tjaalton> there's a new kernel in hardy-updates, so would be nice to have a d-i image with it |
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[09:52] <CIA-1> partman-auto-lvm: cjwatson * r203 partman-auto-lvm/debian/changelog: releasing version 27ubuntu1 |
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[10:03] <CIA-1> partman-base: cjwatson * r93 ubuntu/ (67 files in 5 dirs): merge from Debian 120 |
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[10:05] <CIA-1> partman-base: cjwatson * r94 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 120ubuntu1 |
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[10:22] <tjaalton> hmm, the d-i seems to be using UTC but the chroot sometimes uses the local time (at least user/groupadd log entries do). is there a way to make d-i use the correct time? I think we are having some problems because of that (installer waiting 3h for some reason) |
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[10:23] <tjaalton> EEST happens to be UTC+3 |
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[10:30] <tjaalton> hm, I guess the problem could be that if the installed machine used to have windows... |
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[10:30] <tjaalton> need to investigate further |
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[10:33] <cjwatson> it's a rather long-standing bug |
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[10:34] <cjwatson> not trivial :-/ |
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[10:34] <tjaalton> we haven't had this issue before, so it's probably something to do with the machines in question |
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[12:55] <CIA-1> oem-config: cjwatson * r464 oem-config/ (45 files in 10 dirs): Internationalise .desktop files (LP: #233949). |
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[14:06] <tbielawa> hey all, I'd like to know if anyone else has ssh'd into a d-i recently. |
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[14:08] <tbielawa> when I get the three options: start basic install, start expert install, drop to shell; when i select drop to shell it quits immeatiatly |
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[14:08] <tbielawa> when selecting expert install and then drop to shell from that menu i am able to execut a shell |
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[14:09] <tbielawa> I suspect it's a conflict with upkg refusing to run two instances like dpkg. one during the already running install and one that gets executed when you select 'drop to shell'. |
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[14:09] <cjwatson> it's a while since I tried network-console; let me take a look |
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[14:10] <cjwatson> I'm not aware of any locking to speak of in udpkg, though |
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[14:10] <tbielawa> the drop to shell option executes as upkg and with a force configuration flag on the shell |
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[14:10] <tbielawa> ah |
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[14:10] <cjwatson> anything interesting in /var/log/syslog? |
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[14:11] <tbielawa> i lost that log, there was something in it but I can't recall at the moment |
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[14:12] <tbielawa> cjwatson, can you tell me where to find the source (template?) for the 'expert install' menu so I can compare how the shell is being executed? |
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[14:12] <cjwatson> apt-get source network-console |
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[14:12] <cjwatson> I'm grabbing the hardy mini.iso now and I'll have a look |
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[14:12] <tbielawa> Awesome, thanks for searching with me |
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[14:13] <cjwatson> oh, you mean the regular menu? |
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[14:13] <tbielawa> Yes |
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[14:13] <cjwatson> that's in main-menu (and debian-installer-utils for this menu item) though it may be difficult to follow through that if you aren't already familiar with the architecture |
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[14:20] <cjwatson> hmm, my local mirror is not so happy |
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[14:22] <tbielawa> cjwatson, I'd like to run a test changing this line in network-console "exec udpkg --configure --force-configure di-utils-shell" by removing the udpkg --configure --force-configure |
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[14:22] <cjwatson> that certainly won't work |
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[14:22] <tbielawa> can you give me a point into the right direction on how to do that. |
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[14:22] <tbielawa> no |
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[14:22] <cjwatson> di-utils-shell is a package name, not a command |
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[14:22] <tbielawa> I see |
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[14:22] <cjwatson> but if you want to edit something, just use nano and edit it on the fly |
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[14:23] <cjwatson> usually the easiest way |
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[14:23] <tbielawa> that is a shell script, nice |
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[14:25] <cjwatson> excuse me, there'll be a slight delay here because anna is giving me grief |
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[14:25] <tbielawa> that's alright, I appreciate you're advice so far |
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[14:26] <tbielawa> In the past I thought that udpkg worked similar to dpkg regarding locking |
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[14:27] <tbielawa> I'm going to rebuild a machine now and set it up with network-console so I can grep some logs |
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[14:33] <cjwatson> blink, what the heck is going on here |
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[14:33] <cjwatson> oh, I'm running into bug 234486 |
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[14:33] <cjwatson> yow, best fix that for 8.04.1 |
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[14:34] <cjwatson> looks like it happens when you tell net-retriever to look at hardy, hardy-security, and hardy-updates - it doesn't de-duplicate them and ends up trying to install the same package multiple times |
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[14:35] <cjwatson> though I guess I can work around it temporarily to figure out your (separate) problem |
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[14:36] <tbielawa> :-) |
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[15:04] <cjwatson> tbielawa: hmm. Having got to the point where I can actually test this, executing a shell from the network-console menu works just fine for me |
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[15:05] <cjwatson> tbielawa: this is in Ubuntu 8.04; are you using the same version? |
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[15:13] <tbielawa> *back* |
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[15:13] <tbielawa> cjwatson, we are using 8.04 here as well |
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[15:14] <cjwatson> ok, in that case I need the syslog from a failure |
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[15:14] <tbielawa> cjwatson, just so we're on the same page, you were presented with an ncurses menu with three options, and you selected the third option (execute a shell)? |
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[15:14] <cjwatson> correct |
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[15:15] <tbielawa> cjwatson, ok cool. I am getting my preseed configured now (lost our settings) |
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[15:15] <tbielawa> I will get the logs from syslog as soon as I can for you |
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[15:23] <tbielawa> 234486 is stopping me |
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[15:23] <tbielawa> I'm getting that error in d-i now |
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[15:24] <cjwatson> and you weren't before? I wonder why not |
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[15:24] <tbielawa> that is correct |
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[15:24] <tbielawa> I'm getting the error by using: d-i preseed/early_command string anna-install network-console |
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[15:25] <tbielawa> which obviously calls in the libcrypto for ssh |
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[15:25] <cjwatson> anyway, my workaround was as follows: as soon as the installer starts, press alt-f2, press enter, 'nano /usr/lib/debian-installer/retriever/net-retriever', search for codenames, and after the if ... fi block add a line reading: codenames="$codename" |
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[15:25] <cjwatson> then alt-f1 and continue through the installation |
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[15:25] <cjwatson> I'm afraid this won't work with automatic installation though |
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[15:26] <tbielawa> your work around is for libcrypto, or so you could get a shell to execute? |
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[15:26] <cjwatson> also be sure to not ssh in over an untrusted network, since the openssl security updates won't be applied that way |
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[15:26] <cjwatson> for the libcrypto thing |
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[15:34] <tbielawa> cjwatson, i tried applying your workaround and I am still getting the same message |
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[15:35] <cjwatson> think you must have made a mistake ... |
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[15:38] <tbielawa> entirely possible. Our setup here is very in-house for creating bootable media |
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[15:39] <tbielawa> I see my mistake, typo |
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[15:52] <tbielawa> cjwatson, i've replicated my error. ssh'ing in as installer and selecting 'Start Shell' the tail of my syslog is at http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/15090/ |
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[15:58] <tbielawa> if I touch /var/log/lastlog i get a different error message, but the ssh connection still fails |
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[15:58] <tbielawa> http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/15095/ |
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[15:59] <cjwatson> OK, thanks; I'll look at that shortly |
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[16:00] <tbielawa> and finally (sorry for the information overload) having touched /var/log/lastlog and selecting 'execute a shell' from the 'expert menu' i am able to execute a shell, pastebin: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/15096/ |
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[16:00] <tbielawa> I don't want to bug you any more but I'll stick around in the channel. If there's bug testing I can help you with please let me know. Thanks for taking the time to talk to me this morning |
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[16:12] <cjwatson> tbielawa: the lastlog failure is cosmetic; sshd warns about that, but it won't cause a failure |
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[16:15] <cjwatson> tbielawa: could you use ssh -vvv to attempt to ssh in, and post the client-side debugging output for me? |
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[16:15] <tbielawa> cjwatson, sure, one sec and I'll get that for you |
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[16:17] <cjwatson> tbielawa: actually, you know what, I'm on crack - ssh is working perfectly well so there's no need for debugging output from it |
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[16:18] <cjwatson> tbielawa: are you installing in English, or in some other language? |
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[16:20] <tbielawa> We are using English |
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[16:21] <tbielawa> to be exact, in our preseed we specify: d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US |
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[16:21] <tbielawa> If you'd like to see the preseed I'm using I could give you a link to it |
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[16:22] <cjwatson> ok, could you try another test for me? edit /bin/network-console-menu and change the 'set -e' to 'set -ex'; then I need /var/log/syslog again |
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[16:22] <cjwatson> preseed probably wouldn't hurt |
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[16:27] <tbielawa> syslog coming up |
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[16:35] <tbielawa> http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/15101/ |
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[16:36] <cjwatson> drat, nothing new there |
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[16:37] <tbielawa> an interesting thing happened. having selected expert install, then selecting start a shell, then concurrently opening another shell connecting I was able to select 'start shell' from the main 3 option menu without it failing |
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[16:37] <tbielawa> same text in the syslog, however |
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[16:40] <cjwatson> could you confirm which image you're using to start with? I'm testing with the netboot mini.iso |
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[16:42] <tbielawa> That will be difficult to answer. I will investigate and report back when I figure that out |
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[16:45] <cjwatson> just the URL you downloaded it from will be fine |
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[16:46] <tbielawa> do you remember a fellow, jeckersb? |
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[16:46] <tbielawa> we're using a tool we developed in house in the wvu cs department and I'm not 100% on it's internals yet |
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[16:46] <tbielawa> I'm confiring with it's creator now |
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[16:46] <cjwatson> I don't think so, and nor do my logs |
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[16:47] <cjwatson> though they only date back so far |
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[16:47] <cjwatson> oh, are you using a home-built initrd image? that could be relevant |
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[16:47] <tbielawa> I believe so |
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[16:48] <tbielawa> this software is in need of an overhaul I believe |
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[16:50] <cjwatson> it could be that you simply don't have di-utils-shell in the initrd :-) |
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[16:51] <cjwatson> unfortunately, the errors sort of go to /dev/null |
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[16:51] <cjwatson> hmm, actually, they *ought* to land in syslog |
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[16:51] <cjwatson> but maybe don't for some horrible reason |
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[16:52] <tbielawa> we're using a netboot iso. it's available here: http://mirror.lcsee.wvu.edu/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/i386/ |
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[16:52] <cjwatson> actual iso (i.e. http://mirror.lcsee.wvu.edu/ubuntu/dists/hardy/main/installer-i386/current/images/netboot/mini.iso) or the broken-down initrd and kernel components? |
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[16:53] <tbielawa> initrd.gz actually |
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[16:53] <tbielawa> have we discovered something? |
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[16:53] <cjwatson> no, just trying to clarify |
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[16:53] <tbielawa> Alright |
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[16:57] <tbielawa> I'll return in a short while |
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[17:07] <cjwatson> well, the md5sum of the netboot/mini.iso on that site is identical to the one I have ... |
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[17:50] <tbielawa_lunch> hm |
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[17:50] <tbielawa_lunch> curious |
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[18:34] <tbielawa> back |
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[18:45] <greearb> cjwatson, did you happen to see my question on figuring out which file fails the 'is the cd good' check? |
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[22:13] <bdmurray> xivulon: Hi! I'm curious what your use case for being in ubuntu-bugcontrol is. |
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[22:14] <xivulon> hi bdmurray, from time to time I had to set bug priority for bugs I was playing with outside of wubi (but related to) |
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[22:15] <xivulon> also am planning on expanding my interests |
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[22:15] <xivulon> given time constraints of course |
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[22:16] <bdmurray> Okay, that makes sense to me then. |
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[23:47] <cjwatson> greearb: yeah, I answered |
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[23:47] <cjwatson> 22:09 <cjwatson> greearb: mount the CD loopback on (say) /cdrom (or boot the live CD), and run 'cd /cdrom && md5sum -c md5sum.txt' |
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