On Wednesday 12 March 2008, Frans Pop wrote: > Thanks a lot for the additional info. > > On Tuesday 11 March 2008, Philip Charles wrote: > > At the switch-over from scanning by cdset to install software. > > Right. From the logs I can see that it is actually at the beginning of > install software. The configuration of apt was completed when the loop > happened. > > I saw a similar problem myself recently, but for me the loop happened > the first time the installer needed to switch from CD1 to CD2, so quite > a bit further along in the install software step. > > From your log I can tell that both issues have the same root cause, and > that was already fixed in version 1.18 of pkgsel (you were using 1.17), > which will be included in the upcoming Beta1 release of the installer. > > However, I am still puzzled as to what exactly caused your installation > to behave so different from mine. > > Let's look at your log in detail. > ************** > Here apt-cdrom has completed scanning CD 5. > > I would guess that you selected "No" here and pressed <enter> without > actually changing the CD. > Is that correct? Or did you insert CD 1 immediately after CD 5 was > scanned?
CD5 was still in the drive at this point Insert CD1 - hit return (still cdset) [a couple of things happen. To quick to record] Is (was) this the problem? > > Mar 11 10:45:39 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > Mar 11 10:45:39 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > > This is where the installer mounts the CD to check if CD1 is inserted. > > Mar 11 10:46:04 load-install-cd: E: Failed to mount the cdrom. > > And this is strange. If CD 1 is not inserted at this point, it should > not be trying to mount it but it should instead prompt you to insert CD > 1. And if CD 1 was inserted, there's no reason why the mount should > fail. The perversity of inanimate objects. > > Can you remember what exactly happened here? Insert CD1 - hit return (still cdset) [a couple of things happen. To quick to record] > > Mar 11 10:47:25 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > Mar 11 10:47:25 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > Mar 11 10:47:26 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > Mar 11 10:47:26 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > > A CD gets mounted two more times, and I'd guess that the second time it > is recognized as CD 1 and the installation continues. > > Mar 11 10:47:26 apt-setup: warning: > /usr/lib/apt-setup/generators/50mirror returned error code 1; > discarding output > Mar 11 10:47:26 apt-setup: warning: > /usr/lib/apt-setup/generators/90services-select returned error code 30; > discarding output > Mar 11 10:47:26 apt-setup: warning: > /usr/lib/apt-setup/generators/91security output added commented out > > This is where the apt configuration is finished and the main menu > starts the software installation component. > > Mar 11 10:47:28 main-menu[961]: INFO: Falling back to the package > description for auto-install Mar 11 10:47:28 main-menu[961]: INFO: > Falling back to the package description for ai-choosers Mar 11 10:47:28 > main-menu[961]: INFO: Menu item 'pkgsel' selected Mar 11 10:47:28 > apt-install: umount: Couldn't umount /cdrom: Invalid argument > > Here is the start of the actual cause of the loop. The CD gets > unmounted 2 times (the second time fails). Would have <eject> been better? > > Mar 11 10:47:29 in-target: Reading package lists... > Mar 11 10:47:29 in-target: > Mar 11 10:47:29 in-target: Building dependency tree... > Mar 11 10:47:29 in-target: > Mar 11 10:47:29 in-target: Reading state information... > Mar 11 10:47:29 in-target: > Mar 11 10:47:30 in-target: laptop-detect is already the newest version. > Mar 11 10:47:30 in-target: 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove > and 0 not upgraded. Mar 11 10:47:30 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: > Microsoft Joliet Level 3 Mar 11 10:47:30 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: > RRIP_1991A > > The installer again checks that is is indeed CD 1. > > Mar 11 10:47:31 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 3 > Mar 11 10:47:31 kernel: ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A > > And the real cause of the loop: the CD gets mounted while it should not > be. This (the second umount and this mount) is what was fixed in 1.18. > > [...] > Mar 11 10:48:53 in-target: Media change: please insert the disc labeled > Mar 11 10:48:53 in-target: 'Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - > Official Snapshot i386 CD Binary-1 20080308-20:17' > Mar 11 10:48:53 in-target: in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter > > This is probably the start of your loop. The strange thing here is that > CD 1 should already be inserted here, so why is the installer asking > for it? > > Mar 11 10:48:53 in-target: Media change: please insert the disc labeled > Mar 11 10:48:53 in-target: 'Debian GNU/Linux testing _Lenny_ - > Official Snapshot i386 CD Binary-1 20080308-20:17' > Mar 11 10:48:53 in-target: in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter > > This is apparently where you ran eject. The installation now continues > normally. > > Mar 11 10:48:53 in-target: Selecting previously deselected package > popularity-contest. > > The popcon question is asked after this point. > <log analysis end> > > > I kind of expect that pkgsel 1.18 will have also fixed the behavior you > saw. But I still have an uncomfortable feeling about some details of > what happened. > Can you provide some more detail about what CD was inserted at what > point? I understand that that's difficult as there are no visual clues. Done my best. > There are two options at this point: > - either we assume that pkgsel 1.18 indeed fixed the issue and close > this report but stay alert for other reports of similar experiences - > or I ask you to try to reproduce the problem, but with extra debugging > added so we can find out in more detail what happened Let us see how 1.18 behaves. Will is be used for next week's snapshot? I will do another test installion when it is available > > The last would be a fair amount of work, and possibly for no good > reason if the problem is indeed already fixed. > All the best. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 027 663 4453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] - personal. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - business
