Bug#283510: installation-reports
On 29. Nov 2004, at 19:48 Uhr, Frans Pop wrote: On Monday 29 November 2004 16:30, Markus Hanauska wrote: After 1% of the base installation var log messages say: eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting )) I've seen this reported before, but it was not traced and must only occur in a very special situation. First let me say, that I've downloaded the latest netinstall (not just rc2) and I get the same error. Could you do the following things for us: - When the problem occurs, what is the exact text on the progress bar (title of the dialog and message below the progress bar). I can't see it. There is an error box (or window) in front of us, telling me to look into /var/log/messages. If I close it, I'm taken to a main menu, from where I can select every individual installation step. - Could you switch to VT2 and use 'ps' to check which process is running. You may have to run ps several times to check if it's the same process all the time or if it changes. I guess I can do that. But I don't know how to get the information here without writing it down by hand and typing it in by hand. - Send us the files syslog and messages from /var/log (compressed please). That's going to be the hard part, I guess. I have no other system on the test machine and it's within a network, from where it only has Internet, but not intranet access. And trust me, /var/log/messages is not interesting. The last messages before just tell me about some modules being loaded (for the VIA chipset) and that is successful. However, I solved the problem! I was caused by an incorrect DNS server. After DHCP failed, I entered the following address information: Address x.x.x.113 Subnet-Mask 255.255.255.192 Gatetway x.x.x.126 DNS x.x.x.126 However, that was incorrect. The DNS server is x.x.x.1 Using the right DNS server, it works like expected. So you should be able to produce the problem yourself, by just using a similar network setup. -- Best Regards, Markus Hanauska -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#283510: installation-reports
On 30. Nov 2004, at 09:43 Uhr, Markus Hanauska wrote: However, I solved the problem! I was caused by an incorrect DNS server. After DHCP failed, I entered the following address information: Address x.x.x.113 Subnet-Mask 255.255.255.192 Gatetway x.x.x.126 DNS x.x.x.126 However, that was incorrect. The DNS server is x.x.x.1 Using the right DNS server, it works like expected. Sorry, I was too hastily. With RC2 it still fails! The dialog says The debootstrap program exited with an error (return value 2). /var/log/messages still says eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting )) I don't know in what language your installer is written in, but my analysis of the problem leads me to the conclusion that there simply is a ) missing in the source code. With the latest netinstall I downloaded yesterday, the problem did not occur. Therefor I run into another problem: base-installer: info: Execution hook before debootstrap base-installer: info: Running /usr/lib/base-installer.d/40netcfg base-installer: warning: apt update failed: 100 base-installer: info: found Kernels '' base-installer: error: exiting on error base-installer/kernel/no-kernel-found When I tried to run this CD again from scratch, I ran again into the same error I see with rc2. This really sucks. Up to now I never managed to install debian on any system (not even woody on my home PC several months ago). The hardware we are using is really not exotic and I'm sick of Fedora. Gentoo installed without problems, but I failed to get a 2.4 kernel running on it (and I need a 2.4 kernel for this testing environment). Okay, back to this problem! You wanted to know the output of ps. I ran it twice. Once before installing the base system and once while I see the error during base system installation. The difference are three processes: udpkg --configure --force-cofigure base-instnaller /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/base-installer.postinst co /usr/bin/run-debootstrap --components= --debian-inst On vt4 there are the following (maybe interesting) lines: Execution hook before debootstrap Runnig /usr/lib/base-installer.d/40netcfg As said before, on vt3 there is the error regarding the missing closing bracket. -- Best Regards, Markus Hanauska -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#283510: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: sarge rc2 uname -a: n/a Date: 2004-11-29 Method: I booted from CD, direct network connection Machine: Via Mainboard Processor: P4 Memory: 256 Root Device: hda Root Size/partition table: 3 partitions, 40 MB /boot, 512 MB swap, 6.4 GB for / Output of lspci and lspci -n: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[E] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: After 1% of the base installation var log messages say: eval: 3: Syntax error: newline unexpected (expecting )) And this is repeated over and over again. I just can't install the base system -- Best Regards, Markus Hanauska -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
