Attached is a patch to sysvinit (from which the initscripts binary package is generated) which appears to fix the problem for maverick. The patch waits for up to 5 seconds for init to re-exec. If after this time init has not re-execed, we continue to unmount forcibly. This isn't ideal, but we cannot wait forever for init to re-exec. However, in testing, init re-spawns in under 1 second anyway.
Tested in combination with upstart package built from lp:~clint- fewbar/ubuntu/natty/upstart/restore-re-exec-code. Would also require the updated eglibc (which creates /var/run/init.upgraded rather than calling "telinit u"). If updated eglibc not available, "sudo touch /var/run/init.upgraded" after a libc update should work. Currently working on lucid + natty debdiffs... ** Patch added: "maverick-sysvinit_2.87dsf-4ubuntu18_to_sysvinit_2.87dsf-4ubuntu19.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/lucid/+source/eglibc/+bug/694772/+attachment/1812521/+files/maverick-sysvinit_2.87dsf-4ubuntu18_to_sysvinit_2.87dsf-4ubuntu19.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Studio Testers, which is subscribed to Ubuntu Studio. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/694772 Title: Sudden reboot during server ISO install Status in Ubuntu Studio: Confirmed Status in Upstart: New Status in “eglibc” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “upstart” package in Ubuntu: New Status in “eglibc” source package in Lucid: Fix Committed Status in “upstart” source package in Lucid: New Status in “eglibc” source package in Maverick: Fix Committed Status in “upstart” source package in Maverick: New Status in “eglibc” package in Debian: New Bug description: Binary package hint: debian-installer I am not sure which package is the affected one, but since it affects the install of the server, I am opening against d-i. I started experiencing this last week at around Dec 23/24th. Repeated with ISOs from Dec 24th to Dec 27th. I experienced it under both a bare-metal install and a libvirt install (under Natty), both under preseeded and manual installs. Installation proceeds nicely until we get to the point of installing the base system. Then, suddenly, I see a "rebooting" message flash on the screen, and system does indeed reboot. Since there is no kernel installed, at this point, the system hangs. I am marking this as critical -- no tests can be performed. I am unsure on how to collect data here, since the installer logs are lost. LAST ISO TESTED: 20101230. reboot happens on 'extracting libpcreg...' _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-testers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntustudio-testers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
