* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection @ 2016-07-07 12:06 Eus 2016-07-15 16:10 ` Ludovic Courtès 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Eus @ 2016-07-07 12:06 UTC (permalink / raw) To: 23910 Hi! When downloading substitutes via wireless connection, several times I encountered a case where the host name of hydra cannot be resolved. So, the "guix system init" fails and suggests the use of "--fallback" option. However, rather than continuing with "guix system --fallback init", one should actually try "dhclient -v WIRELESS_INTERFACE_NAME" first and then do "guix system init" again instead of "guix system --fallback init". My installation process is now going well with this strategy. Previously, I kept using "--fallback" that didn't solve the problem due to network connectivity error because using "--fallback" brought up built errors. -- Best regards, Eus (FSF member #4445) In this digital era, where computing technology is pervasive, your freedom depends on the software controlling those computing devices. Join free software movement today! It is free as in freedom, not as in free beer! Join: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=4445 ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-07-07 12:06 bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection Eus @ 2016-07-15 16:10 ` Ludovic Courtès 2016-07-16 3:21 ` Eus 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-07-15 16:10 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eus; +Cc: 23910 Hi! Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > When downloading substitutes via wireless connection, several times I > encountered a case where the host name of hydra cannot be > resolved. So, the "guix system init" fails and suggests the use of > "--fallback" option. However, rather than continuing with "guix system > --fallback init", one should actually try "dhclient -v > WIRELESS_INTERFACE_NAME" first and then do "guix system init" again > instead of "guix system --fallback init". My installation process is > now going well with this strategy. Previously, I kept using > "--fallback" that didn't solve the problem due to network connectivity > error because using "--fallback" brought up built errors. Are you installing GuixSD 0.10.0? I would personally find it weird to warn about the possibility of losing Internet connection. This is outside the scope of GuixSD, in a way. WDYT? However, in the past people reported that nscd, the name service cache daemon, would sometimes fail without any good reason. If you think that is the case, then this is definitely a bug that we should be addressing. Thanks, Ludo’. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-07-15 16:10 ` Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-07-16 3:21 ` Eus 2016-07-16 10:41 ` Ludovic Courtès 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Eus @ 2016-07-16 3:21 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: 23910 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1710 bytes --] On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote: > Hi! > > Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > > > When downloading substitutes via wireless connection, several times I > > encountered a case where the host name of hydra cannot be > > resolved. So, the "guix system init" fails and suggests the use of > > "--fallback" option. However, rather than continuing with "guix system > > --fallback init", one should actually try "dhclient -v > > WIRELESS_INTERFACE_NAME" first and then do "guix system init" again > > instead of "guix system --fallback init". My installation process is > > now going well with this strategy. Previously, I kept using > > "--fallback" that didn't solve the problem due to network connectivity > > error because using "--fallback" brought up built errors. > > Are you installing GuixSD 0.10.0? > Yes. I would personally find it weird to warn about the possibility of losing > Internet connection. This is outside the scope of GuixSD, in a way. > > WDYT? > I suggest that to balance the suggestion of using "--fallback" option when guix fails to download some substitutes. So, what about if instead of warning in the installation doc, the guix suggestion on using "--fallback" option also carries information on the possibility of lost network connection? However, in the past people reported that nscd, the name service cache > daemon, would sometimes fail without any good reason. If you think that > is the case, then this is definitely a bug that we should be > addressing. > That is likely. How to debug nscd? Any option perhaps to make it more verbose? Thanks, > Ludo’. > -- Best regards, Eus [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2759 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-07-16 3:21 ` Eus @ 2016-07-16 10:41 ` Ludovic Courtès 2016-09-09 14:35 ` Ludovic Courtès 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-07-16 10:41 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eus; +Cc: 23910 Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote: [...] > However, in the past people reported that nscd, the name service cache >> daemon, would sometimes fail without any good reason. If you think that >> is the case, then this is definitely a bug that we should be >> addressing. >> > > That is likely. What makes you think so? The problem we had in the past is that nscd would cache lookup failures that happened when the Internet connection was missing, which made subsequent lookups fail even though networking was back up: http://bugs.gnu.org/22209 I believe this was fixed by commit c96ba2cf5efc0ee5c10f0a49aeaa9a45a84de7ed. It would be great if you could check whether the problem is reproducible, even with a stable connection. If it is indeed reproducible, then you could try running the installation after turning nscd off with: herd stop nscd Thanks, Ludo’. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-07-16 10:41 ` Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-09-09 14:35 ` Ludovic Courtès 2016-09-13 8:47 ` Eus 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-09-09 14:35 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eus; +Cc: 23910 Hello, ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis: > Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > >> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote: > > [...] > >> However, in the past people reported that nscd, the name service cache >>> daemon, would sometimes fail without any good reason. If you think that >>> is the case, then this is definitely a bug that we should be >>> addressing. >>> >> >> That is likely. > > What makes you think so? > > The problem we had in the past is that nscd would cache lookup failures > that happened when the Internet connection was missing, which made > subsequent lookups fail even though networking was back up: > > http://bugs.gnu.org/22209 > > I believe this was fixed by commit > c96ba2cf5efc0ee5c10f0a49aeaa9a45a84de7ed. > > It would be great if you could check whether the problem is > reproducible, even with a stable connection. > > If it is indeed reproducible, then you could try running the > installation after turning nscd off with: > > herd stop nscd Did you have a change to try and install 0.11.0? Do you still experience these problems? Thanks in advance, Ludo’. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-09-09 14:35 ` Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-09-13 8:47 ` Eus 2016-09-13 9:52 ` Ludovic Courtès 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Eus @ 2016-09-13 8:47 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: 23910 [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2419 bytes --] Hi Ludo! Sorry for replying just now. I did not try to reproduce the bug back at that time. So, I took the time yesterday to try to reproduce the bug. And, I cannot reproduce the problem after repeating the following rough steps two times with the same bootable disk and machine and network (but the external connection to the ISP may have changed in the mean time): 1. Format my /dev/sda8 2. Swapon my /dev/sda7 3. mount my /dev/sda8 to /mnt 4. herd start cow-store /mnt 5. umount /tmp 6. mount --bind /mnt/tmp2 /tmp 7. ifconfig, wpa_supplicant, dhclient 8. guix pull 9. guix system --no-grub --keep-failed init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt The whole process took just about 100 minutes. So, I cannot reproduce the bug. Thanks. -- Best regards, Eus (FSF member #4445) In this digital era, where computing technology is pervasive, your freedom depends on the software controlling those computing devices. Join free software movement today! It is free as in freedom, not as in free beer! Join: http://www.fsf.org/jf?referrer=4445 On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 9:35 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote: > Hello, > > ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) skribis: > > > Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > > > >> On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 11:10 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote: > > > > [...] > > > >> However, in the past people reported that nscd, the name service cache > >>> daemon, would sometimes fail without any good reason. If you think > that > >>> is the case, then this is definitely a bug that we should be > >>> addressing. > >>> > >> > >> That is likely. > > > > What makes you think so? > > > > The problem we had in the past is that nscd would cache lookup failures > > that happened when the Internet connection was missing, which made > > subsequent lookups fail even though networking was back up: > > > > http://bugs.gnu.org/22209 > > > > I believe this was fixed by commit > > c96ba2cf5efc0ee5c10f0a49aeaa9a45a84de7ed. > > > > It would be great if you could check whether the problem is > > reproducible, even with a stable connection. > > > > If it is indeed reproducible, then you could try running the > > installation after turning nscd off with: > > > > herd stop nscd > > Did you have a change to try and install 0.11.0? Do you still > experience these problems? > > Thanks in advance, > Ludo’. > [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 3504 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-09-13 8:47 ` Eus @ 2016-09-13 9:52 ` Ludovic Courtès 2016-09-13 15:05 ` Eus 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-09-13 9:52 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eus; +Cc: 23910-done Hello! Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > Sorry for replying just now. I did not try to reproduce the bug back at > that time. So, I took the time yesterday to try to reproduce the bug. And, > I cannot reproduce the problem after repeating the following rough steps > two times with the same bootable disk and machine and network (but the > external connection to the ISP may have changed in the mean time): > > 1. Format my /dev/sda8 > 2. Swapon my /dev/sda7 > 3. mount my /dev/sda8 to /mnt > 4. herd start cow-store /mnt > 5. umount /tmp > 6. mount --bind /mnt/tmp2 /tmp > 7. ifconfig, wpa_supplicant, dhclient > 8. guix pull > 9. guix system --no-grub --keep-failed init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt Normally step #8 can be omitted because hydra.gnu.org still has binaries for the packages 0.11.0 provides. Step #6 is also redundant with step #4 (‘herd start cow-store’ make /tmp a bind mount to /mnt/tmp; see gnu/system/install.scm:154.) > The whole process took just about 100 minutes. That’s a lot of time. > So, I cannot reproduce the bug. Great. Thanks for taking the time to verify! Ludo’. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-09-13 9:52 ` Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-09-13 15:05 ` Eus 2016-09-13 16:17 ` Ludovic Courtès 0 siblings, 1 reply; 9+ messages in thread From: Eus @ 2016-09-13 15:05 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Ludovic Courtès; +Cc: 23910-done [-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1672 bytes --] On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote: > Hello! > > Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > > > Sorry for replying just now. I did not try to reproduce the bug back at > > that time. So, I took the time yesterday to try to reproduce the bug. > And, > > I cannot reproduce the problem after repeating the following rough steps > > two times with the same bootable disk and machine and network (but the > > external connection to the ISP may have changed in the mean time): > > > > 1. Format my /dev/sda8 > > 2. Swapon my /dev/sda7 > > 3. mount my /dev/sda8 to /mnt > > 4. herd start cow-store /mnt > > 5. umount /tmp > > 6. mount --bind /mnt/tmp2 /tmp > > 7. ifconfig, wpa_supplicant, dhclient > > 8. guix pull > > 9. guix system --no-grub --keep-failed init /mnt/etc/config.scm /mnt > > Normally step #8 can be omitted because hydra.gnu.org still has binaries > for the packages 0.11.0 provides. > Oh, I retried everything with 0.10.0 since I had the problem back then with 0.10.0. I have not had the chance to try 0.11.0. > Step #6 is also redundant with step #4 (‘herd start cow-store’ make /tmp > a bind mount to /mnt/tmp; see gnu/system/install.scm:154.) > Thank you for letting me know this. That will save my time in the future. > > The whole process took just about 100 minutes. > > That’s a lot of time. > Really? What is your approximate time? Perhaps it is because I used 0.10.0, guix pull, and my Internet connection here is slow. > > So, I cannot reproduce the bug. > > Great. Thanks for taking the time to verify! > Anytime! > Ludo’. > -- Eus [-- Attachment #2: Type: text/html, Size: 2845 bytes --] ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
* bug#23910: [Guix Info][7.1.5] Should warn user about losing Internet or DNS connection 2016-09-13 15:05 ` Eus @ 2016-09-13 16:17 ` Ludovic Courtès 0 siblings, 0 replies; 9+ messages in thread From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-09-13 16:17 UTC (permalink / raw) To: Eus; +Cc: 23910-done Eus <eus@member.fsf.org> skribis: > On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 4:52 PM, Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> wrote: [...] >> > The whole process took just about 100 minutes. >> >> That’s a lot of time. >> > > Really? What is your approximate time? > > Perhaps it is because I used 0.10.0, guix pull, and my Internet connection > here is slow. Of course it’s a function of the Internet bandwidth, the configuration you’re building, and the available binaries. Hopefully installing 0.11.0 with the desktop kind of config, and with relatively good Internet connection, takes less time. I haven’t tried to measure though. Thanks, Ludo’. ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 9+ messages in thread
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