From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: th3kent Subject: bug#19248: installation of 0.8 stops at guile prompt. Date: Fri, 05 Dec 2014 20:17:28 +0200 Message-ID: <871toeufk7.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> References: <877fybni67.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> <87oark2x91.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:52703) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwxTA-0006yH-1p for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:19:13 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwxT5-000234-07 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:19:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:57723) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XwxT4-000230-TB for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:19:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XwxT4-0003l9-DB for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 05 Dec 2014 13:19:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87oark2x91.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Wed, 03 Dec 2014 23:18:18 +0100") List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: 19248@debbugs.gnu.org ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: > th3kent skribis: >> [...] >> Out of memory: Kill process 2068 (guix) score 526 or sacrifice child >> Killed process 2068 (guix) total-vm:829080kB, anon-rss:201792kB, file-rs= s:0kB >> guix system: error: build failed: unexpected end-of-file >> 2470 operations > > This is a sign that too much data was written to the unionfs that sits > on the root file system. > > Could it be because you forgot to run =E2=80=98deco start cow-store /mnt= =E2=80=99?=20=20 i definitely ran =E2=80=98deco start cow-store /mnt=E2=80=99 after i create= d my o.s config.=20 >> second attempt at installation failed with "no permissions" when copying >> pata_* kernel modules to /gnu/store/*-linux-libre-3.17.2/. > > That is weird. Do you remember at what point that happened? Was it at > the end of the =E2=80=98guix system init config.scm /mnt=E2=80=99 run? > > Files and directories under /gnu/store are meant to be immutable. yes, the "no permission" error was after running a second 'guix system init ...' command. >> on restarting the laptop and booting from the h.d.d, the reboot stops >> at the guile-user prompt. the backtrace shows the following: >> >> In /gnu/store/*-module-import/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm: >> 385:7 2 (#> In srfi/srfi-1.scm: >> 619:17 1 (for-each # ... > > Does it show an actual error below that? > > Could you post your OS config? the last line of the backtrace starts with "In Unkown ...". here is my o.s config: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- (use-modules (gnu) (srfi srfi-26)) (operating-system (host-name "gnusys01") (timezone "Africa/Johannesburg") (locale "en_US.UTF-8") (initrd (lambda (file-systems . rest) (apply base-initrd file-systems #:extra-modules '("pata_acpi.ko" "pata_atiixp.ko") rest))) (bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda"))) (file-systems (cons (file-system (device "root") (title 'label) (mount-point "/") (type "ext4")) %base-file-systems)) (users (list (user-account (name "kent") (comment "the wizard of gnu") (group "users") (supplementary-groups '("wheel" "audio" "video")) (home-directory "/home/kent"))))) --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- regards, ... kennedy tembo. --=20 former club president midrand toastmasters http://midrand.tmclub.co.za /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . = . . \ / "[He has] campaigned steadfastly for freedom. X I admire Nelson Mandela ..." / \ - Richard M. Stallman (rms), President, Free Software Foundation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~