From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>
To: David Wilson <david@daviwil.com>
Cc: 44872@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44872: Installer crash: 'uuid->string' is passed #f in lieu of a UUID
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2021 08:20:17 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8735tunqla.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87fsxvsyek.fsf@daviwil.com> (David Wilson's message of "Sat, 05 Jun 2021 16:08:03 -0700")
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Hello David,
> I also just hit this issue while using the graphical installer on a
> machine that previously had Guix installed on it via the shell-driven
> manual installation flow. I'm working on a video to show how to install
> Guix using the graphical installer so it's a big blocker for me hit this
> seemingly impassable error.
It's great that you are making a video about the installer!
> Let me know what I can do to help diagnose and fix this issue!
The problem here is probably caused by the "free-parted" procedure
returning before all the partitions are properly created by the kernel.
You could maybe try to run a custom installer image with the hideous
attached patch to confirm this theory.
Thanks,
Mathieu
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diff --git a/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm b/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
index 2bb9b16945..2bb23b6506 100644
--- a/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
+++ b/gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm
@@ -791,4 +791,5 @@ by pressing the Exit button.~%~%")))
(length user-partitions-with-pass))
(destroy-form-and-pop form)
+ (sleep 10)
user-partitions))
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-06-08 0:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
[not found] <300530410.943064.1606325189191.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
2020-11-25 17:26 ` bug#44872: GuixSD 1.2.0 installer fails with exception when formatting drive Tim Magee
2020-11-26 8:58 ` Mathieu Othacehe
[not found] ` <304538163.1205868.1606443556649@mail.yahoo.com>
2020-11-27 3:12 ` bug#44872: Fw: " Tim Magee
2020-11-28 5:27 ` Tim Magee
2020-12-01 9:46 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2020-11-29 19:02 ` andi
2020-12-22 2:13 ` Tim Magee via web
2021-04-22 14:48 ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-04-22 22:40 ` bug#44872: Installer crash: 'uuid->string' is passed #f in lieu of a UUID Ludovic Courtès
2021-06-05 23:08 ` David Wilson
2021-06-07 6:20 ` Mathieu Othacehe [this message]
2021-06-08 16:33 ` David Wilson
2021-06-09 15:57 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2021-06-09 16:44 ` David Wilson
2021-06-12 7:49 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2021-06-12 13:53 ` David Wilson
2021-06-12 16:53 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2021-06-12 22:26 ` David Wilson
2021-06-17 10:24 ` Mathieu Othacehe
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