From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: th3kent Subject: bug#19248: installation of 0.8 stops at guile prompt. Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:01:36 +0200 Message-ID: <877fybni67.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58976) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xvaxq-0005BH-FB for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:05:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xvaxi-0000Ku-Sa for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:05:10 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:54106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Xvaxi-0000Kf-OJ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:05:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Xvaxi-0001Hw-C6 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 19:05:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51142) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XvZ2b-0000UW-Ce for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:02:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XvZ2U-0002dH-Qu for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:01:57 -0500 Received: from cpt-relay-08.mweb.co.za ([196.28.182.88]:20867) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XvZ2U-0002aq-GV for bug-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 01 Dec 2014 17:01:50 -0500 Received: from [154.69.110.193] (helo=gnulx000.localhost.localdomian) by cpt-relay-08.mweb.co.za with esmtpa (Exim 4.84) id 1XvZ2I-00053q-8Z by authid with cram_authenticator for ; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:01:43 +0200 Received: from localhost.lan ([127.0.0.1] helo=gnulx000) by gnulx000.localhost.localdomian with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XvZ2G-0002ly-Pu for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:01:36 +0200 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: 19248@debbugs.gnu.org hello guix, as requested by civodul on #guix, here is a bug report. hardware: 8-year-old hp nx6125 with 512mb memory and 60gb h.d.d first attempt at installation failed with the following: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- unionfs invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=0x... unionfs cpuset=/ mems_allowed=0 [...] Out of memory: Kill process 2068 (guix) score 526 or sacrifice child Killed process 2068 (guix) total-vm:829080kB, anon-rss:201792kB, file-rss:0kB guix system: error: build failed: unexpected end-of-file 2470 operations --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- i went past this by enabling a swap device. second attempt at installation failed with "no permissions" when copying pata_* kernel modules to /gnu/store/*-linux-libre-3.17.2/. after adding write permissions for user on directory /gnu/store/*-linux-libre-3.17.2/, the installation completed successfully (no errors). on restarting the laptop and booting from the h.d.d, the reboot stops at the guile-user prompt. the backtrace shows the following: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- In /gnu/store/*-module-import/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm: 385:7 2 (# ... --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- regards, ... kennedy tembo. -- 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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~