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From: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= <ludo@gnu.org>
Subject: bug#35858: Null pointer error when partitioning with the graphical
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Date: Wed, 29 May 2019 11:22:10 +0200
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To: Vivien Kraus <vivien@planete-kraus.eu>
Cc: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>, 35858@debbugs.gnu.org

Hi Vivien,

Vivien Kraus <vivien@planete-kraus.eu> skribis:

> Thank you for your answer.
>
>> Can you confirm that the backtrace you posted comes from 1.0.1 and
> not
>> 1.0.0?=C2=A0=C2=A0(It seems to be from 1.0.1 accordingly to the line num=
bers,
> but
>> better be on the safe side.)
>
> After backing up my data, I re-downloaded the guix image from the
> website, burnt it, and booted it.=C2=A0=C2=A0The boot screen reads
> "1.0.1-1.8204295".

Good.

> I also had an error during the loading with an error in finalization
> thread: Bad file descriptor (twice, reproducible) but no additional
> info, right after ssh-keygen.=C2=A0=C2=A0Is there a log file for that?=C2=
=A0=C2=A0I had
> very
> little time to catch it.

These are annoying but harmless.

> However, selecting the automatic method for whole disk encryption
> still gives the first error, and trying to add a partition manually
> gives the second.

That=E2=80=99s terrible.  :-/  That=E2=80=99s on x86_64, right?

(In the meantime you could the =E2=80=9Cmanual=E2=80=9D installation method:
<https://www.gnu.org/software/guix/manual/fr/html_node/Installation-manuell=
e.html>.)

As Mathieu notes, there=E2=80=99s one bug for which the fix is clear, but t=
he
null-pointer exception is pretty bad, especially if we cannot reproduce
it easily.

Let=E2=80=99s see what can be done=E2=80=A6

Thank you for testing thoroughly and for providing a detailed bug report!

Ludo=E2=80=99.