From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: kennedy Subject: bug#19248: installation of 0.8 stops at guile prompt. Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 22:06:57 +0200 Message-ID: <87d27otyxq.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> References: <877fybni67.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> <87oark2x91.fsf@gnu.org> <871toeufk7.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> <87388rksu8.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]:44330) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzWVT-0007hT-UA for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:08:12 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzWVO-00060Y-TZ for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:08:07 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:34842) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XzWVO-00060U-Qs for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:08:02 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XzWVO-0003S3-CX for bug-guix@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2014 15:08:02 -0500 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87388rksu8.fsf@gnu.org> ("Ludovic \=\?utf-8\?Q\?Court\=C3\=A8s\=22'\?\= \=\?utf-8\?Q\?s\?\= message of "Sun, 07 Dec 2014 23:17:35 +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: >> ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Court=C3=A8s) writes: >>> [...] >>> Could you post your OS config? >> (initrd (lambda (file-systems . rest) >> (apply base-initrd file-systems >> #:extra-modules '("pata_acpi.ko" "pata_atiixp.ko") >> rest))) > > This may be the culprit. First, it=E2=80=99s not needed, because 0.8 alr= eady > included these two modules by default. Second, 0.8 would fail when > trying to load the same module twice, which is exactly what would happen > here (this is fixed in =E2=80=98master=E2=80=99, around commit 0e704a2.) > > Could you try to remove these =E2=80=98initrd=E2=80=99 lines and try agai= n? i deleted the lines for "initrd" and the installation completed successfully on first attempt. however, the reboot after installation results in a kernel panic. the messages just before the panic are the following, --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- groupadd: cannot lock /etc/group; try again later usermod: no changes adding user 'kent' ERROR: In procedure getpw: entry not found --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. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~