GNU bug report logs - #36753
The GUI installer throws an error

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>

Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2019 22:46:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>

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bug#36753; Package guix. (Sun, 21 Jul 2019 22:46:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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From: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: The GUI installer throws an error
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 00:20:47 +0200
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What I did:Ran guix system installer from a DVD.When the system started I switched to tty3 mounted a flash drive and a partition in folders I made in /mnt/.Then I unmounted these disks and removed folders.Then I tried installing the system without any DE/WM.The installer asked me what network something I want to have, I picked DHCP.Then installation failed - "failed to build openssh".It asked me if I want to try again, I pressed yes and the installer threw an error I attached below.Guix version: 1.0.1System: amd64 --Jan
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Information forwarded to bug-guix <at> gnu.org:
bug#36753; Package guix. (Thu, 25 Jul 2019 16:40:01 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #8 received at 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
Cc: 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36753: The GUI installer throws an error
Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 18:39:03 +0200
Hello Jan,

Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl> skribis:

> What I did:Ran guix system installer from a DVD.When the system
> started I switched to tty3 mounted a flash drive and a partition in
> folders I made in /mnt/.Then I unmounted these disks and removed
> folders.Then I tried installing the system without any DE/WM.The
> installer asked me what network something I want to have, I picked
> DHCP.Then installation failed - "failed to build openssh".It asked me
> if I want to try again, I pressed yes and the installer threw an error
> I attached below.Guix version: 1.0.1System: amd64 --Jan

This looks a lot like this bug:

  https://issues.guix.gnu.org/issue/35690

In a nutshell, currently the installer cannot be restarted upon failure,
and this is why you got this ugly backtrace.

However, “failed to build openssh” looks like another failure worth
investigating.  Do you have more info as to what happened exactly, what
was printed?  Can you reproduce it?  It would be great if you could post
a picture of the screen at that point.

Thanks,
Ludo’.




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bug#36753; Package guix. (Wed, 14 Aug 2019 11:54:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36753: The GUI installer throws an error
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 13:52:32 +0200
> However, “failed to build openssh” looks like another failure worth
> investigating.  Do you have more info as to what happened exactly,
> what was printed?  Can you reproduce it?  It would be great if you
> could post a picture of the screen at that point.

Sorry for the delay, I had no free hard drive do test installation
again.
The thing that failed to build was openssl, not openssh. The error
message is "build of /gnu/store/long-sum-openssl-1.0.2p.drv failed".
What I did during the installation:
- whole disk with encryption
- tor, mozilla nss
- i3, xfce, enlightenment
And when the installer asked me if I want to continue without network
connection I plugged-in the ethernet cable.




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bug#36753; Package guix. (Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:31:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
To: bug-guix <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36753: The GUI installer throws an error
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:30:01 +0200
Okay I've figured out what causes openssl build to fail - continuing
installation without network connection. The installer told
me network connection is required to install the system correctly, but
I thought only packages will be outdated. Is it a bug?




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bug#36753; Package guix. (Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:53:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #17 received at 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
Cc: 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36753: The GUI installer throws an error
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:52:04 +0200
Hello,

Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl> skribis:

> Okay I've figured out what causes openssl build to fail - continuing
> installation without network connection. The installer told
> me network connection is required to install the system correctly, but
> I thought only packages will be outdated. Is it a bug?

Network connectivity is definitely required.

That you were able to continue without networking looks like a bug.
However, I just tried, and when networking is unavailable, I get the
“Connection error” box that only allows me to go back to the “Checking
connectivity” dialog; there’s no way to skip that AFAICS.

Or did you turn off networking after you had it on initially?

Thanks,
Ludo’.




Information forwarded to bug-guix <at> gnu.org:
bug#36753; Package guix. (Fri, 23 Aug 2019 00:04:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

Message #20 received at 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36753: The GUI installer throws an error
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:02:45 +0200
> That you were able to continue without networking looks like a bug.
> However, I just tried, and when networking is unavailable, I get the
> “Connection error” box that only allows me to go back to the “Checking
> connectivity” dialog; there’s no way to skip that AFAICS.

Okay, I now know what *probably* have happened. My proprietary
motherboard - MSI PC Mate B350 tricked me - after updating the firmware
and enabling the "UEFI mode" instead of "UEFI or legacy BIOS" I got a
higher resolution and network started to work normally. Before enabling
it, the GUI installer couldn't find network connection itself, so I had
to manually configure network connection by using ifconfig and dhclient,
then I just followed the GUI installer, and it somehow let me continue
with or without networking. 
Tried switching back to BIOS mode, but I can't reproduce the bug
anymore. None of this happens on my librebooted machine, tried hard to
break the installation :). Guess that's it, thanks for your time. I'm
probably going to sell this nonfree machine anyway.

Jan





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Message #23 received at 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl>
Cc: 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36753: The GUI installer throws an error
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 22:54:13 +0200
Hi,

Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl> skribis:

>> That you were able to continue without networking looks like a bug.
>> However, I just tried, and when networking is unavailable, I get the
>> “Connection error” box that only allows me to go back to the “Checking
>> connectivity” dialog; there’s no way to skip that AFAICS.
>
> Okay, I now know what *probably* have happened. My proprietary
> motherboard - MSI PC Mate B350 tricked me - after updating the firmware
> and enabling the "UEFI mode" instead of "UEFI or legacy BIOS" I got a
> higher resolution and network started to work normally. Before enabling
> it, the GUI installer couldn't find network connection itself, so I had
> to manually configure network connection by using ifconfig and dhclient,
> then I just followed the GUI installer, and it somehow let me continue
> with or without networking. 
> Tried switching back to BIOS mode, but I can't reproduce the bug
> anymore. None of this happens on my librebooted machine, tried hard to
> break the installation :). Guess that's it, thanks for your time. I'm
> probably going to sell this nonfree machine anyway.

OK, thanks for explaining; closing the bug.

Ludo’.




Added tag(s) notabug. Request was from Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:55:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug closed, send any further explanations to 36753 <at> debbugs.gnu.org and Jan <tona_kosmicznego_smiecia <at> interia.pl> Request was from Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Fri, 23 Aug 2019 20:55:02 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

bug archived. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> to internal_control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Sat, 21 Sep 2019 11:24:06 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.

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