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Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme always takes me back to the start

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From: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-guix <at> gnu.org" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme always takes me
 back to the start
Date: Mon, 09 May 2022 13:37:11 +0000

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Hi,

Using the latest installer image (l6dfrnjhhjf3axjndk290qsgxj0bzpgm-image.iso) I can't install the system because everytime I select a partition scheme, the installer takes me back to the language selection step.

It seems at least two other people have experienced the same issue (see https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-guix/2020-06/msg00136.html).

I didn't take note of the exact installation steps nor the machine specs, but I can provide that information later if you consider it necessary.

Best,


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Luis Felipe López Acevedo
https://luis-felipe.gitlab.io/

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Message #8 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 14:43:47 +0100

Hello Luis,

> Using the latest installer image
> (l6dfrnjhhjf3axjndk290qsgxj0bzpgm-image.iso) I can't install the
> system because everytime I select a partition scheme, the installer
> takes me back to the language selection step.

The latest installer offers a core-dump upload mechanism that should
help diagnosing this issue. Any chance you could try again with
https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/1689729/details, or later :)?

Thanks,

Mathieu

Message #11 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:28:38 +0000

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Hey Mathieu,

On Saturday, November 12th, 2022 at 13:43, Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> Hello Luis,
> 

> > Using the latest installer image
> > (l6dfrnjhhjf3axjndk290qsgxj0bzpgm-image.iso) I can't install the
> > system because everytime I select a partition scheme, the installer
> > takes me back to the language selection step.
> 

> 

> The latest installer offers a core-dump upload mechanism that should
> help diagnosing this issue. Any chance you could try again with
> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/1689729/details, or later :)?

I tried again with w0wi4jvanaddk1zcvwzhlnn7fkfwab82-image.iso in the same machine and the issue is gone. I could install the system almost flawlesly. So no oportunity to try out the new mechanism :)

I'll report my installation experience later to help-guix.

I'm closing this issue now.

Thanks a lot,

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Message #16 received at 55336-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
To: "55336-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <55336-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme always takes me
 back to the start
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 13:31:02 +0000

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Problem solved.

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Message #19 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Luis Felipe <luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:33:09 +0100

Hey,

> I tried again with w0wi4jvanaddk1zcvwzhlnn7fkfwab82-image.iso in the
> same machine and the issue is gone. I could install the system almost
> flawlesly. So no oportunity to try out the new mechanism :)

Thanks a lot for testing again and reporting :)

Mathieu

Message #22 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Streit <simon <at> netpanic.org>
To: 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:12:11 +0100

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Hello,

Luis Felipe via Bug reports for GNU Guix <bug-guix <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Problem solved.

I just ran into this same problem with an old machine.

Disk image is: axygxkgkgcgbk2gjd6q521h85shp7hwf-image.iso from
https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/125952/details. 

Please find attached some logs too: 

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Kind regards
Simon 

Message #25 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
To: Simon Streit <simon <at> netpanic.org>
Cc: luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com, 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 09:18:01 +0100

Hello Simon,

> I just ran into this same problem with an old machine.

Interesting, thanks for the report.

> Disk image is: axygxkgkgcgbk2gjd6q521h85shp7hwf-image.iso from
> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/125952/details. 
>
> Please find attached some logs too: 

It looks like you experimented a crash (segfault or so), and the
backtrace is not really helpful here sadly.

What would be interesting is to share the core dump, either by copying
the /tmp/installer-core-dump file after the crash, or by using the dump
upload mechanism and reporting the crash id.

Thanks for your help,

Mathieu

Message #28 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Streit <simon <at> netpanic.org>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com, 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:06:14 +0100

Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> Disk image is: axygxkgkgcgbk2gjd6q521h85shp7hwf-image.iso from
>> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/125952/details.
>>
>> Please find attached some logs too:
>
> It looks like you experimented a crash (segfault or so), and the
> backtrace is not really helpful here sadly.

Please visit the core dump online at [1] for a while.

I noticed this behaviour happens when placing a hyphon inbetween two
words in the hostname.  The installer doesn't reset when there is no
hyphen.  I will try to complete the installation to confirm that it
usually works without the hyphen.  I'm still at
axygxkgkgcgbk2gjd6q521h85shp7hwf-image.iso.

[1] https://steel-is-real.com/core-dump

Message #31 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Streit <simon <at> netpanic.org>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com, 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:19:21 +0100

Simon Streit <simon <at> netpanic.org> writes:

> Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> Disk image is: axygxkgkgcgbk2gjd6q521h85shp7hwf-image.iso from
>>> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/125952/details.
>>>
>>> Please find attached some logs too:
>>
>> It looks like you experimented a crash (segfault or so), and the
>> backtrace is not really helpful here sadly.
>
> Please visit the core dump online at [1] for a while.
>
> I noticed this behaviour happens when placing a hyphon inbetween two
> words in the hostname.  The installer doesn't reset when there is no
> hyphen.  I will try to complete the installation to confirm that it
> usually works without the hyphen.  I'm still at
> axygxkgkgcgbk2gjd6q521h85shp7hwf-image.iso.

That claim doesn't seem right either.  Only after rebooting the machine
and setting `guix' as hostname doesn't reset the installer.

Will report back. 

Message #34 received at 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Simon Streit <simon <at> netpanic.org>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <othacehe <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luis.felipe.la <at> protonmail.com, 55336 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55336: Graphical installer: Selecting a partition scheme
 always takes me back to the start
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 21:24:11 +0100

Simon Streit <simon <at> netpanic.org> writes:
>> I noticed this behaviour happens when placing a hyphon inbetween two
>> words in the hostname.  The installer doesn't reset when there is no
>> hyphen.  I will try to complete the installation to confirm that it
>> usually works without the hyphen.  I'm still at
>> axygxkgkgcgbk2gjd6q521h85shp7hwf-image.iso.
>
> That claim doesn't seem right either.  Only after rebooting the machine
> and setting `guix' as hostname doesn't reset the installer.
>
> Will report back.

The installer went through with setting the hostname to guix. 

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