Seems like my bug report didn't read the list, because of the attachments even though I compressed the syslog. Bug number is 532572
-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- Von: Felix Zielcke <fziel...@z-51.de> An: Debian Bug Tracking System <sub...@bugs.debian.org> Betreff: installation-report: graphical interface crashed and generating targeted initramfs failed Datum: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:10:47 +0200 Package: installation-reports Version: 2.38 Severity: normal -- Package-specific info: Boot method: CD Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/amd64/iso-cd/debian-testing-amd64-businesscard.iso Wed Jun 10 03:46:49 UTC 2009 Date: Jun 10 2009 around 10:00 CEST Machine: VMware Workstation BETA e.x.p build-169612 Partitions: # df -Tl /mnt Dateisystem Typ 1K‐Blöcke Benutzt Verfügbar Ben% Eingehängt auf /dev/sdd1 ext3 7850996 510288 6941896 7% /mnt # fdisk -l /dev/sdd Disk /dev/sdd: 8589 MB, 8589934592 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1044 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x0003b177 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 * 1 993 7976241 83 Linux /dev/sdd2 994 1044 409657+ 5 Extended /dev/sdd5 994 1044 409626 82 Linux swap / Solaris # dd if=/dev/sdd bs=1 count=64 skip=446|od -x 0000000 0180 0001 fe83 e0ff 003f 0000 6a62 00f3 0000020 0000 e1c1 fe05 ffff 6aa1 00f3 8073 000c 0000040 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 * 0000100 Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card: [O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Install base system: [E] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup: [O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Overall install: [O] Comments/Problems: I choosed to install unstable in graphical expert mode. I changed the vga=788 to vga=0x317, i.e. 1024x768x16 On the first try to install the base system, the graphical interface crashed in the middle and was restarted. Console 1 shows some messages, screenshot attached. syslog sayed: Jun 10 07:55:00 debconf: ** Gdk:ERROR:/home/slomo/projects/debian/pkg-gnome/desktop/unstable/build-area/gtk+2.0-2.16.2/gdk/gdkregion-generic.c:1082:miUnionNonO: assertion failed: (y1 < y2) On the second try it went through until I choose to generate a targeted initramfs. syslog sayed: Jun 10 08:10:16 in-target: update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64 Jun 10 08:10:18 in-target: readlink: missing operand Jun 10 08:10:18 in-target: Try `readlink --help' for more information. Jun 10 08:10:18 in-target: mkinitramfs: for root missing /sys/block/ entry Jun 10 08:10:18 in-target: mkinitramfs: workaround is MODULES=most Jun 10 08:10:18 in-target: mkinitramfs: Error please report the bug Jun 10 08:10:18 in-target: update-initramfs: failed for /boot/initrd.img-2.6.29-2-amd64 Jun 10 08:10:18 in-target: update-initramfs failed to create initrd image. On the third try I choose to generate a generic initramfs but that failed with the same as above. Then I just started from scratch and directly choose to generate a generic initramfs and that worked fine. reportbug installation-reportbug gave me this: Cannot find installation logs in /var/log/installer /usr/share/bug/installation-report/script: 81: yesno: not found I wasn't asked to choose a different location for the logs. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers experimental APT policy: (500, 'experimental'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.29-2-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash installation-report depends on no packages. Versions of packages installation-report recommends: ii pciutils 1:3.1.2-4 Linux PCI Utilities ii reportbug 4.4 reports bugs in the Debian distrib installation-report suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- Felix Zielcke -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
