=== mcasadevall is now known as NCommander [06:53] hey all, i'm setting up a reprepro server that will contain a partial mirror that clients will use but i also want to do a net install from there, [06:53] i get no kernel modules were found and when i look up anna's source this apparently means that there is no kernel-version string on the packages, [06:54] however when i check packages.gz out on a real server there is also no kernel-version attribute [06:54] anyone have an idea of what may be going on [07:18] jumentous, i suggest apt-cacher; you can quiet that message with "d-i anna/no_kernel_modules boolean true" in a preseed.cfg [07:23] i haven't seen apt-cacher but the problem is that i will later need to add my own packages to it, as well as control what updates are let through rather than the simple apt-proxy [07:23] will look at cacher [07:25] icarus901, it was more about why would anna not recognise the kernel packages when they are essentially copied off upstream and can i debug it somehow [07:26] unfortunately it's not something with which i am familiar beyond that point [07:27] ok, do you know if Kernel-Version is a package tag as it doesn't appear to be === sonicmctails is now known as mcasadvall [12:31] cjwatson: How was your holiday? [12:33] cjwatson: Don't know if you noticed but ubiquity is still at version 1.13.4 when other cds are at 1.13.6--the manifest has not changed from June 15 [12:41] hi guys [12:45] I have to install a low memory system, but the installation takes more than 2 hours, it hangs at localedef, gen etc ... . I tried to remove the executable locale files with early command, but it's always recreated. does anyone have an idea how I could fasten up the install process ? I thought maybe booting with a liveusb, partitionning the drives and then copy the content of each partition from a previously installed syst [12:45] like to reach an installation which takes less than 30 min [12:51] hardaway: like I told you, just wait until it manages to build. It's not a problem with ubiquity, it's a problem with UNR builds in general right now. I believe it's scheduled to be fixed today but it is not in my hands so there is no point asking me about it [12:52] jerroome: try 'd-i pkgsel/language-packs string' (i.e. set that question to empty) in your preseed file [12:52] should work as of jaunty, probably not before that [12:52] that's what I'm doing, but it still hangs at 75% [12:53] isn't it possible to just skip language locals ? [12:53] don't know then, sorry. feel free to post to the mailing list with a complete description of your setup, logs, etc. ... [12:53] jerroome: skip> that's what that preseed is supposed to do! [12:53] if it isn't working, I consider it a bug that needs to be investigated [12:54] would you agree to have a look at my preseed file ? [12:54] and pxe ? [12:54] I would pastebin it .... [12:54] I'm happy to have a look [12:54] ok, just one second [12:54] though I'm busy with other coding work right now [13:00] In case you find some time pxe : http://paste.ubuntu.com/206195/ and preseed : http://paste.ubuntu.com/206199/ [13:01] early_command part is a try to skip locales in an quite unproper way .... [13:03] I need syslog from an installation attempt too, preferably with DEBCONF_DEBUG=developer on the kernel command line [13:04] if the installation attempt completes successfully (even if slowly), the syslog will be saved in /var/log/installer/syslog [13:05] I'm installing it on a faster machine and pastebin that too [13:51] cjwatson : I was completely wrong, I wasn't taking the right preseed file, the option works fine ..... sorry for the time you took to look at my file .... [13:54] cool, glad to hear that it works now [14:00] I should have looked my apache log more precisely :), but it's cool that it's working now [14:01] do you know if it's possible to fasten up the part " configuring linux modules" at 83 % ? [14:02] "fasten" doesn't mean what you think it means in English :-) [14:02] I have a phone call now, will get to you after that [14:03] your right, I don't want to fasten, but to make it quicker :) [14:04] no problem, thank you for all the help you already gave me [14:36] jerroome: I'm not sure what step you're talking about there. Are you translating that back from French? If so, could you just give me the French text? [14:36] Hard to grep for approximate text you see ... [14:39] I can't give you the exact text, but which packages take long time [14:39] it starts with linux-image-generic_2.6.24.23.25_i386.deb [14:39] until linux-generic_2.6.24.23.25_i386.deb [14:40] no [14:40] from linux-generic_2.6.24.23.25_i386.deb on, it takes more than 20 minutes to pass to the next get [14:41] the next step is selecting and installing software [14:42] does that help you out ? [14:45] well, that's probably building the initramfs [14:46] there's not a lot I can do to help you there [14:46] it's just not terribly quick [14:46] ok [14:47] most of the relevant code there is in kernel packaging, initramfs-tools, etc., not in the installer [14:49] so I can't change anything about it ? [14:50] I think it's unlikely, sorry [14:51] at least I don't know how you might [14:51] ok [14:52] only a last question :) shouldn't the installer skip to install language-pack-en ? [14:52] no [14:53] we wanted to have that always installed to make support easier - in particular we can guarantee that the en_US.UTF-8 locale always exists which (unfortunately) is a useful property to be able to assume [14:54] do you know what a fast install time is for a 64MB machine with a 664MHz cpu ? [14:54] jerroome: for a longer version of this answer, see https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2009-February/006884.html [14:54] jerroome: no, I don't [14:58] thank you cjwatson [14:58] and have a nice day