[13:18] Ubiquity is freezing for me on language selection. I can't download >~10mb due to bandwith problems. So I need t ofall back on to another way to install. How do I fall back to the debian installer? Alternatively, perhaps I could update Ubuquity? I think the crashing is due to a complicated partition table possibly; fdisk -l says the partitions are out of order (but windows works find) [14:02] Quiet i inhere :/ [14:05] cjwatson: grub-installer_1.43ubuntu8_i386.udeb: fails due to a missing /etc/mtab in /target, any advice? (Custom LiveCD) [14:06] works fine after manually executing "grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab" [14:28] cjwatson: http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/6/16/163 - fail. [14:29] perhaps we should record this on the filesystem as part of livecd-rootfs? [14:29] saving us the time of calculating something that is static. [15:01] cjwatson: commenting line "[ ! -h /etc/mtab ] || return 0" in functions.sh/update_grub makes the installer work, would you mind to explain? [15:02] other info: grub legacy selected [15:14] partman-iscsi: cjwatson * r37 ubuntu/debian/changelog: releasing version 8 [15:16] bootchart works quite nicely: http://people.canonical.com/~evand/tmp/ubiquity-to-summary.png [15:18] lcapriotti: I have no idea, but surely the bug is the missing mtab, not any code in grub-installer [15:18] ev: record as part of livecd-rootfs> works for me [15:18] coolness, I'll make that change todayish [15:19] right, but mtab is built by that update_mtab [15:19] jago25: a freeze during language selection can't be due to your partition table [15:19] which works by commenting the [ -h ... [15:19] lcapriotti: that test is "is /etc/mtab already a symlink?" [15:20] and if it's a symlink, that's typically to /proc/mounts, so it can't update that [15:20] right, in d-i's root fs that is a symlink [15:20] but what about mtab in /target? [15:21] that is the one missing [15:21] and that is the one created by update_mtab [15:21] oh, that should be $ROOT/etc/mtab I think [15:21] hehe, that's what I thought [15:21] maybe? [15:21] I'd have to check the history to make sure [15:21] file a bug please [15:22] launchad for debian-install? [15:22] *launchpad? [15:22] no [15:23] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+filebug [15:23] K, on my way. Tks for your support [15:24] yes, looks like it was introduced by a freebsd porter [15:27] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub-installer/+bug/484832 [15:27] Launchpad bug 484832 in grub-installer "grub-installer fails to create /target/etc/mtab - it checks for d-i /etc/mtab rather than /target/etc/mtab" [Undecided,New] [15:40] lcapriotti: fixed upstream [15:40] cool, looking forward to the new udeb [15:40] well, for lucid ... [15:41] too bad, I'd need it for karmic [15:41] you have a custom iso anyway :-) [15:42] sure, but I would like to rely on official udebs! [15:42] anyway, good to have understood there the problem is [15:43] and with grub2 it seems it's ok - doesn't it rely on mtab too? [15:43] it doesn't try to edit it [15:44] actually I don't recall exactly what needs mtab, sorry [15:44] * cjwatson is at a conference and not really well-placed to dig that out :) [15:44] no problm, you were very helpful [16:14] This is a repeat question after 2hr wait and seeing some activity in here: Ubiquity is freezing for me on language selection. I can't download >~10mb due to bandwith problems. So I need t ofall back on to another way to install. How do I fall back to the debian installer? Alternatively, perhaps I could update Ubuquity? I think the crashing is due to a complicated partition table possibly; fdisk [16:14] -l says the partitions are out of order (but windows works find) [16:24] Would love to have at least just the twinkle of an opinion on it :/ [16:39] :/ o well, I give up then, bye [16:58] jago25: I answered you already! [16:58] 15:19 jago25: a freeze during language selection can't be due to your partition table [16:59] jago25: you can use the alternate install CD if you want to use d-i [16:59] jago25: but a ubiquity freeze on language selection indicates some rather strange problem ... perhaps a dodgy CD (drive|disk)? [17:37] cjwatson: does this look okay to you ? [17:45] ev: yes, looks fine [17:45] thanks === steve__ is now known as sbeattie [21:18] ubiquity: evand * r3587 ubiquity/ (debian/changelog ubiquity/frontend/base.py): Run success_cmd, error_cmd, and automation_error_cmd as root. [21:19] ev: have you seen something like this bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/484996 ? [21:19] Launchpad bug 484996 in unr-meta "UNR installer fails to load with persistent boot option on Aspire one A110" [Undecided,New] === robbiew1 is now known as robbiew [21:22] StevenK: nope; followed up in the bug [21:22] ev: Oh, I was going to do that, thanks!