Bug 7830

Created attachment 2960 [details]
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The same failure occurs if you check all the boxes *including* Individual Package Selection, and you never get the IPS panel - it drops into the loop first.

However, if you check everything *except* the Database category, the install works fine.

Could you provide the file /root/drakx/report.bug.gz as an attachment ?

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Here you go.  By the way, this time it never even got to Package Selection, and it wasn't PostgreSQL it was complaining about, but just about every package.

Created attachment 3023 [details]
report.bug

This file is equal in size to the floppy image on the loopback, and gives I/O errors at around 729K.  This is the first 729K.

This is still happening after today's cauldron update, and I don't understand why, considering the current alpha ISOs were cut after this started happening in cauldron and are now available for testing.  Is the alpha not just a snapshot of cauldron ?  How can this be happening in cauldron, but not in the alpha ?

I guess still old bug is not valid anymore ?

Nope, this is still happening today.

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)
Priority: Normal => release_blocker
Severity: normal => major

Comment on attachment 2960 [details]
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first snapshot is useless

Attachment 2960 is obsolete: 0 => 1

Please clarify: are you trying to go the individual packages step or are already past this step, trying to install postgresql???
Also you ddebug.log only shows that old libreoffice couldn't be selected (bug#7890).
Please try again, when you see your error:
- plug a USB key
- go to console 2 
- type the "bug" command
- attach report.bug.xz from this usb key here

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO
CC: (none) => thierry.vignaud

(In reply to comment #10)
> Please clarify: are you trying to go the individual packages step or are
> already past this step, trying to install postgresql???

The loop occurs whether you check Individual Packages or not, showing that it occurs at a point in time before the Individual Packages dialog kicks in.

It does not occur if Database is unchecked.  The only reason I tried Individual Packages was to see if it would occur if I specifically de-selected postgresql (which most of the errors on tty3 mentioned), but it never got that far.

I'll try the USB approach, but because of the USB limitation on VBox, it will have to be a real hardware install.

Created attachment 3229 [details]
report.bug.gz

I fail to reproduce (clicking on "unselect all" then checking "Databases").
Please try reproduce with beta1.

I would say it was a temporary glitch in postgresql9.2.
Funda WDYT?

CC: (none) => fundawang

It seems to be some kind of circular dependency among the full set of packages.  To reproduce, you have to check *everything*.

This has now changed.  You no longer even get to package selection.  It loops trying to find available packages.

From what's flying by on tty3, it looks to have something to do with libreoffice-writer.

I'll attach a new report.bug.

Created attachment 3261 [details]
report.bug.bz2 #2

Yes, we've issue updating libreoffice.

Did you got the KDE/GNOME selection screen?

Nope.  just "Checking already-installed packages" followed by "Looking for available packages".  If you flip to tty3 and back, the GUI doesn't repaint.

I failed to reproduce, using drakx-in-chroot (install not upgrade), I got
KDE/GNOME/custom choice then group choice then package install with
libreoffice-writer being unselected due to missing requires)

I don't understand.  You can see all of the activity related to libreoffice-writer in the report.bug, and I let this sit and churn for about 30 minutes.  Doesn't the log activity give any hint as to what's happening ?

I'll try again today, in case something changed.

Still looping today.

Oh, and just to rule out dependencies that might have been introduced by checking nonfree and tainted, I left them unchecked this time with the same result.

I have just downloaded the beta 1 x86_64 boot-nonfree.iso and am seeing the same thing. tty3 is looping on libreoffice-writer. Looks like this is because of missing libraries. I never get to the kde/gnome screen. The first time I saw this I had all the repos checked but this last time I left that screen at it's default.

CC: (none) => mrambo

I just reproduced this in a VBox VM, so it's not specific to the hardware in the system I was using.

In trying to rule things out, it can't be lack of memory (this box has 16GB), nor lack of disk space (the install partition is 30GB, and most of the rest of the 300GB drive is free space).

The only other variable I can think of is language set, maybe some weird dependency loop with some of the libreoffice language packs but not others.  

I originally got this with just English - American selected, but I tried and got it with English+French+German+Italian+Spanish.  Theirry, out of curiosity, what language set did you use with drakx-in-chroot ?

In all cases, you always used the beta1 ISO (I'm using the full network media)?

No, in all cases I was using the full network media from a local copy of distrib-coffee sync'd several times a day.

Mike Rambo was using the beta1 iso.

Still happening in this morning's cauldron.

Still happening in this morning's cauldron

The OP in bug#8596 has discovered (and I have verified) that if you de-select the  Core 32 repository in the repository selection screen, the loop does not occur.

new libreoffice is now on mirror, you could maybe try again.

My pleasure, as soon as the repo's settle down to a dull roar.

Looks fixed to me. I tested 64 bit beta 1 boot-nonfree.iso with all repos enabled. It is no longer looping on libreoffice and the installation is proceeding as I type.

closing then, feel free to reopen

Status: NEW => RESOLVED
Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Source RPM: (none) => libreoffice