Bug 3260 - "Reload partition table" results in no partition being show
Summary: "Reload partition table" results in no partition being show
Status: REOPENED
Alias: None
Product: Mageia
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Installer (show other bugs)
Version: Cauldron
Hardware: All Linux
Priority: Normal normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Pascal Terjan
QA Contact:
URL: http://i42.tinypic.com/ff380h.png
Whiteboard: (MGA6)
Keywords: FOR_ERRATA6, NEEDINFO, PATCH
: 2791 3507 (view as bug list)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2011-11-04 01:09 CET by Herbert Poetzl
Modified: 2021-05-26 12:01 CEST (History)
10 users (show)

See Also:
Source RPM:
CVE:
Status comment:


Attachments
Screen Capture of the 'Partition Reload Bug' (822.88 KB, application/octet-stream)
2012-01-10 22:55 CET, Herbert Poetzl
Details
fix drawing partitions after rescan (1.55 KB, patch)
2012-04-27 18:28 CEST, Thierry Vignaud
Details | Diff
Screenshot of MGA6 RC ISO (41.09 KB, image/png)
2017-06-15 17:17 CEST, psyca
Details

Description Herbert Poetzl 2011-11-04 01:09:40 CET
Description of problem:
Reloading a changed partition table leads to an empty/unuseable view in 'Partitioning'

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Mageia 1 Installer

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. run installation up to the 'Partitioning' stage
2. create a single partition
3. switch to console (CTRL-ALT-F2)
4. run fdisk and alter the partition table
5. switch back to GUI (CTRL-ALT-F7)
6. select More->Reload partition table
Comment 1 Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-07 01:06:19 CET
Hi, thanks for reporting this bug.

Could you provide the file /root/drakx/report.bug.gz as an attachment ?
I you don't have the file, you can switch to console 2 (by pressing 'Ctrl-Alt-F2') during installation, put a floppy in floppy drive or plug a USB key/stick and type: bug then press Enter. It will put report.bug on the floppy/key.

Source RPM: (none) => drakx-installer-stage2
Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO, Triaged

Manuel Hiebel 2011-11-14 00:31:59 CET

Keywords: Triaged => (none)

Comment 2 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-10 13:09:58 CET
@ Herbert,

Please attach the file asked for by Manuel within two weeks from now, to avoid this bug being closed as OLD

CC: (none) => marja11, thierry.vignaud

Comment 3 Herbert Poetzl 2012-01-10 20:59:19 CET
well, there is no /root/drakx/report.bug.gz and the command 'bug' doesn't put anything on a floppy I inserted either (tried with unformated, ext2 and vfat floppy), thus I cannot attach it, but it's rather simple to recreate the issue following my description.

best,
Herbert
Comment 4 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-10 21:57:58 CET
(In reply to comment #3)
> well, there is no /root/drakx/report.bug.gz and the command 'bug' doesn't put
> anything on a floppy I inserted either (tried with unformated, ext2 and vfat
> floppy), thus I cannot attach it, but it's rather simple to recreate the issue
> following my description.
> 



Which installation media did you use?
Comment 5 Herbert Poetzl 2012-01-10 22:55:07 CET
Created attachment 1359 [details]
Screen Capture of the 'Partition Reload Bug'

recorded with flvrec.py
Comment 6 Herbert Poetzl 2012-01-10 22:56:47 CET
I first tried with the kernel/initrd from distrib/1/x86_64/isolinux/alt0 (as I usually use pxelinux) but then with the mageia-dual-1.iso.

the attached screen capture is from the dual boot cd.

best,
Herbert
Comment 7 Barry Jackson 2012-01-11 12:22:09 CET
This appears to be a duplicate of bug #2791

CC: (none) => zen25000

Comment 8 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-11 14:21:03 CET
@ Herbert 

Thanks a lot for the screen capture, that really makes it clear :)

@ Barry

Thanks, I think you're right, but I think the description here is better than the one in bug 2791 (that one talks about "rescan disk" in "advance" while there is no "advance" field and maybe not a "rescan disk" field either), so I'd rather close that one as a duplicate of this one, than the other way around

@ Thierry

WDYT?

assigning to you, please decide which one of the two you want to close if you agree this is a duplicate.

Component: Installer => RPM Packages
Source RPM: drakx-installer-stage2 => drakxtools

Marja Van Waes 2012-01-11 14:21:43 CET

Assignee: bugsquad => thierry.vignaud

Comment 9 Marja Van Waes 2012-01-27 08:23:14 CET
removed NEEDINFO keyword, because there are no unanswered questions

Keywords: NEEDINFO => (none)

Comment 10 Herbert Poetzl 2012-02-29 08:38:20 CET
just verified, issue is still present in Mageia2 Beta1

CC: (none) => herbert

Thierry Vignaud 2012-02-29 10:00:02 CET

Assignee: thierry.vignaud => pterjan

Marja Van Waes 2012-03-01 17:09:13 CET

Depends on: (none) => 3507

Comment 11 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:08:19 CEST
probably is $do_force_reload in fs/partitioning_wizard.pm

CC: (none) => mageia

Comment 12 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:10:28 CEST
Install is frozen for mga1 => Bump version

Source RPM: drakxtools => (none)
Component: RPM Packages => Installer
Version: 1 => Cauldron
Status: NEW => ASSIGNED

Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:10:35 CEST

Depends on: 3507 => (none)

Comment 13 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:11:01 CEST
*** Bug 3507 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => coolnayak

Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:13:42 CEST

Summary: Reload Partition Table fails => "Reload partition table" results in no partition being show

Comment 14 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:15:29 CEST
See attachment #820 [details] too.

URL: (none) => http://i42.tinypic.com/ff380h.png

Comment 15 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:15:49 CEST
*** Bug 2791 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

CC: (none) => pswzyu

Comment 16 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:49:05 CEST
Interestingly, when one has several disks, only the first one is blanked in the
GUI whatever was the selected disk when the reload button was pressed.

In that case, switching between the tabs fix the issue.
Comment 17 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 16:54:05 CEST
BTW, we should rename it as "Rescan disks" since that's what it really does
Comment 18 Pascal Terjan 2012-04-27 17:07:43 CEST
I have a theory but did not work much on it yet (actually I fixed another bugs while starting looking into it)

I think we correctly update info, and correctly add/remove other tabs as needed, but don't regenerate the current one as it already exists.

I considered emptying the notebook + the widget in reload_all but haven't tried yet.
Comment 19 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 17:26:10 CEST
It's not the current one that has issues but always the first one.
I've a fix when there're different tabs.
Morgan Leijström 2012-04-27 17:30:27 CEST

CC: (none) => fri

Comment 20 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 18:28:52 CEST
Created attachment 2124 [details]
fix drawing partitions after rescan

I'll commit this unless Pascal don't agree
Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 18:29:00 CEST

Keywords: (none) => PATCH

Comment 21 Pascal Terjan 2012-04-27 18:36:56 CEST
$update_all->(); will be called few lines later, what about setting the option conditionally instead of calling it once more?
Comment 22 Thierry Vignaud 2012-04-27 19:32:56 CEST
Can you test it? I've no time.
Comment 23 Marja Van Waes 2012-05-26 13:07:42 CEST
Hi,

This bug was filed against cauldron, but we do not have cauldron at the moment.

Please report whether this bug is still valid for Mageia 2.

Thanks :)

Cheers,
marja

Keywords: (none) => NEEDINFO

Comment 24 Thierry Vignaud 2012-07-30 14:21:30 CEST
That one is actually fixed since April

Resolution: (none) => FIXED
Status: ASSIGNED => RESOLVED

Comment 25 psyca 2017-06-15 17:17:47 CEST
Created attachment 9416 [details]
Screenshot of MGA6 RC ISO

Can confirm it for MGA6.



If you start the classical/tradition installer (install) and choose - custom disk partitioning -> More > Reload partition table

the partitioning part gets white and you cant see the normal/expert menu.
The solution is only to abort the current step (press ok) and choose custom disk partitioning again.

I add an screenshot how it looks after pressing "Reload partition table"

CC: (none) => linux

psyca 2017-06-15 17:18:27 CEST

Status: RESOLVED => REOPENED
Resolution: FIXED => (none)

Comment 26 psyca 2017-07-11 00:42:18 CEST
Still valid for current MGA6 (RC) "netinstall".
Comment 27 Kristoffer Grundström 2017-07-11 00:57:11 CEST
(In reply to psyca from comment #26)
> Still valid for current MGA6 (RC) "netinstall".

I also have this issue with the same procedure.

CC: (none) => hamnisdude

Samuel Verschelde 2017-07-11 12:09:48 CEST

Keywords: (none) => FOR_ERRATA6

Comment 28 psyca 2018-11-18 11:35:47 CET
I currently try Cauldron (Mageia 7) Netinstall.
Still there.
Comment 29 psyca 2018-11-18 11:39:15 CET
Er... i mean, the problem is here too.
Comment 30 Dick Gevers 2019-04-10 14:09:41 CEST
This bug is in the QA pad for M7Beta3 testing but I don't see any info. that it has still validity for M7B3.

Anyone who can: please check and close or update keywords ? Thanks !

CC: (none) => dvgevers

Dick Gevers 2019-10-12 19:14:43 CEST

CC: dvgevers => (none)

Comment 31 Marja Van Waes 2021-05-26 12:01:14 CEST
Adding "(MGA6)" to the whiteboard, because the last stable version for which this issue was reported, was Mageia 6

It would be nice to know whether the issue is still present in Mageia 8 installer.

Whiteboard: (none) => (MGA6)


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