HW: IBM X 3650 - Etch installer hangs during "dpkg-preconfigure --apt"
Hi there,
For some reason installing etch via i386 netinst CD hangs on specific
hardware: An IBM X 3650
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/x/rack/x3650t/index.html during a/the
"dpkg-preconfigure --apt" step. I tried both the daily from 20 Feb 2007
and RC1.
As it installs fine on other HW, I believe it is not the "Key expiry
breaks most etch RC1 images" problem.
After selecting "no network mirror" and "Standard system" the main
installer screen was saying (something like :D) "Select and install
software"/"Retrieving 8 of 8" (the '8' varied depending on whether it
was RC1 or the daily build). It hangs seemingly forever.
While hanging, I hit ALT+2 and entered a busybox shell where I typed:
# chroot /target
# ps -ef --forest > processes
# kill 27605
The "processes" file is attached (from the 20 Feb image). Process 27605
was the last in a chain of processes with root doing:
/usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
After killing process 27605, the system seemed to finish fine and ask me
to install grub and reboot, and I don't see any ill effects - but I
don't like having to kill processes during the installation...
Any idea why this happens? Any workaround? Can I provide more info that
would be valuable?
Peter
--
Peter Valdemar Mørch
http://www.morch.com
UID PID PPID C STIME TTY TIME CMD
root 1 0 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 busybox init
root 2 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 [ksoftirqd/0]
root 3 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 [events/0]
root 4 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 [khelper]
root 5 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 [kthread]
root 8 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [kblockd/0]
root 9 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [kacpid]
root 119 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [kseriod]
root 161 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [pdflush]
root 163 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [kswapd0]
root 164 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [aio/0]
root 697 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [khubd]
root 740 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [ata/0]
root 748 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [ata_aux]
root 804 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [scsi_eh_0]
root 805 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [scsi_eh_1]
root 7289 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [scsi_eh_2]
root 7400 5 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ [aacraid]
root 10657 5 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 \_ [jfsIO]
root 10659 5 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 \_ [jfsCommit]
root 10660 5 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 \_ [jfsSync]
root 10803 5 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 \_ [xfslogd/0]
root 10805 5 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 \_ [xfsdatad/0]
root 14278 5 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 \_ [pdflush]
root 15024 5 0 10:52 ? 00:00:00 \_ [kjournald]
root 459 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 udevd --daemon
root 867 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/syslogd -m 0 -O /var/log/syslog -S
root 869 1 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 /sbin/klogd -c 2
root 1303 1 0 10:50 tty1 00:00:00 /bin/sh /sbin/debian-installer
root 1348 1303 1 10:50 tty1 00:00:07 \_ /usr/bin/bterm -f /lib/unifont.bgf -l C.UTF-8 /lib/debian-installer/menu
root 1349 1348 3 10:50 ? 00:00:12 \_ debconf -o d-i /usr/bin/main-menu
root 1350 1349 0 10:50 ? 00:00:00 \_ /usr/bin/main-menu
root 27197 1350 0 10:54 ? 00:00:00 \_ udpkg --configure --force-configure pkgsel
root 27198 27197 0 10:54 ? 00:00:00 \_ /bin/sh /var/lib/dpkg/info/pkgsel.postinst configure
root 27287 27198 0 10:54 ? 00:00:00 \_ /bin/sh /bin/in-target sh -c DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_REPLACE="$DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE";?DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_OVERRIDE="$DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE";?export DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_REPLACE DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_OVERRIDE;?DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE=configdb;?DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE='Pipe{infd:none outfd:none}';?export DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE; tasksel --new-install --debconf-apt-progress='--from 5 --to 95 --logstderr'
root 27333 27287 0 10:54 ? 00:00:00 \_ log-output -t in-target chroot /target sh -c DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_REPLACE="$DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE";?DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_OVERRIDE="$DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE";?export DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_REPLACE DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_OVERRIDE;?DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE=configdb;?DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE='Pipe{infd:none outfd:none}';?export DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE; tasksel --new-install --debconf-apt-progress='--from 5 --to 95 --logstderr'
root 27334 27333 0 10:54 ? 00:00:00 \_ sh -c DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_REPLACE="$DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE";?DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_OVERRIDE="$DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE";?export DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_REPLACE DEBCONF_APT_PROGRESS_DB_OVERRIDE;?DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE=configdb;?DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE='Pipe{infd:none outfd:none}';?export DEBCONF_DB_REPLACE DEBCONF_DB_OVERRIDE; tasksel --new-install --debconf-apt-progress='--from 5 --to 95 --logstderr'
root 27335 27334 0 10:54 ? 00:00:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/tasksel --new-install --debconf-apt-progress=--from 5 --to 95 --logstderr
root 27596 27335 0 10:55 ? 00:00:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/share/debconf/frontend /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress --from 5 --to 95 --logstderr -- aptitude -q --without-recommends -y install ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant
root 27598 27596 0 10:55 ? 00:00:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/bin/debconf-apt-progress --from 5 --to 95 --logstderr -- aptitude -q --without-recommends -y install ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant
root 27599 27598 0 10:55 ? 00:00:00 \_ aptitude -o APT::Status-Fd=4 -o APT::Keep-Fds::=5 -o APT::Keep-Fds::=6 -q --without-recommends -y install ~pstandard ~prequired ~pimportant
root 27603 27599 0 10:55 ? 00:00:00 \_ /usr/lib/apt/methods/cdrom
root 27604 27599 0 10:55 ? 00:00:00 \_ /bin/sh -c /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true
root 27605 27604 0 10:55 ? 00:00:00 \_ /usr/bin/perl -w /usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt
root 1311 1 0 10:50 tty4 00:00:00 /usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/syslog
root 1312 1 0 10:50 tty2 00:00:00 -sh
root 27609 1312 0 10:56 tty2 00:00:00 \_ /bin/sh -i
root 27612 27609 0 10:57 tty2 00:00:00 \_ ps -ef --forest
root 1313 1 0 10:50 tty3 00:00:00 busybox init
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