Bug#702226: live-installer hangs when starting installation from live system
On 04/03/13 06:20 AM, Praveen A wrote:
> package: live-installer
> version: 40
> severity: critical
>
> I downloaded debian-wheezy-live-rc1-amd64-gnome-desktop.iso and live
> installer just hangs when selecting "Install Debian Sid" from System
> Tools menu as seen in the screenshot. It was working in wheezy b4
> image.
The component providing desktop installs is debian-installer-launcher,
not live-installer. This component hasn't changed since b4 was released,
and is less tested than installing from the boot menu, which you should
still be able to do. Please make absolutely sure "it was working in
wheezy b4 image" as I have my doubts.
I notice you tested from Virtualbox? Did you try from hardware? I just
tried on an Eee PC model 4G (equipped with 1G RAM). The result was a a
black screen with underscore in the upper left corner and the pointer
frozen in one spot. Touchpad and keyboard are both unresponsive, so at
this point a reboot was my only option.
I retested from a terminal with:
$ gksudo debian-installer-launcher
This briefly flashed a message on stderr that I could not see in time to
copy down.
So I switched to vc1 and tried this to catch the message:
$ sudo debian-installer-launcher
ERROR: 'kexec' is not a valid plugin. Check and try again.
I've run out of time to investigate ... have to catch my bus to work.
I'll look into it more later.
Meanwhile, the installer should be usable from the boot menu.
Ben
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