A while back, I got the latest grml, burned it, and have now finally returned to it. Contrary to the last (0.7) version, this one actually sees a valid partition on my second hard drive, /dev/hdc. Grml proceeds to install and continues 'til it's killed. My disk is only 2 Gb, and Grml wants 2.7 Gb.
So, I download grml-small, boot into it, and grml2hd[*] reports:
----------------------------------- Error: partition=/dev/hdc1 does not seem to be an existing partition.
Please use a program like cfdisk to create partition partition=/dev/hdc1 and restart grml2hd. -----------------------------------
Both fdisk and cfdisk show the partition, and full Grml took it and ran with the install. So, what's grml-small's problem?
Disk is a Seagate ST32122A
[*] grml2hd partition=/dev/hdc1 mbr=/dev/hdc filesystem=ext2 \ user=keeling root=/dev/hdc1
* s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061102 23:06]:
A while back, I got the latest grml, burned it, and have now finally returned to it. Contrary to the last (0.7) version, this one actually sees a valid partition on my second hard drive, /dev/hdc. Grml proceeds to install and continues 'til it's killed. My disk is only 2 Gb, and Grml wants 2.7 Gb.
So, I download grml-small, boot into it, and grml2hd[*] reports:
Error: partition=/dev/hdc1 does not seem to be an existing partition.
Please use a program like cfdisk to create partition partition=/dev/hdc1 and restart grml2hd.
Ok.
Both fdisk and cfdisk show the partition, and full Grml took it and ran with the install. So, what's grml-small's problem?
Seems you're mixing bootoptions for grml2hd with interactive mode:
[*] grml2hd partition=/dev/hdc1 mbr=/dev/hdc filesystem=ext2 \ user=keeling root=/dev/hdc1
You seem to be running this command in the shell, right? Of course it won't work then, because you specified 'partition=/dev/hdc1' as your partition instead of just '/dev/hdc1'.
'partition=/dev/ice' is relevant only for automated installation of grml2hd, see 'man grml2hd'.
regards, -mika-
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- s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061102 23:06]:
ran with the install. So, what's grml-small's problem?
Seems you're mixing bootoptions for grml2hd with interactive mode:
[*] grml2hd partition=/dev/hdc1 mbr=/dev/hdc filesystem=ext2 \ user=keeling root=/dev/hdc1
You seem to be running this command in the shell, right? Of course it won't work then, because you specified 'partition=/dev/hdc1' as your partition instead of just '/dev/hdc1'.
Thanks, that worked. I now have grml-small installed and bootable from my existing grub. I've done "apt-get update && aptitude update && aptitude install xserver-xorg xfonts-75dpi fluxbox" and can now run X. There's lots of free space on my 2 Gb drive. :-)
I appear to have lots of broken (according to aptitude) packages. I've got the stock grml-small three lines uncommented in /etc/apt/sources.list ... should I fix that somehow?
* s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061103 02:15]:
Incoming from Michael Prokop:
- s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061102 23:06]:
You seem to be running this command in the shell, right? Of course it won't work then, because you specified 'partition=/dev/hdc1' as your partition instead of just '/dev/hdc1'.
Thanks, that worked. I now have grml-small installed and bootable from my existing grub. I've done "apt-get update && aptitude update && aptitude install xserver-xorg xfonts-75dpi fluxbox" and can now run X. There's lots of free space on my 2 Gb drive. :-)
I appear to have lots of broken (according to aptitude) packages. I've got the stock grml-small three lines uncommented in /etc/apt/sources.list ... should I fix that somehow?
I don't know what's your problem, but
deb http://grml.org/repos/ ./
should be activated in /etc/apt/sources.list, yes.
regards, -mika-
Incoming from Michael Prokop:
s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061103 02:15]:
I appear to have lots of broken (according to aptitude) packages. I've got the stock grml-small three lines uncommented in /etc/apt/sources.list ... should I fix that somehow?
I don't know what's your problem, but
--------------------------------------------------- ... Selecting previously deselected package man-db. Unpacking man-db (from .../man-db_2.4.3-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package manpages. Unpacking manpages (from .../manpages_2.39-1_all.deb) ... Setting up fontconfig (2.4.1-2) ... Updating font configuration of fontconfig... Cleaning up category cid.. Cleaning up category truetype.. Cleaning up category type1.. Updating category type1.. Updating category truetype.. Updating category cid.. Cleaning up old fontconfig caches... done. Regenerating fonts cache... failed. See /var/log/fontconfig.log for more information. dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpango1.0-common: libpango1.0-common depends on fontconfig (>= 2.1.91); however: Package fontconfig is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libpango1.0-common (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libpango1.0-0: libpango1.0-0 depends on libpango1.0-common (>= 1.14.7-1); however: Package libpango1.0-common is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libpango1.0-0 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-0: libgtk2.0-0 depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.14.5); however: Package libpango1.0-0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-0 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of gkrellm: gkrellm depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.0); however: Package libgtk2.0-0 is not configured yet. gkrellm depends on libpango1.0-0 (>= 1.12.0); however: Package libpango1.0-0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing gkrellm (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of libgtk2.0-bin: libgtk2.0-bin depends on libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.8.20-3); however: Package libgtk2.0-0 is not configured yet. dpkg: error processing libgtk2.0-bin (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Setting up bsdmainutils (6.1.4) ...
Setting up groff-base (1.18.1.1-12) ...
... ---------------------------------------------------
Here's fontconfig.log:
--------------------------------------------------- fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 2 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype": caching, 0 fonts, 2 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera": caching, 10 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts": caching, 35 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 7 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/util": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc": caching, 55 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1": caching, 9 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/local/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/root/.fonts": skipping, no such directory fc-cache: succeeded ---------------------------------------------------
deb http://grml.org/repos/ ./
should be activated in /etc/apt/sources.list, yes.
There's deb and deb-src lines pointing there. I suppose I should just --purge fontconfig && install fontconfig.
* s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061103 17:26]:
Incoming from Michael Prokop:
s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061103 02:15]:
I appear to have lots of broken (according to aptitude) packages. I've got the stock grml-small three lines uncommented in /etc/apt/sources.list ... should I fix that somehow?
I don't know what's your problem, but
[...]
Cleaning up old fontconfig caches... done. Regenerating fonts cache... failed. See /var/log/fontconfig.log for more information. dpkg: error processing fontconfig (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
[...]
Here's fontconfig.log:
---------------------------------------------------fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 2 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype": caching, 0 fonts, 2 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-bitstream-vera": caching, 10 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/openoffice": caching, 1 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/share/fonts/type1/gsfonts": caching, 35 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 7 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings": caching, 0 fonts, 1 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/encodings/large": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/util": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc": caching, 55 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi": caching, 397 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1": caching, 9 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/usr/local/share/fonts": caching, 0 fonts, 0 dirs fc-cache: "/root/.fonts": skipping, no such directory fc-cache: succeeded
What a stupid script...
If you run the command manually it does not return any errors as well, right?
# fc-cache -s -f -v
A workaround would be to just disable the fc-cache line in /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postinst and rerun "apt-get install" then.
regards, -mika-
Incoming from Michael Prokop:
- s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061103 17:26]:
Incoming from Michael Prokop:
s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061103 02:15]:
I appear to have lots of broken (according to aptitude) packages.
[snip] What a stupid script...
The price was right.
If you run the command manually it does not return any errors as well, right?
# fc-cache -s -f -v
Correct.
A workaround would be to just disable the fc-cache line in /var/lib/dpkg/info/fontconfig.postinst and rerun "apt-get install" then.
Did so, then ran into other problems, much like the above. I've been trying:
- apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
- apt-get update && apt-get install aptitude ; aptitude update && aptitude upgrade
and I keep coming up against things like this:
------------------------------------------------------ Reading package fields... Done Reading package status... Done Retrieving bug reports... Done Parsing Found/Fixed information... Done Extracting templates from packages: 100% Preconfiguring packages ... I: mdadm: debconf backend too old, defering configuration... (Reading database ... 15514 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace coreutils 5.93-5 (using .../coreutils_5.97-5.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement coreutils ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.97-5.1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz', which is the diverted version of `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils.1.gz' dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.97-5.1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: aptitude: symbol lookup error: aptitude: undefined symbol: _ZN9pkgPolicyD2Ev aptitude upgrade 36.49s user 22.64s system 72% cpu 1:21.37 total ------------------------------------------------------
complaining about a different package each time. What's that symbol lookup error from aptitude? I've tried dpkg -i with similar results.
* s. keeling keeling@spots.ab.ca [20061104 06:15]:
Incoming from Michael Prokop:
[...]
Preparing to replace coreutils 5.93-5 (using .../coreutils_5.97-5.1_i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement coreutils ... dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.97-5.1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to overwrite `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.1.gz', which is the diverted version of `/usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils.1.gz' dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) Errors were encountered while processing: /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.97-5.1_i386.deb E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) A package failed to install. Trying to recover: aptitude: symbol lookup error: aptitude: undefined symbol: _ZN9pkgPolicyD2Ev aptitude upgrade 36.49s user 22.64s system 72% cpu 1:21.37 total
complaining about a different package each time. What's that symbol lookup error from aptitude? I've tried dpkg -i with similar results.
Regarding to Debian's changelog this problem should have been fixed:
,---- [ /usr/share/doc/coreutils/changelog.Debian.gz ] | coreutils (5.97-1) unstable; urgency=low | | * New upstream version | - cat options work in /proc Closes: 370583 | * [70] add sha2 utilities Closes: 325205 | * remove spurious removal of /usr/share/man/man1/md5sum.textutils | in preinst | | -- Michael Stone mstone@debian.org Wed, 26 Jul 2006 07:34:44 -0400 `----
Your can force overwrite manually running
# dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/coreutils_5.97-5.1_i386.deb
regards, -mika-
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