How to find/capture install messages

gw1500se · 11-03-2008, 05:17 PM

I am upgrading Mandriva from DVD and have encountered a problem. I opened a separate thread on this problem but I need the upgrade output to solve that so this is kind of a different thread.

I am getting an error with respect to X11 configuration. It goes into a loop and the only way to end it is to power off the machine. I cannot find where the upgrade puts its messages. So my question is, how do I get the upgrade to log messages, or if is does where are they (not in /var/log that I can find)?

budword · 11-05-2008, 02:58 AM

Have you tried dmesg ? Also, you boot into lvl 2 (text only mode), then start the X server, and see the output, and perhaps error messeges, or at least see where it fails.

David

gw1500se · 11-05-2008, 04:42 PM

Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately by the time I boot the system so I can look at dmesg, the ring has wrapped or there is nothing from the install in it. Starting X is not the issue, the error messages indicate a problem locating the driver modules. The install process is not completing so I can only assume some config/control files are not being written. I tried to figure out a way to do just that much of the install using one of the Drake tools but I can't figure out what to tell it to install that is not already installed according to the rpm database.

gw1500se · 11-07-2008, 06:00 PM

I don't know if this will help but I used ssh to do an xorgconf. I then tried 'startx' and got a bunch of output. Here is the result:

Quote:

X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 7.2
Build Operating System: UNKNOWN
Current Operating System: Linux dap002 2.6.17-13mdv #1 SMP Fri Mar 23 19:03:31 UTC 2007 i686
Build Date: 26 March 2007
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Nov 7 18:50:16 2008
(==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
Using vt 7

(EE) I810(0): [drm] Direct rendering only supported in 16 and 32 bpp modes
*** glibc detected *** ksplash: malloc(): memory corruption: 0x081126f8 ***
======= Backtrace: =========
/lib/i686/libc.so.6[0xb68a5a38]
/lib/i686/libc.so.6(__libc_malloc+0x85)[0xb68a7075]
/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6(_Znwj+0x27)[0xb6a52e57]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QPixmap4initEiiibNS_12OptimizationE+0x168)[0xb70bcfb8]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QPixmapC1Ev+0x69)[0xb71764f9]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_Z6bitBltP12QPaintDeviceiiPK6QImageiiiii+0x25)[0xb71685b5]
/usr/lib/kde3/ksplashmoodin.so(_ZN12EffectWidget10paintEventEP11QPaintEvent+0x10c)[0xb668dd8c]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN7QWidget5eventEP6QEvent+0x273)[0xb719af03]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication14internalNotifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x97)[0xb7105d87]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0xa9)[0xb7106bd9]
/usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4(_ZN12KApplication6notifyEP7QObjectP6QEvent+0x20a)[0xb77f74ba]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication16sendPostedEventsEP7QObjecti+0x20c)[0xb71076bc]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication16sendPostedEventsEv+0x26)[0xb71077b6]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop13processEventsEj+0x427)[0xb70b6f27]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop9enterLoopEv+0x42)[0xb711b762]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN10QEventLoop4execEv+0x26)[0xb711b626]
/usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3(_ZN12QApplication4execEv+0x1f)[0xb710573f]
ksplash[0x8051841]
[0x20]
======= Memory map: ========
08048000-08058000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 1397607 /usr/bin/ksplash
08058000-08059000 rw-p 00010000 03:07 1397607 /usr/bin/ksplash
08059000-08333000 rw-p 08059000 00:00 0 [heap]
b6500000-b6521000 rw-p b6500000 00:00 0
b6521000-b6600000 ---p b6521000 00:00 0
b664d000-b6663000 r--p 00000000 03:07 873600 /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1/a010013l.pfb
b6663000-b666b000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 246103 /lib/libnss_files-2.4.so
b666b000-b666d000 rw-p 00007000 03:01 246103 /lib/libnss_files-2.4.so
b667f000-b6692000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 591565 /usr/lib/kde3/ksplashmoodin.so
b6692000-b6693000 rw-p 00013000 03:07 591565 /usr/lib/kde3/ksplashmoodin.so
b6693000-b66ac000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 263169 /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/ia_ora.so
b66ac000-b66ad000 rw-p 00019000 03:07 263169 /usr/lib/kde3/plugins/styles/ia_ora.so
b66ad000-b66b3000 r--s 00000000 03:08 594958 /var/cache/fontconfig/20b58f14c9b581391d79ea335a81488a-x86.cache-2
b66b3000-b66b5000 r--s 00000000 03:08 594971 /var/cache/fontconfig/e6845615947634e89d319e77806483ba-x86.cache-2
b66b5000-b66bb000 r--s 00000000 03:08 595001 /var/cache/fontconfig/d4b6e1db2c46a3b281c413657cd2bc49-x86.cache-2
b66bb000-b66bd000 r--s 00000000 03:08 594959 /var/cache/fontconfig/87f5e051180a7a75f16eb6fe7dbd3749-x86.cache-2
b66bd000-b66c3000 r--s 00000000 03:08 594957 /var/cache/fontconfig/b79f3aaa7d385a141ab53ec885cc22a8-x86.cache-2
b66c3000-b66c9000 r--s 00000000 03:08 595006 /var/cache/fontconfig/79aeb4e90a401e55ec91db207072ba77-x86.cache-2
b66c9000-b66d7000 r--s 00000000 03:08 595007 /var/cache/fontconfig/8d4af663993b81a124ee82e610bb31f9-x86.cache-2
b66d7000-b671d000 r--s 00000000 03:08 594961 /var/cache/fontconfig/17090aa38d5c6f09fb8c5c354938f1d7-x86.cache-2
b671d000-b6759000 r--p 00000000 03:07 840959 /usr/share/locale/UTF-8/LC_CTYPE
b6759000-b683d000 r--p 00000000 03:07 840960 /usr/share/locale/UTF-8/LC_COLLATE
b683d000-b6840000 rw-p b683d000 00:00 0
b6840000-b6969000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245873 /lib/i686/libc-2.4.so
b6969000-b696a000 r--p 00129000 03:01 245873 /lib/i686/libc-2.4.so
b696a000-b696c000 rw-p 0012a000 03:01 245873 /lib/i686/libc-2.4.so
b696c000-b6970000 rw-p b696c000 00:00 0
b6970000-b697a000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 246107 /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2.so.1
b697a000-b697b000 rw-p 0000a000 03:01 246107 /lib/libgcc_s-4.1.2.so.1
b697b000-b69a0000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245772 /lib/i686/libm-2.4.so
b69a0000-b69a2000 rw-p 00024000 03:01 245772 /lib/i686/libm-2.4.so
b69a2000-b6a7e000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566578 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.8
b6a7e000-b6a81000 r--p 000db000 03:07 566578 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.8
b6a81000-b6a83000 rw-p 000de000 03:07 566578 /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6.0.8
b6a83000-b6a89000 rw-p b6a83000 00:00 0
b6a89000-b6a8c000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245858 /lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
b6a8c000-b6a8d000 rw-p 00003000 03:01 245858 /lib/libattr.so.1.1.0
b6a8d000-b6a93000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 246086 /lib/libacl.so.1.1.0
b6a93000-b6a94000 rw-p 00005000 03:01 246086 /lib/libacl.so.1.1.0
b6a94000-b6a9a000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566796 /usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0
b6a9a000-b6a9b000 rw-p 00006000 03:07 566796 /usr/lib/libfam.so.0.0.0
b6a9b000-b6a9c000 rw-p b6a9b000 00:00 0
b6a9c000-b6aae000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245808 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3
b6aae000-b6aaf000 rw-p 00011000 03:01 245808 /lib/libz.so.1.2.3
b6aaf000-b6ab1000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 246099 /lib/libdl-2.4.so
b6ab1000-b6ab3000 rw-p 00001000 03:01 246099 /lib/libdl-2.4.so
b6ab3000-b6ab8000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566669 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b6ab8000-b6ab9000 rw-p 00004000 03:07 566669 /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6.0.0
b6ab9000-b6abb000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566665 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b6abb000-b6abc000 rw-p 00001000 03:07 566665 /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
b6abc000-b6bb7000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566538 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b6bb7000-b6bbb000 rw-p 000fb000 03:07 566538 /usr/lib/libX11.so.6.2.0
b6bbb000-b6bc3000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566680 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
b6bc3000-b6bc4000 rw-p 00007000 03:07 566680 /usr/lib/libXrender.so.1.3.0
b6bc4000-b6bc5000 rw-p b6bc4000 00:00 0
b6bc5000-b6bd5000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245795 /lib/i686/libpthread-2.4.so
b6bd5000-b6bd7000 rw-p 0000f000 03:01 245795 /lib/i686/libpthread-2.4.so
b6bd7000-b6bd9000 rw-p b6bd7000 00:00 0
b6bd9000-b6bef000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566667 /usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0
b6bef000-b6bf0000 rw-p 00015000 03:07 566667 /usr/lib/libICE.so.6.3.0
b6bf0000-b6bf2000 rw-p b6bf0000 00:00 0
b6bf2000-b6bfa000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566678 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0
b6bfa000-b6bfb000 rw-p 00008000 03:07 566678 /usr/lib/libSM.so.6.0.0
b6bfb000-b6c09000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566674 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b6c09000-b6c0a000 rw-p 0000e000 03:07 566674 /usr/lib/libXext.so.6.4.0
b6c0a000-b6c2e000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566560 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.13.0
b6c2e000-b6c2f000 rw-p 00024000 03:07 566560 /usr/lib/libpng12.so.0.13.0
b6c2f000-b6d5b000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566565 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.27
b6d5b000-b6d60000 rw-p 0012c000 03:07 566565 /usr/lib/libxml2.so.2.6.27
b6d60000-b6d62000 rw-p b6d60000 00:00 0
b6d62000-b6dd6000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566552 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.12
b6dd6000-b6dda000 rw-p 00073000 03:07 566552 /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6.3.12
b6dda000-b6e01000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566700 /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.2.0
b6e01000-b6e09000 rw-p 00026000 03:07 566700 /usr/lib/libfontconfig.so.1.2.0
b6e09000-b6e1c000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566702 /usr/lib/libXft.so.2.1.2
b6e1c000-b6e1d000 rw-p 00012000 03:07 566702 /usr/lib/libXft.so.2.1.2
b6e1d000-b6e1f000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566690 /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
b6e1f000-b6e20000 rw-p 00001000 03:07 566690 /usr/lib/libXinerama.so.1.0.0
b6e20000-b6e24000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566722 /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
b6e24000-b6e25000 rw-p 00003000 03:07 566722 /usr/lib/libXfixes.so.3.1.0
b6e25000-b6e2e000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 973774 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
b6e2e000-b6e2f000 rw-p 00008000 03:07 973774 /usr/lib/libXcursor.so.1.0.2
b6e2f000-b6e30000 rw-p b6e2f000 00:00 0
b6e30000-b6e36000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566726 /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
b6e36000-b6e37000 rw-p 00005000 03:07 566726 /usr/lib/libXrandr.so.2.1.0
b6e37000-b6e57000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566566 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b6e57000-b6e58000 rw-p 00020000 03:07 566566 /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62.0.0
b6e58000-b6e88000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566845 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.16
b6e88000-b6e89000 rw-p 00030000 03:07 566845 /usr/lib/liblcms.so.1.0.16
b6e89000-b6e8c000 rw-p b6e89000 00:00 0
b6e8c000-b6ef3000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566861 /usr/lib/libmng.so.1.0.0
b6ef3000-b6ef6000 rw-p 00066000 03:07 566861 /usr/lib/libmng.so.1.0.0
b6ef6000-b7565000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 582760 /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.8
b7565000-b75a5000 rw-p 0066f000 03:07 582760 /usr/lib/qt3/lib/libqt-mt.so.3.3.8
b75a5000-b75a8000 rw-p b75a5000 00:00 0
b75a8000-b75d5000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 567017 /usr/lib/libkdefx.so.4.2.0
b75d5000-b75d6000 rw-p 0002d000 03:07 567017 /usr/lib/libkdefx.so.4.2.0
b75d6000-b75d7000 rw-p b75d6000 00:00 0
b75d7000-b75ee000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566843 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.19
b75ee000-b75ef000 rw-p 00017000 03:07 566843 /usr/lib/libart_lgpl_2.so.2.3.19
b75ef000-b75f1000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245805 /lib/libutil-2.4.so
b75f1000-b75f3000 rw-p 00001000 03:01 245805 /lib/libutil-2.4.so
b75f3000-b7601000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245800 /lib/libresolv-2.4.so
b7601000-b7603000 rw-p 0000e000 03:01 245800 /lib/libresolv-2.4.so
b7603000-b7605000 rw-p b7603000 00:00 0
b7605000-b763a000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 566986 /usr/lib/libDCOP.so.4.2.0
b763a000-b763b000 rw-p 00035000 03:07 566986 /usr/lib/libDCOP.so.4.2.0
b763b000-b763d000 rw-p b763b000 00:00 0
b763d000-b78a5000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 567010 /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4.2.0
b78a5000-b78b6000 rw-p 00267000 03:07 567010 /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4.2.0
b78b6000-b78b8000 rw-p b78b6000 00:00 0
b78b8000-b78c9000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 567123 /usr/lib/libkwalletclient.so.1.0.1
b78c9000-b78ca000 rw-p 00011000 03:07 567123 /usr/lib/libkwalletclient.so.1.0.1
b78ca000-b78cb000 rw-p b78ca000 00:00 0
b78cb000-b78e1000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 567051 /usr/lib/libkdesu.so.4.2.0
b78e1000-b78e2000 rw-p 00015000 03:07 567051 /usr/lib/libkdesu.so.4.2.0
b78e2000-b7bd9000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 567054 /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4.2.0
b7bd9000-b7c04000 rw-p 002f6000 03:07 567054 /usr/lib/libkdeui.so.4.2.0
b7c04000-b7c05000 rw-p b7c04000 00:00 0
b7c05000-b7f77000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 567066 /usr/lib/libkio.so.4.2.0
b7f77000-b7f96000 rw-p 00372000 03:07 567066 /usr/lib/libkio.so.4.2.0
b7f96000-b7f97000 rw-p b7f96000 00:00 0
b7f97000-b7fa2000 r-xp 00000000 03:07 972843 /usr/lib/libksplashthemes.so.0.0.0
b7fa2000-b7fa3000 rw-p 0000b000 03:07 972843 /usr/lib/libksplashthemes.so.0.0.0
b7fa4000-b7fa5000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842887 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_NUMERIC
b7fa5000-b7fa6000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842852 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_TIME
b7fa6000-b7fa7000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842857 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MONETARY
b7fa7000-b7fa8000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842889 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MESSAGES/SYS_LC_MESSAGES
b7fa8000-b7fa9000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842880 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_PAPER
b7fa9000-b7faa000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842856 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_NAME
b7faa000-b7fab000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842860 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_ADDRESS
b7fab000-b7fac000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842853 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_TELEPHONE
b7fac000-b7fad000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842858 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_MEASUREMENT
b7fad000-b7fb4000 r--s 00000000 03:07 566544 /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache
b7fb4000-b7fb5000 r--p 00000000 03:07 842859 /usr/share/locale/en_US.UTF-8/LC_IDENTIFICATION
b7fb5000-b7fb6000 rw-p b7fb5000 00:00 0
b7fb6000-b7fce000 r-xp 00000000 03:01 245774 /lib/ld-2.4.so
b7fce000-b7fcf000 r--p 00017000 03:01 245774 /lib/ld-2.4.so
b7fcf000-b7fd0000 rw-p 00018000 03:01 245774 /lib/ld-2.4.so
bfa13000-bfa28000 rw-p bfa13000 00:00 0 [stack]
bfffe000-bffff000 r-xp bfffe000 00:00 0

waiting for X server to shut down

One additional note. I did get a display on my monitor that it was an unsupported mode. I guess that means I had my scan information wrong. I have a ProView 900P. Unfortunately the manual does not contain any information that I can translate into answers asked by 'xorgconf'. I doubt this is the problem but if anyone is familiar with this monitor I would appreciate it if you could tell me what the correct settings should be. At least that will eliminate that as a possibility.

Thanks for your help.

syg00 · 11-07-2008, 07:02 PM

Can't help with X, but most installs (don't know about Mandy) dump the messages out to another vt - try <Alt>-F4 or 5. What the hell, try them all ...

gw1500se · 11-08-2008, 07:22 AM

Thanks but none of those keys do anything. At that time during the install, I'm sure the problem is that there is just not enough OS available for redirection or much of anything else.