[SOLVED] setup fails on most current Slackware-current March 26, 2012

AlleyTrotter · 03-27-2012, 07:35 AM

I used Alien's mirror script to download and burn a current DVD for Slackware. The burn failed because the iso was > 4.7G.
Easy fix delete kdei/. Everything OK so far.
Reboot from DVD and log in as root. run 'setup' no messages, after a few seconds, newline and bash prompt return. Repeated attempts produce the same result.
my system:
uname -a returns
Linux Linux 3.3.0 #2 SMP Mon Mar 19 08:13:15 EDT 2012 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
8GB memory
Lots of space on drives.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
John

SfinxSoft · 03-27-2012, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlleyTrotter

I used Alien's mirror script to download and burn a current DVD for Slackware. The burn failed because the iso was > 4.7G.
Easy fix delete kdei/. Everything OK so far.
Reboot from DVD and log in as root. run 'setup' no messages, after a few seconds, newline and bash prompt return. Repeated attempts produce the same result.
my system:
uname -a returns
Linux Linux 3.3.0 #2 SMP Mon Mar 19 08:13:15 EDT 2012 x86_64 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
8GB memory
Lots of space on drives.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
John

The same here: as I see the dialog do not start - "Error opening terminal: unknown", seems like ncurses/termcap problem in the current build.

P.S. The further investigation shows the problem with sh (busybox) that do not propagates the TERM env var to child scripts.

P.P.S. Uploading the bash static binary and linking it to /bin/sh solved the issue completely - I've managed to install the distro.

ponce · 03-28-2012, 05:15 AM

here, I changed the config file for building busybox like this:

Code:

--- installer/busybox-dot-config.orig	2012-01-09 19:51:11.000000000 +0100
+++ installer/busybox-dot-config	2012-03-28 10:05:57.705013774 +0200
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 #
 # Build Options
 #
-# CONFIG_STATIC is not set
+CONFIG_STATIC=y
 # CONFIG_PIE is not set
 # CONFIG_NOMMU is not set
 # CONFIG_BUILD_LIBBUSYBOX is not set
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 #
 # Busybox Library Tuning
 #
-CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSTEMD=y
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_SYSTEMD is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_RTMINMAX=y
 CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
 CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=2

(why the second mod? because

)

AlleyTrotter · 03-29-2012, 06:29 PM

Thanks for the replies, but no success
patched busybox-dot-config as described
ran busybox.Slackbuild
archived the output from the slackbuild with cpio > initrd.img
copied the initrd.img to slackware64/isolinux/initrd.img
rebuilt the DVD

did I do something wrong or miss something?

the boot from the install disk hangs at the same place
setup will not run

looking for any other suggestions
thanks
john

PS using the March 28th changelog

gmartin · 04-03-2012, 08:12 PM

Same issue here using the 3/29 changes

AlleyTrotter · 04-04-2012, 07:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmartin

Same issue here using the 3/29 changes

There is a work around I have used for temporary install of current.

Boot with your 13.37 disk, after you log in as root remove the 13.37 DVD
and replace it with current DVD. enter 'setup' and you should be able to install current.
Of course this is only a temporary fix as I would expect Pat to fix this before the next release.
Credit for the workaround goes to PV as he taught me that in one of my 'guru wannbe' lessons

hope it helps
john

ruario · 04-04-2012, 11:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlleyTrotter

There is a work around I have used for temporary install of current.

Boot with your 13.37 disk, after you log in as root remove the 13.37 DVD
and replace it with current DVD. enter 'setup' and you should be able to install current.

Or boot your 13.37 CD/DVD, do a network install and set the network path to be a current directory on your favoured mirror

ponce · 04-04-2012, 12:08 PM

or, if you like, you can also try these mini-isos, where I built busybox statically and replaced it in the initrd (more info on how to extract the initrd here).

P.S. you can also:
- rebuild busybox (/source/installer) modifying busybox-dot-config as above: resulting binary will be in /tmp/busybox-*/_install/bin/busybox;
- extract the initrd.img that you find on slackware's mirrors;
- replace busybox (in extracted_initrd_folder/bin) with the just built one;
- reassemble the initrd.img;
- put it in the isolinux folder of your slackware*-current mirror;
- create the full iso with Eric's script

Code:

mirror-slackware-current.sh -i

AlleyTrotter · 04-04-2012, 02:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ponce

or, if you like, you can also try these mini-isos, where I built busybox statically and replaced it in the initrd (more info on how to extract the initrd here).

P.S. you can also:
- rebuild busybox (/source/installer) modifying busybox-dot-config as above: resulting binary will be in /tmp/busybox-*/_install/bin/busybox;
- extract the initrd.img that you find on slackware's mirrors;
- replace busybox (in extracted_initrd_folder/bin) with the just built one;
- reassemble the initrd.img;
- put it in the isolinux folder of your slackware*-current mirror;
- create the full iso with Eric's script

Code:

mirror-slackware-current.sh -i

Thanks again Ponce
Even after much time googling I did not find the page
http://www.flaterco.com/kb/slackware.html here
It would have helped much
Anyway fixing it was a good learning experience for me.

Thanks
john

hbr · 04-04-2012, 03:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SfinxSoft

P.P.S. Uploading the bash static binary and linking it to /bin/sh solved the issue completely - I've managed to install the distro.

Had the same problem.
Thanks to SfinxSoft solved in my case in 4 easy steps:

1) wget ftp://ftp.sh.cvut.cz/MIRRORS/slackwa...010-i486-1.txz
2) installpkg bash-4.1.010-i486-1.txz
[downloading bash package and installing it]

3) rm /bin/sh
4) ln /bin/bash /bin/sh
[replacing sh by bash - creating a link to bash in place of sh]

After that setup ran without any problem.
Thanks again

willysr · 04-08-2012, 12:08 AM

try to update your -Current ISO using the latest update. Pat has updated the initrd to use Genuine Bash instead of Busybox Ash

Quote:

Sat Apr 7 21:48:42 UTC 2012
l/libtiff-3.9.6-i486-1.txz: Upgraded.
Patched overflows that could lead to arbitrary code execution when parsing
a malformed image file.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename...=CVE-2012-1173
(* Security fix *)
isolinux/initrd.img: Rebuilt.
Use genuine GNU bash instead of busybox ash. This fixes installer failure
caused by exported variables such as TERM failing to propogate to subshells.
I'm still not sure what's causing that issue (perhaps a change in glibc?),
but using real bash might be better in the long run, as we won't need to
avoid bashisms in the scripts. The original reason bash was avoided was to
keep things small for installer floppies, and we're well past that era.
usb-and-pxe-installers/usbboot.img: Rebuilt.

gmartin · 04-08-2012, 07:28 AM

Thanks, Willysr.
Looks like the x86_64 is a couple days behind ( at least the change log on Slackware.org). As soon as the change shows up I'll test it.

Alien Bob · 04-08-2012, 07:39 AM

gmartin, you better check the actual changelog instead of the script-generated pretty-page. In http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackwar.../ChangeLog.txt you'll see that 64bit is as up-to-date as 32bit.

Eric

willysr · 04-08-2012, 08:51 AM

Yup, Pat uploaded all the 32/64 packages simultaneously, so they are all synched all the time

gmartin · 04-08-2012, 11:25 AM

Yes. My local sync'd copy was up to date. Install went fine. Thanks for the tip.