[Bug 721676] New: openSUSE-12.1 beta1 installation fails with transition lock on /var/lib/rpm/ error
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676#c0 Summary: openSUSE-12.1 beta1 installation fails with transition lock on /var/lib/rpm/ error Classification: openSUSE Product: openSUSE 12.1 Version: Beta 1 Platform: i686 OS/Version: SuSE Other Status: NEW Severity: Critical Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: lee_matheson@hotmail.com QAContact: jsrain@suse.com Found By: --- Blocker: --- User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.23) Gecko/20110920 SUSE/3.6.23-0.2.1 Firefox/3.6.23 32-bit openSUSE-12.1 beta1 (build 0315) DVD fails installation immediately after software installation complete, but before 1st reboot with error: *** Starting YaST *** error: can't create a transition lock on /var/lib/rpm/ .rpm lock (no such file or directory) I obtained the same error on these 4 cases: 1. chose LXDE desktop with no special boot codes 2. chose LXDE desktop with nomodeset boot code 3. chose LXDE desktop with safe settings 4. chose KDE desktop with nomodeset boot code I note I had selected to install / on sdb1 and /home on /sdb5. This partition combination worked on openSUSE-12.1 milestone5. PC is an athlon-1100 w/2GB RAM and a nVidia FX5200 graphic card Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Attempt to install and problem occurs everytime 2. 3. Actual Results: Above noted failure occurs every time, with PC install halting at "error: can't create a transition lock on /var/lib/rpm/ .rpm lock (no such file or directory)" error. Pressing <enter> does not help. Pressing <ctrl><c> aborts the install, giving ansi menu's to install or reboot. GRUB is already setup, but rebooting results in a hang at the log in menu with no users recognized. Expected Results: Install should complete nominally. I kept failed install on PC. I can likely boot to a liveCD and access the installation logs. Is there any log file that I can provide to help in the debugging ? Note my 'paid' daytime work (which is not related to GNU/Linux) is very busy currently, so my reply's to this bug report may be slow. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Ben Kevan
I mounted my 12.1 beta1 / and see that there is in fact a /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock of zero bytes.
From the original post, it looks like it's looking for: /var/lib/rpm/ .rpm.lock (notice the space before .rpm.lock). It may just be a typo on the OP's part, but if it's not, then there is an extra space in there breaking the installation.
Time to DL and check in KVM. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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On the other hand all installs since build 315 and later stop at: "error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (No such file or directory)" at which point the installation hangs. /home only has /lost+found and nothing
That is not the cause of the failed installation.
Aside from the logs that are generated is there a trace that can be turned on to indicate which lines of code from which executable is issuing which messages?
Yes, either check vt8 (switch via alt+f8) or /var/log/Xorg.0.log for a backtrace indicating a segfault in the evdev driver. That is the likely cause of this report and a number of other potential dupes of bug #720571. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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Guido Berhörster
Above noted failure occurs every time, with PC install halting at "error: can't create a transition lock on /var/lib/rpm/ .rpm lock (no such file or directory)" error. Pressing <enter> does not help. Pressing <ctrl><c> aborts the install, giving ansi menu's to install or reboot. GRUB is already setup, but rebooting results in a hang at the log in menu with no users recognized.
Can you please check vt8 or /var/log/Xorg.0.log to verify that this is bug #720571? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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On the other hand all installs since build 315 and later stop at: "error: can't create transaction lock on /var/lib/rpm/.rpm.lock (No such file or directory)" at which point the installation hangs. /home only has /lost+found and nothing
That is not the cause of the failed installation.
In other words: all installs that I performed on my PC from build 315 on stop at "transaction lock"... I was illustrating the only events that made themselves visible. Surely someone with familiarity with the code and scripts would look for completed events that may lead to the visible ones.
Aside from the logs that are generated is there a trace that can be turned on to indicate which lines of code from which executable is issuing which messages?
Yes, either check vt8 (switch via alt+f8) or /var/log/Xorg.0.log for a backtrace indicating a segfault in the evdev driver. That is the likely cause of this report and a number of other potential dupes of bug #720571.
No. I am talking about a trace similar to what compilers offer. A check into the /var/log of the involved partitions show NO Xorg*.* none. If you look at the ls -l /r5/var/log/* in comment 14 you will see that. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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--- Comment #19 from Guido Berhörster
Aside from the logs that are generated is there a trace that can be turned on to indicate which lines of code from which executable is issuing which messages?
Yes, either check vt8 (switch via alt+f8) or /var/log/Xorg.0.log for a backtrace indicating a segfault in the evdev driver. That is the likely cause of this report and a number of other potential dupes of bug #720571.
No. I am talking about a trace similar to what compilers offer.
I don't know what you mean, however the backtrace is what matters here.
A check into the /var/log of the involved partitions show NO Xorg*.* none If you look at the ls -l /r5/var/log/* in comment 14 you will see that.
Yeah, that's because the installer system runs in tmpfs and you're looking at the root fs of the half-installed system. You need to check /var/log/Xorg.0log (or look at vt8) when this happens, the log will be gone after rebooting. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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The hard drive that I used for the failed installs of builds 315-319 uses a GPT partition table. So I thought I would try an install 12.1 beta1 build 323 onto partitions on my older WD1600AAJS hard drive with msdos partition table. Success. I must add that I had successful installs of 12.1 milestones onto the GPT drive.
Likely a coincidence of the evdev driver not crashing. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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I have no idea why Lee's F3 key isn't working - I had no issue. Perhaps he is on a laptop?
Its an old desktop PC, but I think the non-functioning of my F3 key is a 'red herring' and not relevant to bug 721676. The F3 key could be a hardware issue with an old keyboard and I need to check out a different keyboard separately with this PC. Its good to read there is a TEXT mode work around (which I can't unfortunately test until I plug in a different keyboard), but still, this 12.1 beta1 DVD install should be working with the FBDEV video driver (which it does not). I did manage to install 12.1 beta1 on same PC from a KDE liveCD, and so this Bug-721676 appears to be DVD specific. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676#c Bug 721676 depends on bug 723777, which changed state. Bug 723777 Summary: X crashes shortly before end of installation http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723777 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |FIXED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676#c Bug 721676 depends on bug 724713, which changed state. Bug 724713 Summary: Installation of openSUSE 12.1b1 as VirtualBox guest fails after graphical installer when running installed system with kexec http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=724713 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721676#c Bug 721676 depends on bug 723777, which changed state. Bug 723777 Summary: X crashes shortly before end of installation http://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723777 What |Old Value |New Value ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED | -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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