[Bug 390837] New: network installation with vncviewer command crashes installation process
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837 Summary: network installation with vncviewer command crashes installation process Product: openSUSE 11.0 Version: Beta 3 Platform: i586 OS/Version: openSUSE 11.0 Status: NEW Severity: Blocker Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: yxu@novell.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com Found By: --- Doing remote installation, using a script that writes a section into grub with the SLP installation source. Boot the host to the installation source, start "vncview $hostname:1" on my workstation, and then a vnc windows pops up for less then half a second, and disappeared. Go to the installation host, on the monitor there's red line "an error occurred during installation". Try again with different resolutions: 1024x768, 800x600, Normal. Didn't help. Still crashes installation process. Nevertheless, when trying from browser http://$hostip/5801 it works fine and could finish installation. The script will be attached. It is trustful, has been used since years. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c1 --- Comment #1 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-15 09:12:45 MST --- Created an attachment (id=215636) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=215636) the script for setting up grub -- 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=390837 User aj@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c2 Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |snwint@novell.com Severity|Blocker |Major --- Comment #2 from Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> 2008-05-15 09:14:56 MST --- This is not a blocker. -- 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=390837 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c3 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Major |Normal Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |yxu@novell.com --- Comment #3 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-05-15 09:49:52 MST --- a) does it work without vnc? b) what's the error message (n console 3)? -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c4 --- Comment #4 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-15 10:24:06 MST --- a) yes b) didn't notice. Will try again. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c5 --- Comment #5 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-15 10:27:17 MST --- (In reply to comment #4 from Yi Xu)
a) yes
No. not always. Just saw a test host which is stalled at "sending DHCP request to eth0", and then red screen: "Could not find openSUSE repository, activate manual set up".
b) didn't notice. Will try again.
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https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837 Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|snwint@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|yxu@novell.com | -- 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=390837 User mmrazik@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c6 Martin Mrazik <mmrazik@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |snwint@novell.com --- Comment #6 from Martin Mrazik <mmrazik@novell.com> 2008-05-15 10:46:15 MST --- Yi: I don't understand why this was re-assigned to bnc-screening team. Steffen: reassigning back to you -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c7 --- Comment #7 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 02:37:42 MST --- (In reply to comment #6 from Martin Mrazik)
Yi: I don't understand why this was re-assigned to bnc-screening team. Steffen: reassigning back to you
Oh, I clicked reassign to default assignee. Seems that doesn't work although someone already took the bug. -- 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=390837 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c8 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |yxu@novell.com --- Comment #8 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-05-16 03:06:32 MST --- Yi, I'll need the log messages from console 3. Or boot with linuxrc.debug=1 linuxrc.log=/foo and attach the log. Right now I'd say it's a setup error on your side. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c9 --- Comment #9 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 03:51:36 MST --- linuxrc.debug=1 linuxrc.log=/tmp/linuxrc.log didn't write any log. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c10 --- Comment #10 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 04:00:18 MST --- Created an attachment (id=215897) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=215897) PNG from console 4 -- 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=390837 Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|yxu@novell.com | -- 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=390837 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c11 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |yxu@novell.com --- Comment #11 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-05-16 06:00:53 MST --- To comment 9: That can't be. Either you made a spelling error or didn't pass the option. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c12 --- Comment #12 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 06:20:32 MST --- You can ssh neme2.suse.de (or colfax.suse.de) to check boot menu. -- 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=390837 Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|yxu@novell.com | -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c13 --- Comment #13 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 06:42:09 MST --- I have installed numerous times of OS on this host with the same script and same method (vncviewer), and only this time it crashed. -- 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=390837 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c14 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |yxu@novell.com --- Comment #14 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-05-16 07:01:09 MST --- Sorry, Yi, I will not look at your boot config. What matters are the things going on during installation. Make at least a screenshot of console 3. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c15 Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |NEW Info Provider|yxu@novell.com | --- Comment #15 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 07:15:55 MST --- There was no message on console 3, just some information on console 4. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c16 --- Comment #16 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 07:33:06 MST --- However after fixing network configuration on colfax, starting vncviewer crashed installation, but log file was kept. Will be attached. -- 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=390837 User yxu@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c17 --- Comment #17 from Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> 2008-05-16 07:34:18 MST --- Created an attachment (id=215973) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=215973) crash log -- 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=390837 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c18 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|snwint@novell.com |sndirsch@novell.com --- Comment #18 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-05-16 08:05:56 MST --- *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/Xvnc: free(): invalid next size (normal): 0x0000000000b0bfb0 *** (backtrace is in log) -- 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=390837 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c19 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #19 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2008-05-16 08:31:08 MST --- This is a duplicate of a bugreport I needed to close as WORKSFORME since I couldn't reproduce it. This behaviour won't change when trying to reproduce again. -- 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=390837 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c20 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |andrew@joako.net --- Comment #20 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-06-30 10:40:16 MDT --- *** Bug 404688 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=404688 -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c21 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WORKSFORME | --- Comment #21 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-06-30 10:46:18 MDT --- I reported bug 404688. In my case using the java VNC viewer located at ipaddress:5801 *DOES NOT* work. Stefan: What version of openSUSE did you attempt to reproduce this bug on and using what hardware? What are the exact parameters you passed to the booatloader? -- 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=390837 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |aj@suse.de AssignedTo|sndirsch@novell.com |bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com Severity|Normal |Blocker Status|REOPENED |NEW Priority|P5 - None |P3 - Medium -- 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=390837 User aj@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c22 Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC|aj@suse.de | AssignedTo|bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com |sndirsch@novell.com Severity|Blocker |Major Priority|P3 - Medium |P5 - None --- Comment #22 from Andreas Jaeger <aj@novell.com> 2008-07-01 01:43:55 MDT --- Undoing last change. -- 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=390837 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c23 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|sndirsch@novell.com |snwint@novell.com --- Comment #23 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2008-07-01 03:11:21 MDT --- Adreas mixed up Steffen with Stefan. Reassigning to Steffen. -- 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=390837 User snwint@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c24 Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|snwint@novell.com |sndirsch@novell.com --- Comment #24 from Steffen Winterfeldt <snwint@novell.com> 2008-07-01 03:36:20 MDT --- Sorry Stefan, but AFAIK it is Xvnc that crashes (see comment 18). No idea what I could do about it. -- 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=390837 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c25 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #25 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2008-07-01 03:40:48 MDT --- See my comment #19. -- 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=390837 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |VERIFIED -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c26 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|VERIFIED |REOPENED Resolution|WORKSFORME | --- Comment #26 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-07-01 04:04:49 MDT --- Has been verified by myself and: Yi Xu <yxu@novell.com> Brian K. White <brian@aljex.com> You have not provided any details as to how you determined that this "works for you" (what hardware, disc, bootloader options, etc) nor any further details of the mysterious bug you allegedly closed as "WORKSFORME." -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c27 --- Comment #27 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-07-01 04:13:41 MDT --- Also what OS and VNC viewer are you connecting from? -- 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=390837 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c28 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #28 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2008-07-01 04:39:41 MDT --- I tried any combination of Server: 11.0-i386/11.0-x86_64 Client: 11.0-i386/11.0-x86_64/10.3-i386/10.3-x86_64 (tightvnc) No, I don't have available for testing here. BTW, the bug has been filed against Beta3. Not sure if it has been tested with the final version as well. -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c29 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WORKSFORME | --- Comment #29 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-07-01 08:12:45 MDT --- I reported bug # 404688 against 11.0 final but it was rejected. The issue persists in the final release. -- 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=390837 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c30 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Comment #30 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2008-07-01 08:19:16 MDT --- Not sure what's the use of reopening the bugreport when it's clear that I can't reproduce it. Since I can't reproduce it I can't fix it either. ==> WONTFIX -- 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=390837 User brian@aljex.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c31 white brian <brian@aljex.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |brian@aljex.com --- Comment #31 from white brian <brian@aljex.com> 2008-07-01 12:23:21 MDT --- I don't even use the vnc install option myself so I'm not highly motivated to fix it or see that it gets fixed either, but I can confirm it's definitely broken in the final release 11.0 when trying to install onto 2 different Dell PowerEdge 1550. These are dual p3 with 1G registered ecc ram. I have not tried the 11.0 vnc installer on other machines. I have tried the vnc installer from opensuse 10.3 on the same machines and it worked fine. I have installed 10.3 and 11.0 using everything but vnc (serial console, ssh, and regular direct gui console) and those install methods all worked fine and the resulting installed os shows no problems. If I can find any way to spare any of my copious free time, I'll try to find a machine that doesn't produce the same results. There is one suspect thing. The machines display no problems running linux/freebsd/dos/freedos, but they do cause memtest86+ 2.01 to display an error that a tiny bit of ram at the top end of the physical address space is bad. It doesn't matter how much ram is installed or what physical chips are installed or in what order, the error is always the last few K at the top end. And, both machines do the same thing, and I've read other people describing the same thing for years on these particular machines and other similar ones from Dell. So, that appears to be some kind of bios shadowing. My install kernel, initrd, and oss repository all came from this script, run and re-run several times well after the final release of 11.0. [code] SYNC="rsync -a --del --delete-excluded --exclude ppc --exclude ppc64 --exclude src --exclude SRPMS $@" # 11.0 $SYNC rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/opensuse/distribution/11.0/repo/oss /opt/SUSE/11.0 $SYNC rsync://mirrors.kernel.org/mirrors/opensuse/distribution/11.0/repo/non-oss /opt/SUSE/11.0 $SYNC rsync://rsync.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/11.0/* /opt/SUSE/11.0/update $SYNC rsync://ftp5.gwdg.de/pub/linux/misc/packman/suse/11.0/* /opt/SUSE/11.0/packman [/code] The clients booted the kernel and initrd via pxe. The exact pxelinux config stanza was: LABEL opensuse KERNEL linux APPEND initrd=initrd showopts install=http://host/SUSE/11.0/oss vnc=1 vncpassword=foo More details about my test, including vc4 error messages are here: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2008-06/msg02365.html It's really part of this thread but I was posting from a new machine without the prior posts to reply to: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse/2008-06/msg01931.html And at least someone else has the same problem: http://forums.opensuse.org/install-boot-login/386983-remote-vnc-controlled-i... I'd say there is a problem that doesn't affect every machine, and appears in a feature that not many people use, and so the reports will be a bit rare, but I think it's hard to say the problem doesn't exist. But perhaps it's just hard for me to say that because I am staring at 2 machines showing the problem. Remember, the same feature in the 10.3 installer does not fail on the same hardware, 2 different copies of the same hardware. -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c32 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |sassmann@novell.com --- Comment #32 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-07-01 20:24:06 MDT --- *** Bug 339482 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=339482 -- 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=390837 User brian@aljex.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c33 --- Comment #33 from white brian <brian@aljex.com> 2008-07-01 20:47:58 MDT --- How in the world do you arrive that that bug is the same as this one, just because they both have "installer" and "vnc" in the text?
From what I can see they are not even remotely related.
I didn't notice any problem with nics being recognized out of expected order and given unexpected device names. The nics worked fine and the vnc client actually does connect to the vnc server and negotiates the password and displays a screen, merely somewhat scrambled but not beyond all recognition or anything. Doesn't that kind of put us past any issues with the nic? Bridging was not enabled in the bios either, this bios doesn't even have that ability, so apps are either talking to the correct nic or they're not talking at all. But forget all that, The other bug happens _after install_ after the the reboot and into the 2nd stage of install, which is really just config no longer install. This bug happens _before install_. This is stupid. -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c34 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WONTFIX | --- Comment #34 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-07-01 20:52:26 MDT --- That was an error. Sorry I have to dig through the bugzilla again to find the mystery bug Mr. Dirsch reference in #19. It must have been a typo during marking as duplicate... hang tight. -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c35 Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |mmrazik@novell.com --- Comment #35 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-07-01 20:59:28 MDT --- *** Bug 389386 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389386 -- 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=390837 User andrew@joako.net added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c36 --- Comment #36 from Andreas van dem Helge <andrew@joako.net> 2008-07-01 21:04:03 MDT --- Bug # 339482 *IS NOT* a duplicate. Bug # 389386 *IS* an ***UNRESOLVED*** 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=390837 User sndirsch@novell.com added comment https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=390837#c37 Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|REOPENED |RESOLVED Resolution| |DUPLICATE --- Comment #37 from Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@novell.com> 2008-07-02 00:25:35 MDT --- *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 389386 *** https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=389386 -- 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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