https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=225814 Summary: YaST runs out of memory as swap not enabled during network install via SSH Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: RC 1 Platform: 32bit OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: YaST2 AssignedTo: bnc-team-screening@forge.provo.novell.com ReportedBy: danielm@ecoscentric.com QAContact: jsrain@novell.com System has "only" 192MiB of RAM installed and during YaST2's probing of existing system configuration the installer stops unexpectedly. After attaching a monitor and repeating from the console I noticed that when the crash occurs the system has run out of free memory (from the output on the virtual consoles). The previous installation had a 512MiB swap partition configured, but the installer hadn't used it. Entering the following command before YaST2 validated the configuration allowed the installation to proceed:- 'swapon /dev/hda1' I found this problem when trying to make a headless update of a 9.3 test machine to opensuse-10.2rc1. DVD image was mounted via ftp on local subnet and the following entry in /boot/grub/menu.1st used to bootstrap the target title Boot -- SUSE LINUX 10.2 root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz.install noapic usessh=1 sshpassword="xxxxxxx" install=ftp:/// hostip=172.31.11.251 netmask=255.255.255.0 gateway=172.31.11.101 nameserver=172.31.11.250 initrd /boot/initrd.install (kernel & initrd from opensuse-10.2rc1 dvd.iso). Here's the output from the ssh log (not very helpful!). inst-sys:~ # yast unicode_start skipped on /dev/pts/0 Probing connected terminal... Initializing virtual console... Found an xterm terminal on /dev/pts/0 (80 columns x 35 lines). *** Starting YaST2 *** /usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST2.call: line 462: 3345 Killed $OPT_ FBITERM y2base "$Y2_MODULE_NAME" $Y2_MODE_FLAGS $Y2_MODULE_ARGS $Y2_MODE $Y2_UI_ ARGS *** Preparing SSH installation for reboot *** *** NOTE: after reboot, you have to reconnect and call *** *** /usr/lib/YaST2/startup/YaST2.ssh *** unicode_stop skipped on /dev/pts/0 -- 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, or are watching someone who is.