That's pretty bonkers. There's nothing in the setup that I know of that's been changed. Never happened to me.
Try a "pstree -phul" to see if you can find wth it was trying to do. Did htop show something spinning ... or a specific process going nuts? On 5/9/19 4:50 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 09 May 2019 04:58:20 pm Gene Heskett wrote: > >> On Thursday 09 May 2019 04:35:40 pm Chris Hassell wrote: >>> amandabackup:x:112:65534::/home/amandabackup:/usr/sbin/nologin >>> >>> That's what I have for amandabackup. A no-frills-nothing and no >>> password user. Don't get why it can't be a dup of your other one. >>> Hrm.... >>> >>> Looks like the rest of the build was happy enough from the parts you >>> gave. >>> >>> On 5/9/19 12:26 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> >>> >>> And, I'm looking at 4 debs: >>> amanda@coyote:~/amanda$ ls -l *.deb >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda amanda 1298594 May 9 14:48 >>> amanda-backup-client_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda amanda 101638 May 9 14:48 >>> amanda-backup-client-dbgsym_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda amanda 2085650 May 9 14:48 >>> amanda-backup-server_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> -rw-r--r-- 1 amanda amanda 140310 May 9 14:48 >>> amanda-backup-server-dbgsym_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> >>> Those are a good sign too. >>> >>> root@coyote:amanda$ dpkg -i *.deb >>> >>> Selecting previously unselected package amanda-backup-client. >>> dpkg: regarding >>> amanda-backup-client_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> containing amanda-backup-client: >>> amanda-backup-client conflicts with amanda-client >>> amanda-client (version 1:3.3.9-5) is present and installed. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing archive >>> amanda-backup-client_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> (--install): conflicting packages - not installing >>> amanda-backup-client >>> >>> >>> One old package is still installed... and conflicts, so it needs a >>> 'dpkg -r amanda-client'. >>> >>> Selecting previously unselected package amanda-backup-client-dbgsym. >>> (Reading database ... 267815 files and directories currently >>> installed.) Preparing to unpack >>> amanda-backup-client-dbgsym_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> ... Unpacking amanda-backup-client-dbgsym >>> (3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99) ... >>> >>> Selecting previously unselected package amanda-backup-server. >>> dpkg: regarding >>> amanda-backup-server_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> containing amanda-backup-server: >>> amanda-backup-server conflicts with amanda-client >>> amanda-client (version 1:3.3.9-5) is present and installed. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing archive >>> amanda-backup-server_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> (--install): conflicting packages - not installing >>> amanda-backup-server >>> >>> Same problem, different attempt to install the server file instead >>> and it refused. >>> >>> Selecting previously unselected package amanda-backup-server-dbgsym. >>> Preparing to unpack >>> amanda-backup-server-dbgsym_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> ... Unpacking amanda-backup-server-dbgsym >>> (3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99) ... dpkg: error processing archive >>> amanda-backup-server-dbgsym_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> (--install): >>> trying to >>> overwrite >>> '/usr/lib/debug/.build-id/06/a6d45701283ff745c5ea6b44c461817e1288a5. >>> de bug', which is also in package amanda-backup-client-dbgsym >>> 3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99 >>> >>> Ahh... both the server and client packages can't be installed >>> together and the same would go for its debug files. >>> >>> May want to run 'dpkg -l | grep amanda' to see what's on there and >>> take off things that are old or that got in without cooperating yet. >>> >>> dpkg-deb: error: subprocess paste was killed by signal (Broken pipe) >>> dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of >>> amanda-backup-client-dbgsym: >>> amanda-backup-client-dbgsym depends on amanda-backup-client (= >>> 3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99); however: >>> Package amanda-backup-client is not installed. >>> >>> dpkg: error processing package amanda-backup-client-dbgsym >>> (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured >>> Errors were encountered while processing: >>> amanda-backup-client_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> amanda-backup-server_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> amanda-backup-server-dbgsym_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >>> amanda-backup-client-dbgsym >>> >>> >>> That seems to be the sum of it: remove the old and install the >>> *backup-server*deb files only. >>> >>> The only amanda stuff was /usr/local/etc/amanda/DAILY copied from >>> the old disk to preserve my system, and about 20 files of the old >>> amanda install in /usr/local/lib/amanda, all dated from Jan 2017 so >>> they aren't precious now. But all the old installs using amanda's >>> own Makefile, simply overwrote them instead of having a litter of >>> calves. >>> >>> Kittens, calves, or piglets ... package systems are more consistent >>> and complain if they leave their room messy. Much more uptight ... >>> but then they get the job done with less guesswork. >>> >>> So I nuked what I could find of the january 2017 install the at may >>> have been copied to the new drive. Getting essentially the same >>> message from >>> >>> dpkg -i *.deb >>> >>> WTH is wrong now? Your turn Chris. >>> >>> That's what it is: cleaning is good but the meta-files (a database >>> of what's in your linux system) have conflicts in them. Clean up >>> the old "amanda-client" (using dpkg or apt-get remove amanda-client) >>> and you'll probably be in better shape to install the new again. >>> >>> A minimal client-only system is great ... but you need a server >>> system it seems. One or the other, at least. >> Both, this machine gets backed up too. >> >> I ewnt thru a couple cycles ov apt remove, then apt autoremove. and >> the server start to install, but it been stuck at: >> >> root@coyote:amanda$ dpkg -i >> amanda-backup-server_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb >> (Reading database ... 265705 files and directories currently >> installed.) Preparing to unpack >> amanda-backup-server_3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99_amd64.deb ... >> Unpacking amanda-backup-server (3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99) ... >> Setting up amanda-backup-server (3.5.1.git.19364c7b-1Debian99) ... >> for about 10 minutes now. >> > Make it 3+ hours , so I killed it with htop since a ctl+c didn't. > > I might mess with it tomorrow, but this is obviously not ready for prime > time yet. > >>> Copyright 2019 by Maurice E. Heskett >>> Cheers, Gene Heskett >>> >>> >>> Hope this helps out. >> Copyright 2019 by Maurice E. Heskett >> Cheers, Gene Heskett > > > Copyright 2019 by Maurice E. Heskett > Cheers, Gene Heskett
