So, the postinst code will generate a new initrd based on the installed kernel and write it to /var/lib/kdump/.
As you mention this is a diskless system, I wonder if there is a kernel installed and if it shows up at /boot/ and /lib/modules/, and if it is allowed to write to /var/lib/kdump/ and /var/crash/. Can you confirm if there is a kernel installed and if it shows up and if you can write to these directories as root? Thank you very much. Cascardo. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to makedumpfile in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1850548 Title: Unable to install kdump tools: post install script returning fail Status in The Ubuntu-power-systems project: Triaged Status in makedumpfile package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: ---Problem Description--- Unable to install Kdump-tools. ---Steps to Reproduce--- Unable to Install Kdump-tool Debian package kdump-tools_1.6.3-2_ppc64el.deb ============================================================================ Note: Unable to install the Kdump-tool. The problem comes when postinst script is run: root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# uname -a Linux pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10 4.15.0-1039-ibm-gt #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 2 10:52:25 UTC 2019 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dmesg | grep crash [ 0.000000] Kernel command line: imgurl=http://192.168.0.2:80//install/netboot/ubuntu18.04/ppc64el/hostos-boot_bionic-4.15.0.1039-20191003-6f8d26a/rootimg.tar.gz XCAT=192.168.0.2:3001 XCATHTTPPORT=80 BOOTIF=08:94:EF:80:1B:54 console=tty0 console=hvc0,115200 default_hugepagesz=1G hugepagesz=1G hugepages=1 transparent_hugepage=never intel_iommu=on iommu=pt cloud-config-url=http://192.168.0.2/install/netboot/cloud-init/pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10.txt ds=nocloud crashkernel=768M,low crashkernel=4G,high Error: ===== update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bsd-write to provide /usr/bin/write (write) in auto mode^M update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/write.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/bsd-write.1.gz (of link group write) doesn't exist^M update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/bsd-from to provide /usr/bin/from (from) in auto mode^M update-alternatives: warning: skip creation of /usr/share/man/man1/from.1.gz because associated file /usr/share/man/man1/bsd-from.1.gz (of link group from) doesn't exist^M Setting up ifenslave (2.9ubuntu1) ...^M Setting up file (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) ...^M Setting up kdump-tools (1:1.6.3-2) ...^M ^M Creating config file /etc/default/kdump-tools with new version^M dpkg: error processing package kdump-tools (--configure):^M installed kdump-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1^M dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-crashdump:^M linux-crashdump depends on kdump-tools; however:^M Package kdump-tools is not configured yet.^M ^M Detail Log: =========== root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dpkg -i libmagic1_5.32-2ubuntu0.2_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack libmagic1_5.32-2ubuntu0.2_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking libmagic1:ppc64el (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) over (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) ... Setting up libmagic1:ppc64el (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.27-3ubuntu1) ... root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dpkg -i libmagic-mgc_5.32-2ubuntu0.2_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack libmagic-mgc_5.32-2ubuntu0.2_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking libmagic-mgc (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) over (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) ... Setting up libmagic-mgc (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) ... root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dpkg -i file_5.32-2ubuntu0.2_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack file_5.32-2ubuntu0.2_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking file (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) over (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) ... Setting up file (1:5.32-2ubuntu0.2) ... root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dpkg -i bsdmainutils_11.1.2ubuntu1_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack bsdmainutils_11.1.2ubuntu1_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking bsdmainutils (11.1.2ubuntu1) over (11.1.2ubuntu1) ... Setting up bsdmainutils (11.1.2ubuntu1) ... root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dpkg -i makedumpfile_1.6.5-1ubuntu1~18.04.1_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack makedumpfile_1.6.5-1ubuntu1~18.04.1_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking makedumpfile (1:1.6.5-1ubuntu1~18.04.1) over (1:1.6.5-1ubuntu1~18.04.1) ... Setting up makedumpfile (1:1.6.5-1ubuntu1~18.04.1) ... root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dpkg -i kexec-tools_2.0.16-1ubuntu1.1_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack kexec-tools_2.0.16-1ubuntu1.1_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking kexec-tools (1:2.0.16-1ubuntu1.1) over (1:2.0.16-1ubuntu1.1) ... Setting up kexec-tools (1:2.0.16-1ubuntu1.1) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Configuring kexec-tools ----------------------- If you choose this option, a system reboot will trigger a restart into a kernel loaded by kexec instead of going through the full system boot loader process. Should kexec-tools handle reboots (sysvinit only)? [yes/no] yes Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.29) ... root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# dpkg -i kdump-tools_1.6.3-2_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack kdump-tools_1.6.3-2_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking kdump-tools (1:1.6.3-2) over (1:1.6.3-2) ... Setting up kdump-tools (1:1.6.3-2) ... debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog debconf: (No usable dialog-like program is installed, so the dialog based frontend cannot be used. at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/FrontEnd/Dialog.pm line 76.) debconf: falling back to frontend: Readline Configuring kdump-tools ----------------------- If you choose this option, the kdump-tools mechanism will be enabled. A reboot is still required in order to enable the crashkernel kernel parameter. Should kdump-tools be enabled by default? [yes/no] yes dpkg: error processing package kdump-tools (--install): installed kdump-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.29) ... Errors were encountered while processing: kdump-tools root@pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10:~/tar# DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive dpkg -i kdump-tools_1.6.3-2_ppc64el.deb (Reading database ... 65250 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack kdump-tools_1.6.3-2_ppc64el.deb ... Unpacking kdump-tools (1:1.6.3-2) over (1:1.6.3-2) ... Setting up kdump-tools (1:1.6.3-2) ... dpkg: error processing package kdump-tools (--install): installed kdump-tools package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-21) ... Processing triggers for systemd (237-3ubuntu10.29) ... Errors were encountered while processing: kdump-tools ---uname output--- Linux pok1-qz1-sr1-rk005-s10 4.15.0-1039-ibm-gt #41-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 2 10:52:25 UTC 2019 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux This is on Diskless Environment ==== Can you attach the /var/log/syslog to see what sort of messages are getting logged (if any)? It might be worthwhile if you can add a set -x at the start of the following: /target/var/lib/dpkg/info/kdump-tools.postinst and /etc/kernel/postinst.d/kdump-tools if they exist to see what is going on in them at the time of the failure To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-power-systems/+bug/1850548/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages Post to : kernel-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kernel-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
