On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 13:21 -0900, eric gisse wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2008 5:10 AM, Geoffroy Vallee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 17:58 -0900, eric gisse wrote: > > It does. > > Do you mean you have those in the local repositories? If so, > your local > repository has been corrupted for some reason (but we never > had the case > where OSCAR does corrupt the repository itself). > > I have packages missing from /three/ sources. > > 1) The common-rpms depository. > 2) The distro-specific [fc-8-i386] repository > 3) The actual distribution repository. > > It'd make sense that it'd be a cockup @ my end. But I follow the > readme to the letter [for dicussions like this] and I have gone > through a half dozen installs of OSCAR now. The md5sums match, and I > have used two separate fedora burns. This makes me think it is either > something really, really subtle or something is broken in OSCAR.
Please answer my questions because if not i cannot help you: do you have those RPMs in /tftpboot/distro/fc-8-i386? > > > > > > > The whole point is _I have to install them manually_. The > yum > > repository is not confused when I ask for the packages, > either. > > > No the local repository does not "export" those RPMs, it is > clearly > shown in your logs. That's why yum (used by OSCAR) cannot > install those > packages. So if you mean that the RPMs are actually in the > directory of > the local repository (/tftpboot/distro/fedora-8-i386 or a > similar > directory), it means your repository is corrupted. You will > have to > rebuild it (not difficult) and everything should go smoothly. > > I have rebuilt the _system_ multiple times. The latest being yesterday > due to accidently [still have no idea how] corrupting one of the mysql > databases, and my attempt to fix [uninstall everything mysql] hosed > the system. Do you have the log? What kind of database corruption did you have? > > Notice that yum installs most of everything, but never everything. > What you can't see is that after this, I have to repeat the process > twice more, and that it is the /same/ packages every time. > Which is normal since the log clearly show that those packages are not exported for a OSCAR usage, as i said before. > > > > > > Right now that is taking a side issue to making PXE work, > which is a > > whole new ball game. This is the hard way to learn linux. > > > Nothing related with Linux learning! You are using a beta > version of a > software so you may encounter issues. It is true under Linux > but also > under other OSes. If you want a "stable" software, please use > a stable > version of OSCAR with a well-supported Linux distribution. > > Oh bull, can you think of a better way to wedge in dozens of commands > and how to use them by trying to make an ornery piece of software > work? OSCAR cooperates enough to not make it a fool's errand, but not > often enough to stop me from having to learn something. > > Plus, you'd think the handful of "no issues here!" posts about this > beta using fc8 would mean smooth sailing. I just try to help you and again you are dealing with a beta version of OSCAR. If you do not want to deal with these issues (i am ready to help you but please give me more info; you did not answer some of my questions), just give up and use a stable version. And i am sorry but OSCAR is definitively not Linux so when you say that this is an hard way to learn Linux, it does not make sense. Cluster computing is not a basic Linux usage and there is other well-known methofs to "learn Linux". And also note that i never said that there is no issue. But based on what you report, we do not even have enough information to create a correct bug report. So please, check if the RPMs are available in your local repositories; if so, i will explain to you how to regenerate the repository meta-data and then you will be able to see if everything works. But again if the prereqs are not correctly automatically installed, there is no way that OSCAR could work because it shows that a central piece of the OSCAR core is not correctly setup. > > > > > > On Feb 5, 2008 12:21 PM, Geoffroy Vallee > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > Eric, > > > > I do not doubt that other RPMs are missing but the > RPMs i > > pointed are > > base prereqs. Without those, no way you can use > OSCAR. > > > > I have to admit that i do not know how FC8 works and > the weird > > point is > > that if you look at the mirrors (such as > > > > http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/i386/os/Packages/), > > the RPMs that are missing on your system are > actually > > available. > > I do not know why your DVDs do not include those > RPMs. > > > > Regards, > > > > > > On Tue, 2008-02-05 at 11:27 -0900, eric gisse wrote: > > > More than 3. the xml tree and xml html packages > were needed > > after > > > that, and after those 5 were all installed it made > it to the > > wizard > > > stage. > > > > > > It's the FC8 release dvd. > > > > > > On Feb 5, 2008 5:55 AM, Geoffroy Vallee > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > So clearly three RPMs are missing: dhcp, > xinetd, > > php-pear, > > > xmlstarlet. > > > > > > Can you tell me what CDs or DVDs did you > use? > > > > > > Question for other OSCAR developers/users: > what are > > the RPMs > > > you use for > > > those packages? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 19:23 -0900, eric > gisse wrote: > > > > Ok. > > > > > > > > First, this is a _brand new_ install of > FC8. I > > have not > > > updated > > > > anything. I'm using the Jan 28th 5.1 > beta. This > > was all done > > > in the > > > > last half hour or so since I'm now doing > a test > > deployment > > > onto a p4 > > > > as a head node and a p3 as a client > node. > > > > > > > > Again, the required packages refuse to > install > > automatically > > > so I have > > > > to do it myself. The entire oscar log is > attached > > @ > > > verbosity 3. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 4, 2008 6:08 PM, Geoffroy Vallee > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > If you want us to try to help > you, we need > > to have > > > your OSCAR > > > > logs and a > > > > clear description of your > problem. Based > > on your > > > emails, i > > > > think > > > > something is wrong but it is > clearly not > > possible to > > > try to > > > > figure out > > > > what. > > > > > > > > Again, everything is supposed to > be > > installed > > > automatically. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 15:29 > -0900, eric > > gisse wrote: > > > > > There is much more than the > fedora stuff > > missing. > > > A fair bit > > > > of the > > > > > opkg_*_client.*.rpm files were > not > > installed. > > > > > > > > > > I found everything no problem > - > > eventually - it is > > > just that > > > > I find it > > > > > silly that I have to do this > at all and > > proves > > > rather > > > > intimidating to > > > > > someone who isn't that > familiar with the > > system. > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 4, 2008 8:40 AM, > Mengjuei Hsieh > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > The missing > distribution > > packages should > > > be > > > > automatically > > > > > installed if > > > > > the distro directory > or distro > > url file > > > got setup > > > > correctly. > > > > > What I > > > > > have in the > fedora-8-x86_64.url > > file are > > > > > [content] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Everything/x86_64/os/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/updates/8/x86_64/ > > > > > [/content] > > > > > and it works fine > without > > croaking > > > dependency > > > > errors. > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > -- Mj > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 3, 2008 11:40 > PM, eric > > gisse > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Question - is the > > non-installation of > > > nearly 50 > > > > required > > > > > OSCAR packages a > > > > > > known issue? This is > in every > > build of > > > OSCAR for > > > > FC8 that I > > > > > have seen, > > > > > > including the > current 5.1 > > beta. > > > > > > > > > > > > Things like > php-pear, gcc, > > etc, simply > > > do not get > > > > > automatically > installed. > > > > > > Now that I'm more > carefully > > parsing > > > error messages > > > > and > > > > > looking specifically > > > > > > for missing > packages, I have > > managed to > > > get oscar > > > > installing > > > > > on a FC8 laptop > > > > > > and will start > installing it > > on a dozen > > > node > > > > cluster on > > > > > Monday. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This SF.net email is > sponsored > > by: > > > Microsoft > > > > > Defy all challenges. > > Microsoft(R) Visual > > > Studio > > > > 2008. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Oscar-devel mailing > list > > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > This SF.net email is sponsored > by: > > Microsoft > > > > > Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual > > Studio > > > 2008. > > > > > > > > > > > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Oscar-devel > > > > mailing list > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oscar-devel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. 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