Bug#385271: Debian Installer unreliable
Turns out that the problem reported is in fact 2 completely unrelated bugs. The one of the second paragraph is due to a problem Linux has with my CD drive. What is left is the following possible bug: When the debian-installer cannot successfully download a package from the net due to a broken TCP connection, it does neither re-try to fetch the package nor does it prompt the user what to do. When I installed that day the installer did *not* inform me of any packages it failed to download or install, although half the packages were missing after re-boot (I only got the command line, no gnome). I cannot reproduce this now since my ISP is working fine again. If you are convinced that the debian-installer *does* warn users about failed downloading then consider this bug closed by my side since I can't reproduce it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#385271: Debian Installer unreliable
When the debian-installer cannot successfully download a package from the net due to a broken TCP connection, it does neither re-try to fetch the package nor does it prompt the user what to do. When I installed that day the installer did *not* inform me of any packages it failed to download or install, although half the packages were missing after re-boot (I only got the command line, no gnome). D-I developers (especially joeyh), wouldn't this actually be something like apt should offer an option to retry downloading ? AFAIK, the D-I composent that retrieves things from the net (net-retriever) *does* offer an option to retry downloadsbut when the download of packages in the Install software step is involved, it indeed depends on downloads performed by APT Correct? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#385271: Debian Installer unreliable
Package: installation-reports Boot method: network Image version: 10 Aug 2006, debian.org Date: 10 Aug 2006 Machine: i386 Processor: Memory: Partitions: Output of lspci and lspci -n: Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked:[O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems:[O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system:[E] Install boot loader:[O] Reboot: [ ] Comments/Problems: The debian net-installer is highly unreliable in that it does neither re-try to install packets it couldn't get from the net at first attempt (e.g. after lost TCP connections) nor does it prompt the user what to do in such case - it just ignores the packet. You end up with a system that is half the packets missing - whithout ever having been notified about this. I experienced that when my ISP had some problem and there was huge packet loss on my connection. After reboot I ended up at the command line login prompt, wondering whether the dist came without any desktop environment. When the ISP's problem was fixed I tried apt-get install gnome, apt-get downloaded all new packages, and then hang at 99%. Forver. Without CPU load. Reproducable. Did apt-get clean/autoclean/update. Changed net source. No change. Next day: re-format and re-install everything. This time everything seemd to work fine, after reboot I got gnome by default. Now I immediately wanted to install some other packages. BUT! Same problem with apt-get on bigger packages! Small ones work fine, e.g. madplay. But when I try apt-get install xmms, it downloads first the new packages and then just hangs at 99%, forever, without CPU load. Same problem with lyx, which I tried next, and all other bigger packages. Now I don't know if this is a problem with apt-get or again with the Debian Installer having left out some packages??? Hope to get some feedback. Thanks in advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#385271: Debian Installer unreliable
Quoting Michael Noisternig ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Package: installation-reports Boot method: network Image version: 10 Aug 2006, debian.org Date: 10 Aug 2006 Please give the exact URL which you downloaded the images from. Without this information, there is no chance that we can give you a motivated answer. The debian net-installer is highly unreliable in that it does neither re-try to install packets it couldn't get from the net at first attempt (e.g. after lost TCP connections) nor does it prompt the user what to do in such case - it just ignores the packet. You end up with a system that Can you mention *exactly* what was the failure and *when* it did happen ? When the installer fails to download packages it *does* warn users. Next day: re-format and re-install everything. This time everything seemd to work fine, after reboot I got gnome by default. Now I immediately wanted to install some other packages. BUT! Same problem with apt-get on bigger packages! Small ones work fine, e.g. madplay. But You definitely have a problem on your network connection with the mirror you were using. Have you tried changing the mirror? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
