I attempt to install with the LinuxMCE Quick install DVD and it fails as it goes through the installation.
I get to the option to select which drive to install it to.
I select the drive and it sets up the partition (inodes and stuff) and then states it created the filesystem and returns both drive identifiers (hdb1 '/' and hdb5 'swap').
I'm not sure what's going wrong. I also go to CTRL-ALT-F8 and the last thing it states was initializing was:
"Running local boot scripts /etc/rc.local" and never progresses any further.
I have had Ubuntu and MythTV both on this box before so I don't believe it's the hardware causing an issue.
Any help is sincerely and greatly appreciated.
So no suggestions by anyone?
Quote from: spo0ner on August 18, 2007, 01:28:17 AM
I attempt to install with the LinuxMCE Quick install DVD and it fails as it goes through the installation.
I get to the option to select which drive to install it to.
I select the drive and it sets up the partition (inodes and stuff) and then states it created the filesystem and returns both drive identifiers (hdb1 '/' and hdb5 'swap').
I'm not sure what's going wrong. I also go to CTRL-ALT-F8 and the last thing it states was initializing was:
"Running local boot scripts /etc/rc.local" and never progresses any further.
I have had Ubuntu and MythTV both on this box before so I don't believe it's the hardware causing an issue.
Any help is sincerely and greatly appreciated.
We've installed lmce-0704 from the DVD iso numerous times now on different i915/i945 & i965 Cores without problems... so I assume there is something about your hardware that is causing the DVD iso to fail. Not sure what that might be though.
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We've installed lmce-0704 from the DVD iso numerous times now on different i915/i945 & i965 Cores without problems... so I assume there is something about your hardware that is causing the DVD iso to fail. Not sure what that might be though.
I had exacly the same problem, what U have to do is switch to console (alt+2)
sudo -i
vi /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh
comment the line that runs the formatdrive function
and run the /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh script again
it worked for me
Best Regards
Thank you for all your assistance.
I now have a system up and running and am working through the configuration as I type.
Thank you, again, so very much.
Chris
Ok, was having the same problem so I did as you said
1. switch to console (alt+2)
2. sudo -i
3. vi /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh
4. comment the line that runs the formatdrive function
5. and run the /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh script again
ok... I get stuck at #4. I looked all over for "formatdrive" and "formatdrive function" and can't find it anywhere. I assume when you say comment you are talking about puttiing a "#" at the beginning of the line.
After you comment, I assume you save. Whats that command? And then what is the command to run that script? just type "lite-installer.sh" at the bash?
Thanks in advance for any help
Tossil
Quote from: pinio on August 19, 2007, 09:13:11 AM
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We've installed lmce-0704 from the DVD iso numerous times now on different i915/i945 & i965 Cores without problems... so I assume there is something about your hardware that is causing the DVD iso to fail. Not sure what that might be though.
I had exacly the same problem, what U have to do is switch to console (alt+2)
sudo -i
vi /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh
comment the line that runs the formatdrive function
and run the /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh script again
it worked for me
Best Regards
If somebody could paste the exact line (preferably in a [ code ] block) I can probably come up with a single command to comment it out instantly. I didn't download the DVD iso so I don't have the file myself...
If i knew linux I would. I know very little about linux/unix. That's why I went for the full DVD install. Was under the impression from the demo video that I would only have like 4 commands to enter and it would take about 25 min... only thing was that I needed a Nvidia video card, which was not a problem...
So, just to prepare, I tried to edit that file using the command "vi /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh" at the bash prompt... just to see how "comment the line that runs the formatdrive function" it done. I tried to add a comment "#" before one of the lines of script and nothing happened. No "#" was added when I pressed the "#" key. Then I couldnt figure out how to save, or how to even exit... (was assuming control-z or control-c)
uuuug, this not looking fun... =/
Press ins button, then pres the #
Save exit is :wq
Ok, I get this "Press ins button, then pres the #"
I dont understand this "Save exit is :wq"
what is ":wq"
do I just press "w" then "q"?
And I also still need to know what line to edit if someone could please help me out.
Thank again for your help!!!
Tossil
Quote from: marrandy on August 23, 2007, 05:23:47 PM
Press ins button, then pres the #
Save exit is :wq
Sorry for the delay in my response from the question before.
3. vi /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh
- move the cursor down to the beginning of the line that you need to comment out
- type the letter "i" on your keyboard and this will place you to "edit" mode ("i" stands for "insert" as in: insert text starting here)
- type the "#" sign (shift-3) ... the # sign is used to comment out a line, when the script is parsed it skips anything after the # sign and moves to the next line
- hit the "ESC" key on your keyboard and this will take you out of edit mode
Now to save the file:
- type the ":" key and that will put you in "command" mode
- type the "wq" ("w" stands for "write" and "q" stands for "quit") keys so that now the line at the bottom of the screen reads like ":wq" and hit the "ENTER" key
Good luck.
No problem!!! Thank you so much for getting back to me on this. Your guide is great, coming from someone who's still new to linux. Only thing I need to know now is what line to edit. Any chance you might recall?
Thanks again!
Tossil
Quote from: spo0ner on August 24, 2007, 04:07:21 AM
Sorry for the delay in my response from the question before.
3. vi /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh
- move the cursor down to the beginning of the line that you need to comment out
- type the letter "i" on your keyboard and this will place you to "edit" mode ("i" stands for "insert" as in: insert text starting here)
- type the "#" sign (shift-3) ... the # sign is used to comment out a line, when the script is parsed it skips anything after the # sign and moves to the next line
- hit the "ESC" key on your keyboard and this will take you out of edit mode
Now to save the file:
- type the ":" key and that will put you in "command" mode
- type the "wq" ("w" stands for "write" and "q" stands for "quit") keys so that now the line at the bottom of the screen reads like ":wq" and hit the "ENTER" key
Good luck.
I don't have the installation script handy but it should be the line that contains "formatdrive"
It should be towards the top of the file.
weird, now I tried it again and when it gets stuck and i type "alt+2" nothing happens....
ok... guessing it should have been "alt+f2"
I followed the commands you gave and found line that said:
formatpartitions
{
if (( "$debug" == 1 ]]; then
Is the the correct code?
Do I just put a "#" in front of the "formatpartitions" and leave the rest of the code alone?
Again, thanks for the help in getting this working.
It's actually CTRL-ALT-F2 which should switch you to another screen that reads something like:
linuxmce: #
From there you will need to follow the aforementioned instructions.
Ok, I tried to add "#" in front of formatpartitions and when I typed :wq (enter) i get this error
E45: 'read only' option is set (add ! to override)
uuuuuug....
Quote from: spo0ner on August 24, 2007, 05:09:06 AM
It's actually CTRL-ALT-F2 which should switch you to another screen that reads something like:
linuxmce: #
From there you will need to follow the aforementioned instructions.
I still can't figure ou what line to comment out.
Quote from: tossil on August 24, 2007, 05:35:48 AM
Ok, I tried to add "#" in front of formatpartitions and when I typed :wq (enter) i get this error
E45: 'read only' option is set (add ! to override)
uuuuuug....
Quote from: spo0ner on August 24, 2007, 05:09:06 AM
It's actually CTRL-ALT-F2 which should switch you to another screen that reads something like:
linuxmce: #
From there you will need to follow the aforementioned instructions.
Hello all,
it's necessary to go at the end of the file and put this # before the Formatpartition line and than save with this sequence command
:wq!
and press enter
I had the same problem with the dvd iso burned and checked with the right md5sum.
But when I relunch the script the procedure start correctly but and a certain time of the tar process the script fail cause an non corret EOF archive.
Did someone else encounter this strange problem?
I repeat 3 times the procedure and the result is always the same.
Best regards,
Luke
Okay, here is the definitive answer on how to solve this problem.
First, let me recommend using nano (a text editor) instead on vi. VI makes complete sense for those who have used before but it just wastes everyone's time trying to explain how to use it.
Here are the steps to take:
1. cntrl+2 will get you to another virtual console. You will see a $ (standard user) prompt. You need to have root access in order to edit the file and save it.
2. $sudo -i The prompt will now change to a # meaning you have root access
3. #nano /usr/bin/lite-installer.sh You will now be in the nano editor editing the file.
4. Here's the 'tricky' part. this script has functions listed at the top so if you scan for formatPartitions, you will find it towards to top of the file. HOWEVER, search again almost at the end of the file and you'll see a list of commands. One of those is formatPartitions. (It appears on it's own line) THAT is the line you must comment out by placing a # in front of it.
5. place a # sign in front of that formatPartitions command. So that it looks like this
#formatPartitions
6. save the file using ctrl+o (WriteOut) and exit the nano application (Now you should be back at the # command prompt.)
7. type in #/usr/bin/lite-installer.sh (the installer will rerun and it won't get hung up this time)
DEVELOPER QUESTION: Can we get this fixed? I have no idea why this is happening, but it's causing quite a few headaches for some of us.
Hello all,
Well I too had this similar problem of the installation stopping when it got too /dev/hd5 or something another. I edited the lite-installer.sh file and got a couple steps further it seems. I believe all of the archives were extracted properly but it stalls out again at:
tar : Read checkpoint 500000
tar : Read checkpoint 510000
tar : Read checkpoint 520000
tar : Read checkpoint 530000
/dev/hda1 : UID="6f5c18dd-4187-455d-8f8f-9a2f3c5178d5" SEC_TYPE="ext2" TYPE="ext3"
/dev/hda5 : TYPE="swap" UUID="e640c39a-65d1-46f9-a081-bd5a50d140f6"
Probing devices to guess BIOS drivers. This may take a long time.
So either I'm impatient and not waiting long enough or something screwy is going on. What do the experts think?
Lets see the system specs are:
Motherboard ASUS A7N8X
Athlon XP 2400
1GB memory
80GB Western Digital IDE harddrive
ATI 9800 AIW PRO 128MB (god this card causes me so much pain in linux)
haha I'm impatient
finally went past that point Thanks for your help on the lite-installer.sh editing