retitle 612330 please disable kexec-tools on default desktop images severity 612330 normal tag 612330 pending thanks
we already discussed this today on irc: ---snip--- [...] 2011-02-07 08:26:51 < dbkblk> hello 2011-02-07 08:27:10 < dbkblk> is there someone here ? i need to report a bug about debian live 2011-02-07 08:27:29 < dba> yes? 2011-02-07 08:28:13 < dbkblk> I've tried the new live cd of Debian live (and the previous beta versions), and i noticed that, since the RC1, the live cd don't want to reboot 2011-02-07 08:28:32 < dba> which image did you try? 2011-02-07 08:28:40 < dbkblk> i cannot use it to install a system because it leaves useless packages installed 2011-02-07 08:28:53 < dbkblk> (like kexec and many config files) 2011-02-07 08:29:10 < dba> kexec isn't installed by default 2011-02-07 08:29:21 -!- delby (New Now Know How) [~chatzi...@5ad14674.bb.sky.com] has joined #debian-live 2011-02-07 08:29:25 < dbkblk> I tried the last one, 6.0 2011-02-07 08:29:32 < dbkblk> downloaded yesterday 2011-02-07 08:29:38 < dba> which one, which flavour in particular? 2011-02-07 08:30:01 < dbkblk> debian-live-6.0.0-amd64-gnome-desktop 2011-02-07 08:30:49 < dbkblk> i tried some weeks ago to install it on a pc but Debian didn't reboot properly 2011-02-07 08:30:49 < dba> i stand corrected, it has kexec installed (aparently, 2011-02-07 08:30:56 < dba> the gnome-desktop task pulls it in somehow) 2011-02-07 08:31:13 < dbkblk> it try to shutdown but once finished, it launch the kernel again 2011-02-07 08:31:19 < dbkblk> ok 2011-02-07 08:31:22 < twb> dbkblk: that's because kexec-tools is installed? 2011-02-07 08:31:25 < dba> regarding kexec: there are some older machines (>8 years) that don't work, 2011-02-07 08:31:30 < dbkblk> so i may need to report a bug 2011-02-07 08:31:35 < twb> dba: yeah, I noticed that 2011-02-07 08:31:35 < dba> and some newer ones that have bios bugs. 2011-02-07 08:31:43 < twb> dba: something like pm-utils recommends it 2011-02-07 08:31:51 < dbkblk> except, i tried just today, to try it again with virtualbox 2011-02-07 08:31:57 < dba> in those cases, you need to remove kexec-tools, or disable it (dpkg-reconfigure kexec-tools), or use 2011-02-07 08:32:00 < twb> "aptitude why kexec-tools" on the host in question will tell you why 2011-02-07 08:32:01 < dba> 'coldreboot' instead of reboot. 2011-02-07 08:32:05 < dbkblk> and the live cd won't reboot neither 2011-02-07 08:32:26 < dba> dbkblk: well, it's all the same.. if your machine doesn't work with kexec, it will not work on any reboots. 2011-02-07 08:32:58 < dba> dbkblk: however, the correct fix is to either not recommend kexec-tools by any package, 2011-02-07 08:33:04 < dba> or, that kexec-tools is not enabled by default. 2011-02-07 08:33:19 < dbkblk> wait a sec, i check it on vbox 2011-02-07 08:33:41 < twb> dba: debian-installer-launcher recommends it 2011-02-07 08:34:00 < dbkblk> i was going to say it ^^ 2011-02-07 08:34:11 < twb> Which is why it was only affecting the desktop images 2011-02-07 08:34:16 < dba> oh, indeed. we experimented with a kexec backend for it. 2011-02-07 08:34:29 < dba> i apparently forgot to remove the recommends :( 2011-02-07 08:34:48 < twb> Hehe 2011-02-07 08:35:00 < dba> for the future, i think we're going to disable kexec in the -desktop images then. 2011-02-07 08:35:02 < twb> Sorry I forgot to tell you a couple of weeks ago, when I saw it 2011-02-07 08:35:24 < dbkblk> i tried to remove it on the desktop base i used to test it, and it worked 2011-02-07 08:35:31 < dba> dbkblk: what machine is it that is failing for you anyways? 2011-02-07 08:36:20 < dbkblk> but, obviously, it doesn't seem as stable as the normal install to me. I don't know why. Are the config file the same with this kind of install ? 2011-02-07 08:37:01 < dbkblk> Actually, i'm on my laptop, but the pc i tried is a i686 PIV 2,8ghz with 3gb RAM 2011-02-07 08:37:12 < dba> the live image is, apart from that kexec-tools gets pulled in, 2011-02-07 08:37:21 < dbkblk> so the bug also affect 32bits ! 2011-02-07 08:37:38 < dba> the same as if you would install from a regular d-i cd and choosing the same desktop task. 2011-02-07 08:37:46 < dba> the bug is not in 32 or 64bit, it's in your bios. 2011-02-07 08:37:51 < dbkblk> okay. 2011-02-07 08:38:10 < dbkblk> because it cannot handle kexec ? 2011-02-07 08:38:31 < dba> yes 2011-02-07 08:39:03 < dbkblk> ok thanks, so i just need to remove it, and i will have a fresh regular desktop 2011-02-07 08:39:20 < dba> yes. [...] 2011-02-07 08:41:27 < dbkblk> oh, i forgot a thing about kexec 2011-02-07 08:41:47 < dbkblk> why Virtualbox cannot handle it neither if it is a bios problem ? 2011-02-07 08:42:29 -!- plhardy (purple) [~philippe@217.108.116.29] has joined #debian-live 2011-02-07 08:42:35 < dba> because virtualbox has a bios too, and those are shitty [...] ---snap--- -- Address: Daniel Baumann, Burgunderstrasse 3, CH-4562 Biberist Email: daniel.baum...@progress-technologies.net Internet: http://people.progress-technologies.net/~daniel.baumann/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
