ISO testing 201410
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Re: ISO testing 201410
Hi,
I tried to install the Solydk 64 iso but failed. (used last beta iso)
The life-usb booted well and when I established an internet connection the installer started up.
After putting in my name and password and push "next" the installer crashed with a fault (long one).
The SSD in the laptop is already partitioned in 1 partition btrfs and has 2 subvolumes : rootvol and home.
I did :
sudo mount -o noatime,discard,autodefrag,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvol=rootvol /dev/sda1 /mnt/rootvol/
sudo mount -o noatime,discard,autodefrag,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvol=home /dev/sda1 /mnt/home/
I suppose this is the reason the installer crashes. Any idea how to solve this?
Main reason for this setup is of course the snapshot possibility and the increased ssd-speed thanks to the compression.
I tried to install the Solydk 64 iso but failed. (used last beta iso)
The life-usb booted well and when I established an internet connection the installer started up.
After putting in my name and password and push "next" the installer crashed with a fault (long one).
The SSD in the laptop is already partitioned in 1 partition btrfs and has 2 subvolumes : rootvol and home.
I did :
sudo mount -o noatime,discard,autodefrag,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvol=rootvol /dev/sda1 /mnt/rootvol/
sudo mount -o noatime,discard,autodefrag,compress=lzo,space_cache,subvol=home /dev/sda1 /mnt/home/
I suppose this is the reason the installer crashes. Any idea how to solve this?
Main reason for this setup is of course the snapshot possibility and the increased ssd-speed thanks to the compression.
Re: ISO testing 201410
Hi,
Why not use correctly formatted md5sum file?
More than once i've had this error when trying to check the dwnloaded iso:
md5sum: solydx64_201411.iso.md5sum: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found
Currently the md5 file contains this:
SolydX 64-bit: c2791574a34e682f5b83bbc0be65e4c4
while a properly formatted formatted file would contain this:
c2791574a34e682f5b83bbc0be65e4c4 solydx64_201411.iso
Why not use correctly formatted md5sum file?
More than once i've had this error when trying to check the dwnloaded iso:
md5sum: solydx64_201411.iso.md5sum: no properly formatted MD5 checksum lines found
Currently the md5 file contains this:
SolydX 64-bit: c2791574a34e682f5b83bbc0be65e4c4
while a properly formatted formatted file would contain this:
c2791574a34e682f5b83bbc0be65e4c4 solydx64_201411.iso
Re: ISO testing 201410
Both laptops the latest ISO installed fine. I did try without internet on the T61 and it complained of an index out of order in some python script when launching the installer but it didn't hang. Exited that dialog and connected to the internet and tried again. All went well after that.
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Re: ISO testing 201410
It's 6:30 AM and I'm away for a few days.
The new ISOs are now in dev but I hadn't have the time to test them all.
The new ISOs are now in dev but I hadn't have the time to test them all.
Re: ISO testing 201410
I'm working on the new system so when I'm ready I'll go grab SolydK64 ISO and use that on the new computer.
Re: ISO testing 201410
I downloaded the 11/5/2014 Solydk-64 ISO and burned it to a USB stick using 'dd'. It boots fine into the Live environment (which I'm using to post this bug) but the installer fails. It starts and runs up to the disk partitioning step. At that time it crashes with the following error:
I'm trying to install to a new M-ITX build that currently only has Windows 10 Tech Preview (yes, Windows 10) installed. It has a GPT disk layout that was created when I installed Windows 10 onto a blank SSD:
Note there are two disks, one GPT and one with the legacy partition table format. The second is a data hard drive.
Crap, I just noticed that parted isn't very happy with the partition table on the USB stick itself. I don't know if that's relevant. The 'fdisk' utility was OK with it:
BTW, I'm assuming GPT disks are supported by Solydxk. If that's not true then let me know. Otherwise, let me know if there's other data you need.
Thanks for your work on Solydxk.
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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/live-installer/frontend/gtk_interface.py", line 828, in wizard_cb
partitioning.build_partitions(self)
File "/usr/lib/live-installer/partitioning.py", line 55, in build_partitions
partition_setup = PartitionSetup()
File "/usr/lib/live-installer/partitioning.py", line 204, in __init__
self.disks = _get_attached_disks()
File "/usr/lib/live-installer/partitioning.py", line 191, in _get_attached_disks
type, device, removable, size, model = line.split(" ", 4)
ValueError: need more than 4 values to unpack
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udo /sbin/parted -l /dev/sda
Model: ATA KINGSTON SH103S3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 120GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 316MB 315MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
2 316MB 420MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
3 420MB 555MB 134MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
4 555MB 41.7GB 41.1GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
5 41.7GB 42.1GB 472MB ntfs hidden, diag
Model: ATA WDC WD6400BEVT-2 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 640GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 344GB 344GB primary ntfs
2 344GB 640GB 297GB primary lvm
Error: Invalid partition table - recursive partition on /dev/sdc.
Ignore/Cancel? i
Model: USB Flash Memory (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 2008MB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
Crap, I just noticed that parted isn't very happy with the partition table on the USB stick itself. I don't know if that's relevant. The 'fdisk' utility was OK with it:
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sudo /sbin/fdisk -l /dev/sdc
Disk /dev/sdc: 2008 MB, 2008023040 bytes
64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1915 cylinders, total 3921920 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x4870e929
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1 * 0 3692543 1846272 17 Hidden HPFS/NTFS
Thanks for your work on Solydxk.
Re: ISO testing 201410
Just got the same error from 'get_attached_disks' in live-installer/partitioning.py while trying to install SolydX (not K like before) on an old laptop. That laptop has the old style MBR disk partition with Linux Mint installed. No Windows, no GPT. Just vanilla MBR partition.
This SolydX installation was also using yesterday's 11/5 ISO files.
The install process on latest ISO's seem pretty broken but they work OK running Live.
This SolydX installation was also using yesterday's 11/5 ISO files.
The install process on latest ISO's seem pretty broken but they work OK running Live.

Re: ISO testing 201410
I'll wait on the ISO then. I am upgrading RAM and HD this weekend, hopefully.
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Re: ISO testing 201410
FWIW - I downloaded and installed the current 2014-10 version today onto a brand new machine with no linux previously installed. I have run into a couple of minor issues:
1 - The user that I set up during the install refused to allow me to log in on first boot. I went around it an logged in as root, but I could not get that user to work despite trying several times to reboot, and also logging out after logging in as root. It didn't say bad password - just went blank for a second and returned to the login screen. I went ahead and set up a new user and deleted the old one but I've never had that happen before.
2 - Also, the software manager icon appears gone, and it is not in my favorites list. Typing the name into the selection box, brings it up, but with no icon.
3 - My screen, which is an old panel that is probably only 1026x768 (or whatever the standard size is) brings up no wallpaper, just a solid blue screen.
1 - The user that I set up during the install refused to allow me to log in on first boot. I went around it an logged in as root, but I could not get that user to work despite trying several times to reboot, and also logging out after logging in as root. It didn't say bad password - just went blank for a second and returned to the login screen. I went ahead and set up a new user and deleted the old one but I've never had that happen before.
2 - Also, the software manager icon appears gone, and it is not in my favorites list. Typing the name into the selection box, brings it up, but with no icon.
3 - My screen, which is an old panel that is probably only 1026x768 (or whatever the standard size is) brings up no wallpaper, just a solid blue screen.
Re: ISO testing 201410
@freecicero
Did you md5sum the iso before installing? Because it sounds like a corrupted downloaded iso maybe.
Did you md5sum the iso before installing? Because it sounds like a corrupted downloaded iso maybe.
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Re: ISO testing 201410
Strike what i said below -- just checked the dowloaded ISO again, and the mdsum was fine.
And i can add to the list of things to report that the updatemanager did not autostart either.
Of course all these things could be something I did wrong - just reporting FWIW - probably nothing
No, I didn't check the md5, so that may well be it. On first check now it DOESN'T match, so that must be it. Thanks!
And i can add to the list of things to report that the updatemanager did not autostart either.
Of course all these things could be something I did wrong - just reporting FWIW - probably nothing

No, I didn't check the md5, so that may well be it. On first check now it DOESN'T match, so that must be it. Thanks!
Re: ISO testing 201410
i'm installing the latest SolydK-64bit (from 05-Nov-2014 08:09) and i noticed also a few issues.
this time it seems like it's going to finish without issues.
i would recommend (from my experience so far) to:
1. check that you have an active internet connection (this is a known issue but the proposed fix isn't working as expected)
2. start the live-installer from the terminal with
this shouldn't be needed but i found out that otherwise i was getting a
this time it seems like it's going to finish without issues.
i would recommend (from my experience so far) to:
1. check that you have an active internet connection (this is a known issue but the proposed fix isn't working as expected)
2. start the live-installer from the terminal with
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gksu live-installer
this shouldn't be needed but i found out that otherwise i was getting a
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Error opening /dev/sda: Permission denied
bliss of ignorance
Re: ISO testing 201410
installation is complete.
a few notes:
as i said above i had to start the live-installer with
2 previous attempts (one without internet and another with) crashed in the same place: opening the partitioning page with this error attempting to install off-line failed with the output attached which i very similar to the output of trying to install with net ===
finally the log of the successful installation ===
one of things i immediately noticed as a regression is the lack of information in the partitioning page;
specially for me that have always several distros installed and not always know where is what
there's no indication of the operation systems on the partitions and the free space.
a few notes:
as i said above i had to start the live-installer with
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gksu live-installer
2 previous attempts (one without internet and another with) crashed in the same place: opening the partitioning page with this error attempting to install off-line failed with the output attached which i very similar to the output of trying to install with net ===
finally the log of the successful installation ===
one of things i immediately noticed as a regression is the lack of information in the partitioning page;
specially for me that have always several distros installed and not always know where is what

bliss of ignorance
Re: ISO testing 201410
The installer is still crashing in the partitioning step with a failure in 'get_attached_disks'. (See my previous posting for the stack trace). I verified:bmccann wrote:Just got the same error from 'get_attached_disks' in live-installer/partitioning.py while trying to install SolydX (not K like before) on an old laptop. That laptop has the old style MBR disk partition with Linux Mint installed. No Windows, no GPT. Just vanilla MBR partition.
This SolydX installation was also using yesterday's 11/5 ISO files.
The install process on latest ISO's seem pretty broken but they work OK running Live.
- MD5 checksum on the ISO is correct.
- Internet connection is up.
- Live-installer was started using 'gksu' as suggested by zerozero.
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disk sda 0 59.6G STT_FT64GX25H
disk sdb 1 1.9G USB Flash Memory
loop loop0 0 1.4G
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def _get_attached_disks():
disks = []
exclude_devices = '/dev/sr0 /dev/sr1 /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd'.split()
lsblk = getoutput('lsblk -rindo TYPE,NAME,RM,SIZE,MODEL | sort -k3,2')
for line in lsblk:
# Don't do a full parse until we know this line describes a disk.
type, device = line.split(" ", 1)
if type == "disk" and device not in exclude_devices:
type, device, removable, size, model = line.split(" ", 4)
device = "/dev/" + device
# convert size to manufacturer's size for show, e.g. in GB, not GiB!
size = str(int(float(size[:-1]) * (1024/1000)**'BkMGTPEZY'.index(size[-1]))) + size[-1]
description = '{} ({}B)'.format(model.strip(), size)
if int(removable):
description = _('Removable:') + ' ' + description
disks.append((device, description))
return disks
The remainder off the installation was uneventful and I'm running now on a new 10/15 installation of SolydX. Looks good so far!
Re: ISO testing 201410
@bmccann
you were hit by a different issue;
thaanks for reporting and also for the workaround
Schoelje is not available in the next few days but surely when he comes back he will pick these issues.
you were hit by a different issue;
thaanks for reporting and also for the workaround

Schoelje is not available in the next few days but surely when he comes back he will pick these issues.
bliss of ignorance
Re: ISO testing 201410
You're welcome.zerozero wrote:@bmccann
you were hit by a different issue;
thaanks for reporting and also for the workaround![]()
Schoelje is not available in the next few days but surely when he comes back he will pick these issues.
I noticed another bug in the same installer function. The 'exclude_devices' logic won't work because 'lsblk' reports device names without the '/dev/' but the exclude device list does include '/dev/' in each device name. The following patch fixes that by removing '/dev/' in 'exclude_devices':
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def _get_attached_disks():
disks = []
exclude_devices = 'sr0 sr1 cdrom dvd'.split()
lsblk = getoutput('lsblk -rindo TYPE,NAME,RM,SIZE,MODEL | sort -k3,2')
for line in lsblk:
# Don't do a full parse until we know this line describes a disk.
type, device = line.split(" ", 1)
if type == "disk" and device not in exclude_devices:
type, device, removable, size, model = line.split(" ", 4)
device = "/dev/" + device
# convert size to manufacturer's size for show, e.g. in GB, not GiB!
size = str(int(float(size[:-1]) * (1024/1000)**'BkMGTPEZY'.index(size[-1]))) + size[-1]
description = '{} ({}B)'.format(model.strip(), size)
if int(removable):
description = _('Removable:') + ' ' + description
disks.append((device, description))
return disks
Re: ISO testing 201410
As I wrote in my 30-10-2014 SolydK test report, I think the Dutch translation of the slide show needs work. My suggestions are attached.
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SolydX EE 64 - tracking Debian Testing

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Re: ISO testing 201410
I tried latest iso and advanced an installer in Japanese and grasped that a part was displayed in English.
I recognize that translation work of each national language is necessary, but how should this support?
I recognize that translation work of each national language is necessary, but how should this support?
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I'm still trying to get this technically correct and translations are of lower priority for me right now.
However, if you feel you like to check the translations for your language now, I've uploaded the .po files.
live-installer: https://github.com/SolydXK/live-install ... changes/po
live-installer-slideshow: https://github.com/SolydXK/live-install ... ow/po4a/po
However, if you feel you like to check the translations for your language now, I've uploaded the .po files.
live-installer: https://github.com/SolydXK/live-install ... changes/po
live-installer-slideshow: https://github.com/SolydXK/live-install ... ow/po4a/po
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Re: ISO testing 201410
I have finally succeeded in building ISOs that actually install.
All of them were tested with different settings. I used ext4 only to install.
You can download them from dev: http://downloads.solydxk.nl/dev/
All of them were tested with different settings. I used ext4 only to install.
You can download them from dev: http://downloads.solydxk.nl/dev/
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