24/01/2011 14:27 -0600, Troy Dawson wrote: > Stephan Wiesand wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2011, at 19:34 , Troy Dawson wrote: > > > >> Troy J Dawson wrote: > >>> Elena Korytko wrote: > >>>> В Пнд, 24/01/2011 в 11:45 -0600, Troy Dawson пишет: > >>>>> Elena Korytko wrote: > >>>>>> When the additional repository "Scientific Linux 6 - i386 - security > >>>>>> updates" selected, installation crashes on package dbus (screenshot > >>>>>> attached). With other repositories from list installation is successful. > >> Nevermind, I got it to fail for me. But only for the DVD. But > that let's me investigate it better. > >> If anyone has a solution, please let me know, because I'm not > seeing anything on the console screens out of the ordinary, and I've > checked that the dbus package on the DVD is the same as the network. > > > > Just as a data point, we have run a number of SL6 Beta1 network > installs (using kickstart) from our local mirror, with 100% success. > We use an additional repo with updates, but it holds cherry-picked > packages packages only and the metadata is created locally (on an SL5 > host). > > > > Ok, I believe I have found the problem. Not a solution, but the real > problem. > > The order that the packages get installed changes when you have a 2 DVD > set with the updates (and possibly fastbugs) repo selected during the > install. This is due to some packages being on DVD 2. > > If you look at the install log failing install (/root/install.log on a > installed machine, /mnt/sysimage/root/install.log on a machine being > installed) you see that dbus fails on %pre, which is where it is adding > the users and groups that it needs to install. > But if you continue to look at that install log, you will notice that > over half of the other packages failed with their %post install scripts. > So, you're machine would be pretty messed up even if the install finished. Seems like, incorrect order of packages is a root of problem -- for example, glibc is not installed before dbus packages installation. When we try install such packages by hands in a shell VT, we get a message about it. > As I said, I found the real problem, not the solution. > > For now, we'll just say that if you are installing via DVD, to not > select the updates or fastbugs repositories. > > Troy --Oleg