Calamares bugs, may be related to KDE

[fusion809]

Hi,

I have just downloaded the openmamba ISO for the first time (never used this OS before now) and I booted the live ISO in a virtual machine (run using VirtualBox 5.0.2), the booting happened with issue, but when I ran the installer, Calamares, I noticed several bugs. For one, when I tried to select my language there was a graphical bug that meant that where the Calamares window and the language drop-down menu intersected the menu was made invisible (see this screenshot, for example). Secondly and most significantly, when I got to the stage of pressing “Install Now” in the popup window (see this screenshot, if you are unsure about what I mean), Calamares crashed. Now, so that I can provide you’s with detailed debugging information, I ran sudo calamares from Konsole and it gave the following output:

13:21:39 [1]: Calamares version: 1.1.2 
Translation: Calamares: Using system locale: "en_US"
Translation: Qt: Using default locale, system locale one not found: "en_US"
13:21:39 [1]: Default font ===== 
Pixel size:    -1 
Point size:    9 
Point sizeF:   9 
Font family:   "Sans Serif" 
Metric height: 14 
13:21:39 [1]: Font height: 14 
13:21:39 [1]: Available languages: ("ar", "ast", "ca", "cs_CZ", "da", "de", "en", "en_GB", "es_MX", "es", "fi_FI", "fr", "hr", "hu", "id", "it_IT", "ja", "lt", "nl", "pl", "pt_BR", "pt_PT", "ro", "ru", "sk", "sl", "sv", "th", "tr_TR", "zh_CN", "zh_TW") 
13:21:39 [1]: CalamaresApplication thread: 0x20d8e20 
13:21:39 [1]: Using Calamares settings file at "/etc/calamares/settings.conf" 
13:21:39 [1]: Using Calamares branding file at "/etc/calamares/branding/openmamba/branding.desc" 
13:21:39 [1]: WARNING: the selected branding component does not ship translations. 
13:21:39 [1]: Loaded branding component "openmamba" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "bootloader" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "displaymanager" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "dracut" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "dummyprocess" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "dummypython" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "finished" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "fstab" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "grubcfg" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "hwclock" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "initcpio" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "initcpiocfg" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "initramfs" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "keyboard" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "locale" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "localecfg" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "machineid" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "mount" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "networkcfg" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "openmamba-postinstall" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "packages" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "partition" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "removeuser" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "services" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "summary" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "umount" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "unpackfs" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "users" 
13:21:39 [1]: Loading module.desc for "welcome" 
13:21:39 [1]: Proposed window size: 1010 520 
13:21:39 [1]: QML import paths: ("/usr/share/calamares/qml", "/usr/bin", "/usr/lib64/qt5/qml") 
13:21:39 [1]: Initial locale  "en_US" 
No layout variant specified on the command line
Trailing -variant option ignored
13:21:39 [1]: xkbmap selection changed to:  "us" - "" 
libGL error: pci id for fd 12: 80ee:beef, driver (null)
OpenGL Warning: glFlushVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glVertexArrayRangeNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerOutputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameteriNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glCombinerParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinalCombinerInputNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetCombinerOutputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterfvNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFinalCombinerInputParameterivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glDeleteFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glFinishFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGenFencesNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glGetFenceivNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glIsFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glSetFenceNV not found in mesa table
OpenGL Warning: glTestFenceNV not found in mesa table
libGL error: core dri or dri2 extension not found
libGL error: failed to load driver: vboxvideo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
OpenGL Warning: XGetVisualInfo returned 0 visuals for 0000000002894480
OpenGL Warning: Retry with 0x8002 returned 0 visuals
OpenGL Warning: glXGetFBConfigAttrib for 0000000002894480, failed to get XVisualInfo
13:21:40 [1]: Cannot open file "/etc/locale.gen" . Assuming the supported languages are already built into the locale archive. 
13:21:40 [1]: Need at least storage bytes: 5368709120 
13:21:40 [1]: Need at least ram bytes: 536870912 
13:21:40 [1]: A battery exists, checking for mains power. 
13:21:40 [1]: enoughStorage, enoughRam, hasPower, hasInternet, isRoot:  true true true false true 
13:21:40 [1]: "Osprober lines, clean:
" 
13:21:46 [1]: Selected locale "en_GB" 
13:21:53 [1]: Choice applied:  2 
13:21:54 [1]: CreatePartitionTableJob::createTable trying to make table for device "/dev/sda" 
13:21:54 [1]: Updating partitioning preview widgets. 
13:21:54 [0]: QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
13:21:55 [1]: Suggested swap size: 8.50443 GiB 
13:21:55 [1]: Updating partitioning preview widgets. 
13:21:55 [0]: QCoreApplication::postEvent: Unexpected null receiver
13:21:55 [1]: # Queue: 
13:21:55 [1]: ## Device: "ATA VBOX HARDDISK" 
13:21:55 [1]: - "Create new msdos partition table on /dev/sda." 
13:21:55 [1]: - "Create new 25702MB partition on /dev/sda (ATA VBOX HARDDISK) with file system ext4." 
13:21:55 [1]: - "Create new 8708MB partition on /dev/sda (ATA VBOX HARDDISK) with file system linuxswap." 
13:21:55 [1]: - "Create new 227726MB partition on /dev/sda (ATA VBOX HARDDISK) with file system ext4." 
13:22:15 [0]: QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "", which already has a layout
13:22:15 [1]: PartitionCodeModule has been asked for jobs. About to return: "Clear all temporary mounts.
Clear mounts for partitioning operations on /dev/sda
Create new msdos partition table on /dev/sda.
Create new 25702MB partition on /dev/sda (ATA VBOX HARDDISK) with file system ext4.
Create new 8708MB partition on /dev/sda (ATA VBOX HARDDISK) with file system linuxswap.
Create new 227726MB partition on /dev/sda (ATA VBOX HARDDISK) with file system ext4.
Set partition information" 
13:22:15 [1]: Gathering UUIDs for partitions that exist now. 
13:22:15 [1]: QHash(("", "")) 
13:22:15 [1]: Writing to GlobalStorage["partitions"] 
13:22:15 [1]: "" mtpoint: "/" fs: "ext4" "" 
13:22:15 [1]: "" mtpoint: "" fs: "linuxswap" "" 
13:22:15 [1]: "" mtpoint: "" fs: "ext4" "" 
13:22:15 [1]: Gathering UUIDs for partitions that exist now. 
13:22:15 [1]: QHash(("", "")) 
13:22:15 [1]: Writing to GlobalStorage["partitions"] 
13:22:15 [1]: "" mtpoint: "/" fs: "ext4" "" 
13:22:15 [1]: "" mtpoint: "" fs: "linuxswap" "" 
13:22:15 [1]: "" mtpoint: "" fs: "ext4" "" 
OpenGL Warning: glXCreatePbuffer not implemented by Chromium
OpenGL Warning: glXCreatePbuffer not implemented by Chromium

Now the reason why I said “may be related to KDE” in the title is that I know that Calamares also has issues (not quite the same, but still related to graphics) in Sabayon KDE edition, see this post on the Sabayon forums for details.

• This topic was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by fusion809.

[Silvan]

Thanks for reporting the problems with details to help us fix them.
Calamares was recently updated in openmamba but I could not do extensive tests so far.
About the most importat problem, did you choose automatic partitioning of the whole disk? This is a function I have patched for openmamba and which needs more testing, because I suspect wrongly calculated partitions might cause the crash. So if this is the case I would suggest you to try with manual partitiong and see if it works, as I haven’t patched anything there.

• This reply was modified 8 years, 7 months ago by Silvan.

[fusion809]

I was using automatic partitioning, but I just tried manual (MBR, single 256 GB ext2 partition, if relevant) partitioning and it resulted in the same crash.

[Silvan]

Hi,
I’ve just tried installing openmamba-milestone3-livecd-it-snapshot-20150908 on both libvirt and VirtualBox virtual machines and could not repoduce the problem.
In your log, for some yet unknown reason, device are not gathered after repartitioning and the QHash returned is empty:

13:22:15 [1]: Gathering UUIDs for partitions that exist now. 
13:22:15 [1]: QHash(("", "")) 

as a workaround, did you try installing on a partition that already exist, i.e. without telling Calamares to change any partition?

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