From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Dec 03 17:20:07 2014 Received: (at 19248) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Dec 2014 22:20:07 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:53052 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XwIHH-0000of-4C for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:20:07 -0500 Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([141.255.128.1]:39243) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1XwIHE-0000oT-4b for 19248@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 03 Dec 2014 17:20:05 -0500 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A667415B; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 23:20:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from hera.aquilenet.fr ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (hera.aquilenet.fr [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id pAb2r3oTxaIm; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 23:20:02 +0100 (CET) Received: from pluto (unknown [46.218.105.215]) by hera.aquilenet.fr (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 1B97D511; Wed, 3 Dec 2014 23:20:01 +0100 (CET) From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) To: th3kent Subject: Re: bug#19248: installation of 0.8 stops at guile prompt. References: <877fybni67.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 23:18:18 +0100 In-Reply-To: <877fybni67.fsf@gnulx000.localhost.localdomian> (th3kent's message of "Tue, 02 Dec 2014 00:01:36 +0200") Message-ID: <87oark2x91.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 19248 Cc: 19248@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 1.0 (+) th3kent skribis: > hardware: 8-year-old hp nx6125 with 512mb memory and 60gb h.d.d > > first attempt at installation failed with the following: > > unionfs invoked oom-killer: gfp_mask=3D0x... > unionfs cpuset=3D/ mems_allowed=3D0 > [...] > Out of memory: Kill process 2068 (guix) score 526 or sacrifice child > Killed process 2068 (guix) total-vm:829080kB, anon-rss:201792kB, file-rss= :0kB > guix system: error: build failed: unexpected end-of-file > 2470 operations This is a sign that too much data was written to the unionfs that sits on the root file system. Could it be because you forgot to run =E2=80=98deco start cow-store /mnt=E2= =80=99?=20=20 > second attempt at installation failed with "no permissions" when copying > pata_* kernel modules to /gnu/store/*-linux-libre-3.17.2/. That is weird. Do you remember at what point that happened? Was it at the end of the =E2=80=98guix system init config.scm /mnt=E2=80=99 run? Files and directories under /gnu/store are meant to be immutable. > on restarting the laptop and booting from the h.d.d, the reboot stops > at the guile-user prompt. the backtrace shows the following: > > In /gnu/store/*-module-import/gnu/build/linux-boot.scm: > 385:7 2 (# In srfi/srfi-1.scm: > 619:17 1 (for-each # ... Does it show an actual error below that? Could you post your OS config? Thanks for the report! Ludo=E2=80=99.