Instalation Report of hoart-rc

[Xan]

Dilluns 04 Abril 2005 22:55, en/na Matt Zimmerman (<Matt Zimmerman 
<mdz at ubuntu.com>>) va escriure:
>>Re: Instalation Report of hoart-rc
>
> On Mon, Apr 04, 2005 at 09:48:35PM +0200, Xan wrote:
> > 1) ubuntu has "problems" reading hda.
> > Repeatly, in ubuntu boot, I have the error:
> >
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: 0x04 { DriveStatusError }
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 {
> > DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04
> > { DriveStatusError }
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: ide0: reset: success
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: hda: task_in_intr: status=0x59 {
> > DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error }
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: hda: task_in_intr: error=0x04
> > { DriveStatusError }
> > Apr  1 16:55:41 ubuntu kernel: ide: failed opcode was: unknown
> > [....]
>
> This is most likely a hardware problem; make sure all of the cables are
> secure, etc.

I will see that: I check all my cables....
Is there a objective way for knowing is cable is not secure? That is, I check 
my cable visually, but perhaps cable is tight, so it unsecures itself. How 
can I know it via software?


>
> >    2.3) Finally, when I say "yes" to this question, ubuntu does not let
> > me install packages because it says to me that I'm not the superuser:
> >
> > E: No s'ha pogut blocar /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11 El recurs no
> > està disponible temporalment)
> > E: No s'ha pogut bloquejar el directori de la llista...sou superusuari?
> >
> > that translated is
> >
> > E: Unable to lock /var/lib/apt/lists/lock - open (11 The resource is
> > temporarily unavailable)
> > E: Was not able to lock the directory from the list...are you the
> > superuser?
> >
> >
> > So, I seem that this is a real bug: if ubuntu installation has not
> > permission for install....
>
> The base-config process runs as root; that is not the reason for this
> error. There was some problem acquiring the lock.  This could be related to
> your hard disk problem.

Well, I will report it when I check my cables.

>
> > These are the major bugs. But I have more, if I examine all the
> > /var/log's:
> >
> > 3) In the installation, I put the hostname = "ubuntu.canostra" while
> > ubuntu sets me different hostname:
>
> The hostname should not include a '.' character; probably the installer
> should have refused it.

Why not?. But if I put hostname with dot, it has to be valid. A formal bug?

>
> > 6) Is this a bug?
> >
> > abr 01 17:12:59 (install): El fitxer OMF
> > [/usr/share/omf/gnome-utils/gfloppy-ja.omf] no valida amb el DTD de
> > ScrollKeeper-OMF: /usr/share/xml/scrollkeeper/dtds/scrollkeeper-omf.dtd
> > abr 01 17:12:59 scrollkeeper-update: No es pot
> > registrar /usr/share/omf/gnome-utils/gfloppy-ja.omf
> >
> > ?
> >
> > that translated is
> >
> > abr 01 17:12:59 (install): El fitxer OMF
> > [/usr/share/omf/gnome-utils/gfloppy-ja.omf] not valid with the DTD of
> > ScrollKeeper-OMF: /usr/share/xml/scrollkeeper/dtds/scrollkeeper-omf.dtd
> > abr 01 17:12:59 scrollkeeper-update: Unable to
> > register /usr/share/omf/gnome-utils/gfloppy-ja.omf
> >
> > [in /var/log/scrollkeeper]
>
> Yes.

Are this filed in bugzilla?. I could send you any file if you want to know 
more info about it.

>
> > 7) Is this a bug?
> >
> > Apr  1 17:14:51 ubuntu pci.agent[6688]: Bad PCI agent invocation
>
> Possibly.

How can I know if it's sure?

>
> > 10) A bug?
> >
> > Setting up ntpdate (4.2.0a-11ubuntu3) ...
> >  * Synchronizing clock to ntp.ubuntulinux.org...
> > Error : Servname not supported for ai_socktype
> >    ...fail!
> >
> > A strange output.
>
> Possibly.

Idem.
>
> > 11) Finally, I think that ubuntu formats my hd badly. When I run debian,
> > I receive at boot:
> >
> > EXT3 FS on hdb5, internal journal
> > EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
> > EXT2-fs warning (device hdb6): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem
> > as ext2
> > ext3: No journal on filesystem on hdb7
>
> Probably your fstab entries in Debian are incorrect; ask for help in the
> support forums.

Mmmmm.... well, I will try it. but first, I will check all my hardward again 
and reformat my ubuntu partitions  with ubuntu installer for seeing if I have 
the same error.


Thank you very much Matt for your helping.

Xan.