live CD tests [2005-02-21 daily on powerpc, amd64 x 2 + ia64]

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 06:08:21PM +0000, James Troup wrote:

> Testing on HP Proliant DL145 (amd64)
> ------------------------------------
> [...]
>  - While testing synaptic, noticed there's no libgnome2-perl on CD, so
>    no gnome debconf gnome frontend.  Bug?

There's a debate about this; see ubuntu-devel archives.

>  - /etc/resolv.conf looks like it came from our build machines - and
>    probably really shouldn't.

Filed #6954.

>  - When select restart, the reboot hangs on a 'Press enter' prompt after:
> 
>    'eject: unable to eject, last error: invalid argument'
> 
>    The CD didn't manage to eject.

So it hung at that point?  Can you check (with sysrq+t or something) where
it's stuck?

On systems where it works, eject normally prints that error, and then
succeeds (the CD ejects) and exits.

> Testing on an IBM E325 (amd64)
> ------------------------------
> [...]
>  - Noticed some segfaults in /var/log/syslog: klogd and debconf

Eek.  I assumy they respawned and worked thereafter?

>  - CD managed to eject, but still go the same error message from
>    eject(1) and hung at promptness.

So you never saw the "press enter" prompt after the eject?

(the eject functionality works fine on all architectures for me)

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 - mdz