Experiences with Beowulf Beta Desktop Iso

rolfie · 2020-03-22 18:51:33

Installation into a Virtual Box VM with UEFI, encrypted with LVM, separate /boot-Partition. Expert install with openrc, let the installer partition the available space (32M). Goal was a minimal system with CLI for setting up my preffered desktop MATE without the garbage you get with the normal selection.

Host is a ASCII installation with VBox 6.0.14 directly installed with dpkg -i. Its not the latest version but it works for me.

The installation ended with no error message on installing grub, but the VM did not boot. Same scenario as https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=2676. Used the DVD as rescue system and tried all options as posted in the mentioned thread. Finally suceeded with grub-install --bootloader-id=debian followed by an update-grub.

Found the log in /var/log/installer on the VM, here is the important part attached.

Scanning through there 2 topics struck my eyes:
1.) Mar 19 19:16:10 05efi: debug: /target/boot/efi does not have /EFI directory: exiting. I saw this when first running the rescue system, and fixed it manually. A normal grub-install did not help, still ended in the grub shell.
2.) Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Paket grub-efi-amd64 ist nicht verfügbar: the installer did not find grub-efi-amd64.

What went wrong there? My mistake or deficits in the installer?

Observation: the installer did not have a clear indication if started in EFI or MBR mode.

rolfie

Mar 19 19:15:27 main-menu[361]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected
Mar 19 19:15:27 grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/efi
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Die folgenden zusätzlichen Pakete werden installiert:
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target:   libefiboot1 libefivar1 libfuse2 os-prober
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Vorgeschlagene Pakete:
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target:   multiboot-doc grub-emu xorriso desktop-base fuse
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Die folgenden NEUEN Pakete werden installiert:
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target:   grub-common libefiboot1 libefivar1 libfuse2 os-prober
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: 0 aktualisiert, 5 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Es müssen noch 0 B von 2.722 kB an Archiven heruntergeladen werden.
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Nach dieser Operation werden 17,3 MB Plattenplatz zusätzlich benutzt.
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Holen:1 cdrom://[Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 (beowulf) amd64 - desktop 20200313] beowulf/main amd64 libefivar1 amd64 37-2 [46,3 kB]
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Holen:2 cdrom://[Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 (beowulf) amd64 - desktop 20200313] beowulf/main amd64 libefiboot1 amd64 37-2 [41,9 kB]
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Holen:3 cdrom://[Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 (beowulf) amd64 - desktop 20200313] beowulf/main amd64 libfuse2 amd64 2.9.9-1 [128 kB]
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Holen:4 cdrom://[Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 (beowulf) amd64 - desktop 20200313] beowulf/main amd64 grub-common amd64 2.02+dfsg1-20 [2.476 kB]
Mar 19 19:15:27 in-target: Holen:5 cdrom://[Devuan GNU/Linux 3.0 (beowulf) amd64 - desktop 20200313] beowulf/main amd64 os-prober amd64 1.77 [30,2 kB]
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket libefivar1:amd64 wird gewählt.^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... ^M(Lese Datenbank ... 5%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 10%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 15%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 20%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 25%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 30%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 35%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 40%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 45%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 50%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 55%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 60%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 65%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 70%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 75%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 80%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 85%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 90%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 95%^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: (Lese Datenbank ... 100%^M(Lese Datenbank ... 50907 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../libefivar1_37-2_amd64.deb ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Entpacken von libefivar1:amd64 (37-2) ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket libefiboot1:amd64 wird gewählt.^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../libefiboot1_37-2_amd64.deb ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Entpacken von libefiboot1:amd64 (37-2) ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket libfuse2:amd64 wird gewählt.^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../libfuse2_2.9.9-1_amd64.deb ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Entpacken von libfuse2:amd64 (2.9.9-1) ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket grub-common wird gewählt.^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../grub-common_2.02+dfsg1-20_amd64.deb ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Entpacken von grub-common (2.02+dfsg1-20) ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket os-prober wird gewählt.^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von .../os-prober_1.77_amd64.deb ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Entpacken von os-prober (1.77) ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: libfuse2:amd64 (2.9.9-1) wird eingerichtet ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: libefivar1:amd64 (37-2) wird eingerichtet ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: libefiboot1:amd64 (37-2) wird eingerichtet ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: grub-common (2.02+dfsg1-20) wird eingerichtet ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: os-prober (1.77) wird eingerichtet ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Trigger für man-db (2.8.5-2) werden verarbeitet ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:28 in-target: Trigger für libc-bin (2.28-10) werden verarbeitet ...^M
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: grub-common ist schon die neueste Version (2.02+dfsg1-20).
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Mar 19 19:15:29 grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda2: gpt
Mar 19 19:15:29 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:29 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-legacy which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:29 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-pc-bin which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:29 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-pc which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Paket grub-efi-amd64 ist nicht verfügbar, wird aber von einem anderen Paket
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: referenziert. Das kann heißen, dass das Paket fehlt, dass es abgelöst
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: wurde oder nur aus einer anderen Quelle verfügbar ist.
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: Doch die folgenden Pakete ersetzen es:
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target:   grub2-common grub-common grub-pc grub-efi-ia32
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:29 in-target: E: Für Paket »grub-efi-amd64« existiert kein Installationskandidat.
Mar 19 19:15:29 grub-installer: info: Additionally installing shim-signed to go with grub-efi-amd64
Mar 19 19:15:30 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:30 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:30 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:30 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:30 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:30 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:30 in-target: E: Paket shim-signed kann nicht gefunden werden.
Mar 19 19:15:30 grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64' failed
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): File descriptor 3 (pipe:[13960]) leaked on lvdisplay invocation.
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805):  Parent PID 3335: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation.
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805):  Parent PID 3335: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation.
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805):  Parent PID 3335: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation.
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805):  Parent PID 3335: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805):   
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): Volume group "sda" not found
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): 
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805):   
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): Cannot process volume group sda
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): 
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: (process:2805): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1
Mar 19 19:15:36 main-menu[361]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed.
Mar 19 19:15:38 main-menu[361]: DEBUG: resolver (gpgv-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Mar 19 19:15:38 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb
Mar 19 19:15:38 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for choose-init
Mar 19 19:15:38 lilo-installer: LILO not usable on EFI PCs without BIOS compatibility; use grub-efi
Mar 19 19:15:42 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb
Mar 19 19:15:42 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for choose-init
Mar 19 19:15:42 main-menu[361]: INFO: Menu item 'grub-installer' selected
Mar 19 19:15:42 grub-installer: info: architecture: amd64/efi
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: grub-common ist schon die neueste Version (2.02+dfsg1-20).
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: grub-common ist schon die neueste Version (2.02+dfsg1-20).
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 0 aktualisiert, 0 neu installiert, 0 zu entfernen und 0 nicht aktualisiert.
Mar 19 19:15:43 grub-installer: info: Identified partition label for /dev/sda2: gpt
Mar 19 19:15:43 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:43 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-legacy which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:43 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-pc-bin which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:43 grub-installer: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove grub-pc which isn't installed
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Paket grub-efi-amd64 ist nicht verfügbar, wird aber von einem anderen Paket
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: referenziert. Das kann heißen, dass das Paket fehlt, dass es abgelöst
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: wurde oder nur aus einer anderen Quelle verfügbar ist.
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: Doch die folgenden Pakete ersetzen es:
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target:   grub2-common grub-common grub-pc grub-efi-ia32
Mar 19 19:15:43 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: E: Für Paket »grub-efi-amd64« existiert kein Installationskandidat.
Mar 19 19:15:44 grub-installer: info: Additionally installing shim-signed to go with grub-efi-amd64
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: Paketlisten werden gelesen...
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: Abhängigkeitsbaum wird aufgebaut....
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: Statusinformationen werden eingelesen....
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: 
Mar 19 19:15:44 in-target: E: Paket shim-signed kann nicht gefunden werden.
Mar 19 19:15:44 grub-installer: info: Calling 'apt-install grub-efi-amd64' failed
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): File descriptor 3 (pipe:[13960]) leaked on lvdisplay invocation.
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571):  Parent PID 3795: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 3795: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 3795: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvdisplay invocation. Parent PID 3795: /bin/sh
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571):   
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): Volume group "sda" not found
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): 
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571):   
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): Cannot process volume group sda
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): 
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: (process:3571): dpkg-divert: warning: diverting file '/sbin/start-stop-daemon' from an Essential package with rename is dangerous, use --no-rename
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: WARNING **: Configuring 'grub-installer' failed with error code 1
Mar 19 19:15:51 main-menu[361]: WARNING **: Menu item 'grub-installer' failed.
Mar 19 19:15:53 main-menu[361]: DEBUG: resolver (gpgv-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Mar 19 19:15:53 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb
Mar 19 19:15:53 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for choose-init
Mar 19 19:15:53 lilo-installer: LILO not usable on EFI PCs without BIOS compatibility; use grub-efi
Mar 19 19:15:55 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb
Mar 19 19:15:55 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for choose-init
Mar 19 19:15:55 main-menu[361]: INFO: Menu item 'nobootloader' selected
Mar 19 19:16:07 main-menu[361]: DEBUG: resolver (gpgv-udeb): package doesn't exist (ignored)
Mar 19 19:16:07 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb
Mar 19 19:16:07 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for choose-init
Mar 19 19:16:07 lilo-installer: LILO not usable on EFI PCs without BIOS compatibility; use grub-efi
Mar 19 19:16:07 lilo-installer: LILO not usable on EFI PCs without BIOS compatibility; use grub-efi
Mar 19 19:16:09 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for brltty-udeb
Mar 19 19:16:09 main-menu[361]: INFO: Falling back to the package description for choose-init
Mar 19 19:16:09 main-menu[361]: INFO: Menu item 'finish-install' selected
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/01kickseed
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/05localechooser
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/06espeakup
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/06rootskel
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/06user-setup
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Shadow passwords are now on.
Mar 19 20:16:09 chpasswd[4143]: pam_unix(chpasswd:chauthtok): password changed for root
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding new group `rolf' (1000) ...
Mar 19 20:16:09 groupadd[4150]: group added to /etc/group: name=rolf, GID=1000
Mar 19 20:16:09 groupadd[4150]: group added to /etc/gshadow: name=rolf
Mar 19 20:16:09 groupadd[4150]: new group: name=rolf, GID=1000
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding new user `rolf' (1000) with group `rolf' ...
Mar 19 20:16:09 useradd[4154]: new user: name=rolf, UID=1000, GID=1000, home=/home/rolf, shell=/bin/bash
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Creating home directory `/home/rolf' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Copying files from `/etc/skel' ...
Mar 19 20:16:09 usermod[4162]: change user 'rolf' password
Mar 19 20:16:09 chfn[4167]: changed user 'rolf' information
Mar 19 20:16:09 chpasswd[4174]: pam_unix(chpasswd:chauthtok): password changed for rolf
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' to group `audio' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user rolf to group audio
Mar 19 20:16:09 gpasswd[4178]: user rolf added by root to group audio
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Done.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' to group `cdrom' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user rolf to group cdrom
Mar 19 20:16:09 gpasswd[4184]: user rolf added by root to group cdrom
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Done.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' to group `dip' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user rolf to group dip
Mar 19 20:16:09 gpasswd[4190]: user rolf added by root to group dip
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Done.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' to group `floppy' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user rolf to group floppy
Mar 19 20:16:09 gpasswd[4196]: user rolf added by root to group floppy
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Done.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' to group `video' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user rolf to group video
Mar 19 20:16:09 gpasswd[4202]: user rolf added by root to group video
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Done.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' to group `plugdev' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user rolf to group plugdev
Mar 19 20:16:09 gpasswd[4208]: user rolf added by root to group plugdev
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Done.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user `rolf' to group `netdev' ...
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Adding user rolf to group netdev
Mar 19 20:16:09 gpasswd[4214]: user rolf added by root to group netdev
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: Done.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: adduser: The group `scanner' does not exist.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: adduser: The group `bluetooth' does not exist.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: adduser: The group `debian-tor' does not exist.
Mar 19 19:16:09 user-setup: adduser: The group `lpadmin' does not exist.
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/07brltty
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/07preseed
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/07speakup
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/10apt-cdrom-setup
Mar 19 19:16:09 finish-install: info: Running /usr/lib/finish-install.d/10clock-setup
Mar 19 19:16:09 anna-install: Installing os-prober-udeb
Mar 19 19:16:09 anna-install: Installing ext2-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing ext3-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing ext4-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing xfs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing jfs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing msdos-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb msdos-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing vfat-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb vfat-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing ntfs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb ntfs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing minix-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb minix-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing hfs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb hfs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing hfsplus-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb hfsplus-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing qnx4-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb qnx4-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing ufs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb ufs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing btrfs-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing fuse-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing fs-core-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb fs-core-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 anna-install: Installing fs-secondary-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: unknown udeb fs-secondary-modules
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: File descriptor 3 (pipe:[13960]) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4453: log-output
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: File descriptor 4 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4453: log-output
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: File descriptor 5 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4453: log-output
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: File descriptor 6 (/dev/pts/0) leaked on lvs invocation. Parent PID 4453: log-output
Mar 19 19:16:10 os-prober: debug: running /usr/lib/os-probes/mounted/05efi on mounted /dev/sda1
Mar 19 19:16:10 05efi: debug: /dev/sda1 is a FAT32 partition
Mar 19 19:16:10 05efi: debug: /dev/sda1 partition scheme is gpt
Mar 19 19:16:10 05efi: debug: /dev/sda1 partition type is c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b
Mar 19 19:16:10 05efi: debug: /target/boot/efi does not have /EFI directory: exiting

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fsmithred · 2020-03-22 19:00:05

Someone mentioned that grub-efi-amd64 is missing. I think that was on the netinstall iso. I'm downloading the dvd iso now to check it.

Did you install with or without a network mirror?

rolfie · 2020-03-22 19:12:36

fsmithred wrote:

Did you install with or without a network mirror?

Without. I am used to set the sources.list to the mirrors after the first boot.

rolfie

fsmithred · 2020-03-22 19:51:09

You should be able to boot the dvd, go into rescue mode, get a network connection and install grub-efi-amd64. You don't need the -signed version unless you're using secure boot.

All the installation media (including desktop-live) boot with grub on uefi and boot with isolinux on bios. If you can't tell the difference by looking at them, you can test:
Press TAB to edit the boot command in isolinux.
Press e to edit the boot command in grub.
Press ESC to return to the boot menu - this one is the same for both.

If you're already booted into the system, check to see if /sys/firmware/efi exists. If it does, you booted in uefi mode.

rolfie · 2020-03-23 10:11:47

A new installation with network mirror works fine.

That means grub-efi-amd64 is missing on the DVD.

rolfie

robert-e · 2020-03-26 19:15:54

Posting this to possibly save someone else trouble-shooting time.

I have a 1 tb spinning HDD with a "long time use" install and updated ASCII (2), and two 250 gb SSDs. My practice on installation is to uninstall completely Mate Screeensaver, Gimp and PulseAudio. I set Power Manager to set the power button to "shutdown" and did similar to the suspend options, as well as inhibiting the screen sleep/dim mode. It does not hang. I downloaded Beowulf RC from Ralph's borta server, burned it to a usb stick, and proceeded to install to one of the ssd. I rebooted and I uninstalled the above three programs, and did the power manager settings as above.

Everything seemed to work fine, except that after a few minutes the screen would go dark, and the mouse and keyboard would become non-usable. I would have to initiate a shutdown by the power button. The laptop (Lenovo L512) could then be restarted normally.

A few days later I downloaded the Beowulf beta, and installed it to the same ssd, in the same way as above. Results were the same as with the RC. So I reinstalled to the other ssd. Same results as the first ssd. I then reinstalled this time choosing the xfce desktop instead of mate. Same results. I then downloaded the ASCII 2 iso, and installed choosing mate desktop to an ssd. Uninstalled the screensaver, gimp, and pulseaudio. Result was no hang. I then apt updated it and then dist-upgraded to Beowulf. Worked fine, with no hang.

So I again installed with the beowulf iso stick to the ssd, this time leaving the screensaver installed, and only removing gimp and pulseaudio. I did the inhibit screensaver settings, and the above power manager settings. Result was no hanging. I am using that beowulf install to write this.

One thing of note; when the hang would occur, if I fiddled with the mouse, and then shutdown and rebooted, there would be a "new file" icon on the desktop. That would seem to indicate that the laptop was still "computing" with only the video not working. I suspect that the screensaver program has something
to do with recovering from a "sleep" state. Oh yes, I did try disabling the pci bus and the cpu "powering down" after some non-use time in bios. No joy with that.

(edit to fix formattinh)

Last edited by robert-e (2020-03-26 19:22:17)

GlennW · 2020-03-28 10:48:03

I managed to get it running off the 64bit iso.
Installed KDE to a SSD. I also installed it to a spinning hd, stock standard xfce4.

I saw errors at the install of grub attempt and the installs were aborted.
I eventually deleted /boot and the efi partition. and re-partitioned the space for /boot , the install went through without a hitch.
That was when I decided to try that process on the Hdd, and it worked as well.

I setup the iwlwifi after boot, installed some other programs and the ssd system is just about where I was.
I usually install proprietary nVidia graphics driver, and steam games. I might do that later.

Thanks for the opportunity, I like Beowulf.

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