Debian bug report logs - #1517 , boring messages ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1517: Rebooting from install disks has errors Reply-To: Michael Alan Dorman , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Michael Alan Dorman Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 14:33:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sun, 01 Oct 1995 14:33:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sun, 01 Oct 1995 14:18:58 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0szPDH-0006JEC; Sun, 1 Oct 95 07:17 PDT Received: from lot49.med.miami.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22580 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 1 Oct 1995 07:17:36 -0700 Received: (from mdorman@localhost) by lot49.med.miami.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA11841; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 10:12:48 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 10:12:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Alan Dorman To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: base Rebooting my system from the 9/27 boot/root menu gets some dismaying messages and invariably cause a kernel error. I think it's an OOPS --- I'm not 100% clear on the difference between an OOPS and a PANIC. ----8<---- _setutent: Can't open utmp file: no such file or directory _setutent: Can't open utmp file: no such file or directory Terminated Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference... [More stuff that I couldn't read] ---->8---- It's not a big deal---it doesn't seem to hurt the installation at all---but it is kind of nasty to get such an error right after installing the system. Note that this is 100% reproducible for me. Boot with the boot/root combo, mount a partition (I don't know that this step is strictly necessary), choose to reboot the system, voila. Mike. -- "And I swear that I don't have a gun." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Michael Alan Dorman Subject: Bug#1517: Acknowledgement (was: Rebooting from install disks has errors) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian GNU/Linux. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers' mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, but please ensure that the Subject line of your message starts with "Bug#1517" or "Re: Bug#1517" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1517: Rebooting from install disks has errors Reply-To: Bruce Perens , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Bruce Perens Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 18:03:04 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Sun, 01 Oct 1995 18:03:04 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sun, 01 Oct 1995 17:49:08 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0szSUA-000GyGC; Sun, 1 Oct 95 10:47 PDT Received: from mongo.pixar.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA29763 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 1 Oct 1995 10:47:15 -0700 Received: by mongo.pixar.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0szSTx-000GyCC; Sun, 1 Oct 95 10:47 PDT Message-Id: To: Michael Alan Dorman , debian-bugs@Pixar.com Cc: bruce@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 01 Oct 1995 10:12:48 PDT." Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 10:47:21 -0700 From: Bruce Perens We're aware of this one, and hopefully it will be repaired today. I think we really only need to provide another flag to "halt" to keep it from happening. Thanks Bruce ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Bruce Perens Subject: Bug#1517: Info received (was Bug#1517: Rebooting from install disks has errors) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1517" or "Re: Bug#1517" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. 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Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent to debian-devel@pixar.com: Subject: Bug#1517: Rebooting from install disks has errors Reply-To: Ian Murdock , debian-bugs@pixar.com Resent-From: Ian Murdock Resent-To: debian-devel@pixar.com Resent-Date: Mon, 02 Oct 1995 02:18:03 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: iwj10@cus.cam.ac.uk X-Debian-PR-Package: base X-Debian-PR-Keywords: Received: via spool for debian-bugs; Mon, 02 Oct 1995 02:18:03 GMT Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Mon, 02 Oct 1995 02:05:22 GMT Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0szaES-000GzRC; Sun, 1 Oct 95 19:03 PDT Received: from imagine.imaginit.com by pixar.com with SMTP id AA20056 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 1 Oct 1995 19:03:31 -0700 Received: by imagine.imaginit.com id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 1 Oct 95 21:07 EST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 1 Oct 95 21:07 EST From: Ian Murdock To: debian-bugs@Pixar.com In-Reply-To: (message from Bruce Perens on Sun, 01 Oct 1995 10:47:21 -0700) Date: Sun, 01 Oct 1995 10:47:21 -0700 From: Bruce Perens We're aware of this one, and hopefully it will be repaired today. I think we really only need to provide another flag to "halt" to keep it from happening. It's fixed, and I'm uploading a new rootdisk as I write this. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Ian Murdock Subject: Bug#1517: Info received (was Bug#1517: Rebooting from install disks has errors) In-Reply-To: References: Thank you for the additional information you have supplied regarding this problem report. It has been forwarded to the developers to accompany the original report. If you wish to continue to submit further information on your problem, please do the same thing again: send it to debian-bugs@pixar.com, ensuring that the Subject line starts with "Bug#1517" or "Re: Bug#1517" so that we can identify it as relating to the same problem. Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the bug-tracking system. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock) In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Bug#1517: marked as done (was: Rebooting from install disks has errors) Your message dated Wed, 11 Oct 95 14:35 EST with message-id and subject line Bug#1517: has caused the attached bug report to be marked as done. It is your now responsibility to ensure that the bug report is dealt with. (NB: If you are a system administrator and have no idea what I'm talking about this indicates a serious mail system misconfiguration somewhere. Please contact me immediately.) Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) Received: with rfc822 via encapsulated-mail; Sun, 01 Oct 1995 14:18:58 GMT From lot49.med.miami.edu!mdorman Sun Oct 1 07:17:55 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0szPDH-0006JEC; Sun, 1 Oct 95 07:17 PDT Received: from lot49.med.miami.edu by pixar.com with SMTP id AA22580 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 1 Oct 1995 07:17:36 -0700 Received: (from mdorman@localhost) by lot49.med.miami.edu (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA11841; Sun, 1 Oct 1995 10:12:48 -0400 Date: Sun, 1 Oct 1995 10:12:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Alan Dorman To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: Rebooting from install disks has errors Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Package: base Rebooting my system from the 9/27 boot/root menu gets some dismaying messages and invariably cause a kernel error. I think it's an OOPS --- I'm not 100% clear on the difference between an OOPS and a PANIC. ----8<---- _setutent: Can't open utmp file: no such file or directory _setutent: Can't open utmp file: no such file or directory Terminated Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference... [More stuff that I couldn't read] ---->8---- It's not a big deal---it doesn't seem to hurt the installation at all---but it is kind of nasty to get such an error right after installing the system. Note that this is 100% reproducible for me. Boot with the boot/root combo, mount a partition (I don't know that this step is strictly necessary), choose to reboot the system, voila. Mike. -- "And I swear that I don't have a gun." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message sent: From: iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk (Ian Jackson) To: Michael Alan Dorman Subject: Bug#1517 acknowledged by developer (was: Rebooting from install disks has errors) References: In-Reply-To: This is an automatic notification regarding your bug report. Responsibility for it has been taken by one of the developers, namely imurdock@debian.org (Ian Murdock). You should be hearing from them with a substantive response shortly, if you have not already done so. If not, please contact them directly, or email debian-bugs@pixar.com or myself. Ian Jackson (maintainer, debian-bugs) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov