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Billy Ayotte

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Aug 6, 2012, 10:43:52 AM8/6/12
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I'm having troubles deploying the image but I can't seem to find the log file. I'm going to low level the drive and try again.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 6, 2012, 11:40:02 AM8/6/12
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Freshly downloaded image, fresh install of usb imager, still failing to deploy image on Asus 1001PX.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 6, 2012, 11:49:04 AM8/6/12
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Found the log, looks like it's failing around 99%. Looks like something to do with grub.

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Billy Ayotte

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Aug 6, 2012, 11:58:52 AM8/6/12
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Who wants the log file?

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 9:00:11 AM8/13/12
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Anyone?


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David Trask

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Aug 13, 2012, 10:15:16 AM8/13/12
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Brendan?  Can you take this one?  I'm not sure.
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Brendan Powers

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Aug 13, 2012, 10:23:58 AM8/13/12
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Hi, you can send me the log.

Also, sometimes you can get a better debug log by running thee disk
imager manually. Press alt-ctrl-f1, and run these commands

export DISPLAY=:0
umount -l /mnt
sudo open1to1-imager.py --eraseallmydataplease

then press alt-ctrl-f7. You should see a new instance of the imager.
Once you get an error, press alt-ctrl-f1 again to see the output.
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Resara LLC

1.888.357.9195
www.resara.com

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 10:41:53 AM8/13/12
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Tried the commands, /mnt isn't mounted and the last command just hangs, going to tty7 I just get a black screen.

Brendan Powers

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Aug 13, 2012, 10:43:01 AM8/13/12
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The command should hang. It may not be tty7. Hit alt-left or right
until X comes up.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 10:44:41 AM8/13/12
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When I ctrl-c I get this error:

File "/usr/share.open1to1/imager/welcome.py", line 42, in nextFrame
   def nextFrame(self):
KeyboardInterrupt

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Brendan Powers

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Aug 13, 2012, 10:45:28 AM8/13/12
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You need to get the GUI up and then close the UI to end it.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 10:51:04 AM8/13/12
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oops

/usr/share/open1to1/imager/welcome.py 

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 11:11:18 AM8/13/12
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Log file is empty. 

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 11:19:20 AM8/13/12
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The image does boot. I remember seeing something about unmounting /mnt failing. The imager finished with and exit status of 1. Would the umount be enough to cause a failed exit status?

Brendan Powers

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Aug 13, 2012, 11:20:03 AM8/13/12
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Yes, that would cause a failure.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 11:28:00 AM8/13/12
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Looks like the admin password isn't being changed. I remember seeing something in the buffer log. Can this log be written to a file?

Brendan Powers

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Aug 13, 2012, 11:28:50 AM8/13/12
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It should be already. Can you take a picture of the error?

David Trask

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Aug 13, 2012, 11:31:22 AM8/13/12
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It might be CTRL-ALT-F8....I think I ran into that

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Billy Ayotte

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Aug 13, 2012, 12:06:08 PM8/13/12
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Lets try it again, without the worlds largest ploy starring in the pics...

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Pics attached
2012-08-13_11-59-30_443.jpg
2012-08-13_11-59-46_688.jpg
2012-08-13_12-00-06_971.jpg

David Trask

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Aug 13, 2012, 3:08:34 PM8/13/12
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nice pics of a ploye.  nonetheless...does uninstalling the virtualbox extensions eliminate the crash?  Can you let me know...that's something I forgot to do

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Billy Ayotte

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Aug 14, 2012, 8:53:15 AM8/14/12
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Yeah that fixed the crash that happens when your run some updates. I also had to remove jupiter but that is the equivalent of eeepc-tray for many more laptop models. Lastly I think ureadahead is what is causing the black screen. When I uninstalled jupiter I noticed that it said ureadahead would be re profiled on next reboot. That boot went fast. The following reboot ureadahead took a about 13 seconds which is roughly the length of my black screen now. I'm getting closer, but so is my deadline.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 14, 2012, 9:29:05 AM8/14/12
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After I removed the virtualboc utils I noticed the Vboxguest service is still starting. It's an entry under startup services. Disabling that got me down to 45seconds to login screen, but I still have a 15 second black screen. This is turning into my " Moby Dick."

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 14, 2012, 10:12:25 AM8/14/12
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Removed the individuals indicator applets and added indicator-applet-complete back saved a few seconds on boot. Wifi bug still present though... I'm current;y defraging the FS. I did read that e4defrag can change inode priorities and  cluster files together but I haven't been able to figure that one out yet.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 14, 2012, 10:20:37 AM8/14/12
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Problem with the imager? To read the imager log go to tty1 (or any number other then 8) and go to /var/log/imager.log. I copy it to the /images directory so I can view it outside the imager environment.

I ran a defrag with e4defrag but boot time stands stiff at 43seconds including the black screen of doom.

On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Bob Sargent <rsar...@wrvschool.org> wrote:
I am having a similar problem on an asus 1005ha. Where did you find the log file?


On Monday, August 6, 2012 11:58:52 AM UTC-4, Billy Ayotte wrote:
Who wants the log file?

On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Billy Ayotte <billy....@gmail.com> wrote:
Found the log, looks like it's failing around 99%. Looks like something to do with grub.
On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Billy Ayotte <billy....@gmail.com> wrote:
Freshly downloaded image, fresh install of usb imager, still failing to deploy image on Asus 1001PX.


On Monday, August 6, 2012 10:43:52 AM UTC-4, Billy Ayotte wrote:
I'm having troubles deploying the image but I can't seem to find the log file. I'm going to low level the drive and try again.

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David Trask

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Aug 14, 2012, 10:21:19 AM8/14/12
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The indicator applet wifi bug was a showstopper in my opinion which is why I disabled it....it is not native to open1to1, it affected all flavors of ubuntu 

David Trask

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Markus Ford

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Question: Is this issue an intermittent thing or a show-stopper for everyone? I didn't want to download and deploy the image if there is an active issue...
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Billy Ayotte

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Aug 14, 2012, 12:05:47 PM8/14/12
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As for the wireless networks thing. What happens is when you click on the network amanger applet in the indicator applet no networks are shown until you restart networking either by disabling networking or using the disable wireless button on the laptop. It's quite the pain and I wouldn't use it till it's fixed. 

As for the boot issues it seems someone dropped the ball with e4defrag and ureadahead and didn't allow for packing all those inodes into the beginning of the disk. e2defrag has dump2inodes.py but there is no option to do this in 12.04. Sounds like a regression to me, guessing Ubuntu is given up on fast boot times on HDD's since SSD's are so fast. Kind of a cart before the horse issue.

e4rat might eb an option but it requires removal of ureadahead and I think it breaks Plymouth... and I don't have the time to test everything. I'll see if I can resolve the Wifi applet issue but since I did a bunch of changes it seems to be working now...? Anyone know if there is a bug open on this issue?

Billy Ayotte

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Billy Ayotte

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Can anyone verify that network-manager-gnome 0.9.4.1-0ubuntu2 doesn't fix the issue.

Billy Ayotte

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Aug 22, 2012, 9:21:29 AM8/22/12
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Any updates on the imager? I'm imaging today. If not, is there a way I
can download the old imager from last year?


On Aug 14, 10:20 am, Billy Ayotte <billy.ayo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Problem with the imager? To read the imager log go to tty1 (or any number
> other then 8) and go to /var/log/imager.log. I copy it to the /images
> directory so I can view it outside the imager environment.
>
> I ran a defrag with e4defrag but boot time stands stiff at 43seconds
> including the black screen of doom.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 8:07 PM, Bob Sargent <rsarg...@wrvschool.org> wrote:
> > I am having a similar problem on an asus 1005ha. Where did you find the
> > log file?
>
> > On Monday, August 6, 2012 11:58:52 AM UTC-4, Billy Ayotte wrote:
>
> >> Who wants the log file?
>
> >> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:49 AM, Billy Ayotte <billy....@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>> Found the log, looks like it's failing around 99%. Looks like something
> >>> to do with grub.
>
> >>> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 11:40 AM, Billy Ayotte <billy....@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> >>>> Freshly downloaded image, fresh install of usb imager, still failing to
> >>>> deploy image on Asus 1001PX.
>
> >>>> On Monday, August 6, 2012 10:43:52 AM UTC-4, Billy Ayotte wrote:
>
> >>>>> I'm having troubles deploying the image but I can't seem to find the
> >>>>> log file. I'm going to low level the drive and try again.
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David Trask

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Aug 22, 2012, 9:40:40 AM8/22/12
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I'm headed over to school in a bit, I'll look.

Markus Ford

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Aug 22, 2012, 11:51:40 AM8/22/12
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I'm in the same boat. I need to get started...
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David Trask

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Aug 22, 2012, 1:12:21 PM8/22/12
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I can verify that the current imaging tool that is posted has a flaw and is not imaging properly.  I tried making the usb stick using "Startup Disk Creator" in Ubuntu from the boot.iso file downloaded from the images folder on open1to1.msln.net....and it failed at the end with an error message.  Despite the failure, the imager worked up to a point and again...failed at the end.  The old boot.iso file (boot-old.iso in the images folder on the open1to1.msln.net site)...should work fine, but you may be missing some of the configuration features.  I am kicking this over to Brendan...hopefully he'll ping me soon so we can get this fixed...I'm assuming it's something simple.

David Trask

Brendan Powers

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Aug 23, 2012, 9:32:40 PM8/23/12
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I have uploaded a new image that should fix this issue. If you
re-create your USB sticks with the USB stick tool, the problem should
be resolved.

Markus Ford

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Aug 23, 2012, 9:36:35 PM8/23/12
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Hi Brendan,
Quick question, has this year's image been tested with the AD for Resara Server?
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Brendan Powers

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Aug 27, 2012, 5:32:12 PM8/27/12
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Did it fail in the same way as before?

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Josh Adams <adam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I downloaded the imager today and tried it, failed for me on a Toshisba
> NB505.
>
> Thanks,
> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/open1to1discussion/-/GkGPT2U5CtEJ.

Robert Sargent

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Aug 27, 2012, 6:14:16 PM8/27/12
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I downloaded the new imager too. I got the same error message at the end of the install, i.e. image failed to install. If you boot the imaged computer, the image seems to work even though the error message says it failed.

 I appreciate the work you are doing on this project. I used it last year and it was awesome.
Robert Sargent
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David Trask

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Aug 27, 2012, 7:10:25 PM8/27/12
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Brendan, this is the error I get when trying to make a USB stick using the StartUp Disk Creator in Ubuntu (with boot.iso of course)

Could not move syslinux files in "/media/1950-A8A7": [Errno 39] Directory not empty. Maybe "/tmp/tmpFiw2Ii" is not an Ubuntu image?

For some reason it's not "flushing"?  Not sure, but hope you do

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