[Assist] Can't install

Jorge Araya Navarro elcorreo at deshackra.com
Fri Oct 28 22:46:01 BST 2016


Well, this situation seems ugly.

Hope someone on the list can guide us on how to recover the logs so we can take a look at the error.

El 28 de octubre de 2016 15:16:48 GMT-06:00, Abdorhman Ayman <abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com> escribió:
>both Grub step and "copy live dvd apps/desktop" fails for no reason.
>
>"How does this failure looks like?"
>umm, will, as you know, Parabola CLI installation isn't disgined to
>persistently show a log, it just shows you what happens while it
>happening,
>then it hides it, so I couldn't read what the error was.
>I tried using the beginners' guide (available though the wiki) to
>install
>manually, but I couldn't pass the partition table step, it needs an
>advanced user, and I don't have anytime to learn anything right now.
>
>"Man, if you didn't understand what I instructed, then you cannot say
>"it
>didn't work", it is just misleading."
>
>you're probably right.
>
>respectfully
>
>On Fri, Oct 28, 2016 at 7:12 AM, Jorge Araya Navarro
><elcorreo at deshackra.com
>> wrote:
>
>> How does this failure looks like?
>>
>> El viernes 28 de octubre del 2016 a las 0033 horas, Abdorhman Ayman
>> escribió:
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > when using "Parabola installation CLI" the Grub step fails for no
>reason,
>> > what to do?
>> >
>> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 9:52 PM, Abdorhman Ayman <
>> abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >> Success!
>> >> I did 2 things: I used another USB flash memory, and I used the
>2GB
>> >> Parabola-Mate version instead of the 600MB non-Mate version, one
>of them
>> >> must've been the reason it failed the first time.
>> >>
>> >> as for your question, I have no idea what that means :) sorry, I'm
>not
>> >> techy, I just opened a terminal, and copy > paste the commands you
>gave
>> me,
>> >> I been using Gnu/Linux since I was 11 or 12 years old (I'm almost
>18
>> now),
>> >> but I've always been a typical point-and-click user, I just
>started
>> >> learning about computer science and OSs a few weeks ago, so, I
>still
>> have a
>> >> long way to go.
>> >>
>> >> respectfully
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:20 PM, Jorge Araya Navarro <
>> >> elcorreo at deshackra.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hopefully you did, but just to double check: you mounted the
>partition
>> >>> where Parabola's /etc directory is and you changed the
>corresponding
>> file
>> >>> there, right?
>> >>>
>> >>> El 27 de octubre de 2016 8:08:45 GMT-06:00, Abdorhman Ayman <
>> >>> abdorhman.ayman at gmail.com> escribió:
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Hi,
>> >>>> Thanks for your help, but it didn't work :(
>> >>>> I used the non-Mate 600MB version, maybe if I used the Mate 2GB
>> version
>> >>>> it will work?! I will try and get back to you.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> respectfully
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 7:26 AM, Jorge Araya Navarro <
>> >>>> elcorreo at deshackra.com> wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> Hello!
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Try to blacklist the root usb module of the Linux kernel from
>another
>> >>>>> distro so you can boot in with
>> >>>>> Parabola.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> $ sudo su
>> >>>>> # echo 'install usb_common /bin/true' >>
>> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> El jueves 27 de octubre del 2016 a las 0335 horas, Abdorhman
>Ayman
>> >>>>> escribió:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> > Hi everyone,
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > in a nutshell, I bought a second-hand Acer Aspire 3050
>laptop,
>> which
>> >>>>> came
>> >>>>> > with a busted USB out-let (the place which I use to plug-in
>any usb
>> >>>>> > device), I don't know exactly what's wrong with it,
>apparently it
>> can
>> >>>>> > produce electricity (because it works fine when I plug a
>device
>> that
>> >>>>> only
>> >>>>> > needs power like a cell phone charger) but it can't be used
>to
>> >>>>> connect a
>> >>>>> > device that needs to communicate with the OS.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > this busted usb causes an error to appear in any gnu/linux
>distro,
>> >>>>> but it
>> >>>>> > boots fine eventually, but in Parabola, it can't boot, it
>shows
>> this
>> >>>>> error
>> >>>>> > then says: waiting 30 seconds for device to appear, then
>after
>> those
>> >>>>> 30
>> >>>>> > seconds, it says that I may fix this manually, then it
>expects me
>> to
>> >>>>> type
>> >>>>> > something.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > can someone please help me, is there a way to tell Parabola
>to
>> >>>>> override
>> >>>>> > this USB out-let?
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > if someone is interested in helping me, I can take a photo
>and
>> attach
>> >>>>> it.
>> >>>>> >
>> >>>>> > respectfully
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>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> --
>> >>>>> Pax et bonum.
>> >>>>> Jorge Araya Navarro
>> >>>>> https://es.gravatar.com/shackra
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>> --
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>brevity.
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>> --
>> 👋 Pax et bonum.
>> Jorge Araya Navarro
>> https://es.gravatar.com/shackra
>>

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