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  2. JDK-6533668

OpenSolaris Express Edition Installation Hangs for snv_59.

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Duplicate
    • P2
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    • solaris_11
    • hotspot
    • x86
    • solaris_nevada

    Description

      Category
         development
      Sub-Category
         kernel
      Description
         When installing OpenSolaris Express Community Edition, Build 59, when using the graphical interactive installer, after configuring the time zone, networking and setting the root password portion of the installation, it fails to load the second part which allows one to partition the hard disk and so forth.
      The problem does not occur if one uses the interactive text based installer.
      This might have to do with the fact that my hard disk is completely blank, without a mbr or partition table, as I low level formatted the hard disk before installing it - the installer itself might have problems detecting the hard disk, assuming there isn't one present and so there fore stops proceeding with the installation.
      Frequency
         Always
      Regression
         No
      Steps to Reproduce
         Run the Interactive Installer.
      Expected Result
         Second part of the installation routine to start as to allow me to partition hard disk, select packages and so forth.
      Actual Result
         Interactive Installer hangs.
      Error Message(s)
         No error message
      Test Case
         No source code
      Workaround
         Use Interactive Text mode instead of graphical.
      Submitter wants to work on bug
         Yes
      Additional configuration information
         Installation on a A100-PSAA9A Toshiba laptop.
      I got the similar problem when I installed snv_60 on Dell Inspiron 600 & Dell Latitude D620. If I selected gui install, it hung at "Completing system identification..."
      The attached are some log files
      o /var/sadm/system/logs/sysidtool.log
      o /tmp/install_console
      o /tmp/install_log.syslog
      o /tmp/sysidcfg.used
      o prstat.log
      o ps.log
      "Completing system identification..." hang problem Dave mentioned above, also can be found on snv_b61 installation in Vmware(for windows) on my ASUS laptop.

      CPU: T5600
      Mem: 1024M(768 for Vmware)
      Video card: Mobile Intel(R) 645GM Express Chipset Family
      Vmvare version: Vmware Workstation 5.5.1
      Ok, i think i have isolated the problem, it does not occur when selecting a US timezone in sysid e.g Central, but when i use Sweden sysid hangs:

      com.sun.sysid.panels.ConfermPanel.run(), WizardManager.exit(0) fails when using
      com.sun.wizards.core.WizardTreeManager:


      callServerObjectMethod(null, "clientIsExiting", new String[] {
      "java.lang.Integer.Type"
      }, new Object[] {
      new Integer(exitStatus)
      });

      jmap, jstack and jinfo is included in attachment.

      It would be good if this was fixed before the next developer express, many non US uses could get a bad first experience before even installing Solaris...
      The sysid hang with non-US time zone is a duplicate of bugid:

      6532842 - Graphical installer hangs if timezone Europe/Czech Republic is selected

      However, the sysidtool hang might be a duplicate of bugid:

      6544953 - sysidtool application hung in java.lang.Shutdown

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