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0000131Kali LinuxGeneral Bugpublic2013-03-19 16:212013-03-19 18:18
Reporteramorandi Assigned Tomuts  
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionsuspended 
Platformx64OSKaliOS Version1.0
Summary0000131: Package decompress error when installing
Description

There is an error installing the AMD64 version of Kali1.01 at base system install step, where a package fails to install due to probably a syntax error in the install scripts. The syslog message when the error happens is as follows:

"Mar 16 06:02:00 main-menu[987]: INFO: Menu item 'live-installer' selected
Mar 16 06:02:00 base-installer: warning: attempting to install to unclean target
Mar 16 06:02:01 base-installer: info: Using squashfs support for /cdrom/live/filesystem.squashfs
Mar 16 06:02:01 anna-install: Installing squashfs-modules
Mar 16 06:07:03 base-installer: error: The tar process copying the live system failed (only 126730 out of 244378 files have been copied, last file was ).
Mar 16 06:07:03 kernel: [ 1923.526346] SQUASHFS error: xz_dec_run error, data probably corrupt
Mar 16 06:07:03 kernel: [ 1923.526351] SQUASHFS error: squashfs_read_data failed to read block 0x44a969e7
Mar 16 06:07:03 kernel: [ 1923.526354] SQUASHFS error: Unable to read fragment cache entry [44a969e7]
Mar 16 06:07:03 kernel: [ 1923.526356] SQUASHFS error: Unable to read page, block 44a969e7, size 1f6fc"
...<snip>...
"Mar 16 06:07:03 main-menu[987]: (process:13916): tar: read error: Input/output error
Mar 16 06:07:03 main-menu[987]: (process:13916): tar: short read
Mar 16 06:07:03 main-menu[987]: WARNING : Configuring 'live-installer' failed with error code 1
Mar 16 06:07:03 main-menu[987]: WARNING : Menu item 'live-installer' failed.
Mar 16 06:07:11 main-menu[987]: INFO: Modifying debconf priority limit from 'medium' to 'low'
Mar 16 06:07:11 debconf: Setting debconf/priority to low"

Steps To Reproduce

Anytime when trying to install the AMD64 image.
I'm trying on a notebook with Intel HM56 mainboard and Intel I5 processor, with integrated i915 graphics.
That happens both when trying to install from USB or from DVD. If I try to install Kali under VirtualBox or Hyper-V, the same error happens, but it does not occur when installing to a VmWare Workstation 8 or 9 VM.

Please let me know which types of hardware information or further logs are needed to help identify the issue.

Activities

muts

muts

2013-03-19 18:18

reporter   ~0000140

Can you please verify the sha1sum of your downloaded ISO. I have my doubts about this being an installer bug.

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2013-03-19 16:21 amorandi New Issue
2013-03-19 18:18 muts Note Added: 0000140
2013-03-19 18:18 muts Status new => closed
2013-03-19 18:18 muts Assigned To => muts
2013-03-19 18:18 muts Resolution open => suspended