Bug 482283

Summary:	Installation in VM gives an error: "Bad main script file"
Product:	[KDE Neon] neon	Reporter:	Jos van den Oever <jos>
Component:	Live/Install images	Assignee:	Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	major	CC:	carlosd.kde, faby_capo93, jr, kdebugs, malinowski7629, neon-bugs-null, rexfort, sharathin24, sitter
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	qt6
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Neon
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments:	installation failed from ISO

Description Jos van den Oever 2024-03-03 10:03:07 UTC

SUMMARY

Running neon-user-20240303-0009.iso in a QEmu VM on a x86_64 laptop fails during installation.


STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. download neon-user-20240303-0009.iso from neon.kde.org
2. boot the iso in a vm
3. start "Install system"
4 choose timezone Amsterdam, English language, Dutch locale
5. choose to erase the entire disk (55GB)
6. continue to the installation and show the logs
6.1 disk is being partitioned
6.2 rsync is run to copy files

OBSERVED RESULT

A dialog pops up: "Main script file /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/calamares/modules/networkcfg/main.py for python job networkcfg raised an exception.

The network in the VM is a wired connection. Browsing the web with Firefox works from the live image.

EXPECTED RESULT

The installation of KDE Neon completes.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Linux/KDE Plasma: 
(available in About System)
KDE Plasma Version:  6.0.0
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.0.0
Qt Version: 6.6.2

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Comment 1 Jos van den Oever 2024-03-03 10:07:14 UTC

In /tmp there are a number of calamares-* diretories. All of them are empty. Only one is very large: calamares-root-*. No log could be found.

Comment 2 Sharath 2024-03-03 12:56:23 UTC

Created attachment 166352 [details]
installation failed from ISO

Hi admin, 

Just adding the screenshot for the same bug

Thanks and Regards,
Sharathchandra

Comment 3 Jos van den Oever 2024-03-03 17:06:31 UTC

I confirm that my error looked that same as in Sharath's screenshot.

Comment 4 Carlos De Maine 2024-03-03 23:51:04 UTC

this is fixed in calamares 3.3.5 release an hour ago.  the package has been built and is in release.  it needs promotion to user edition and a new iso built.

Comment 5 Doug 2024-03-04 05:28:34 UTC

*** Bug 482348 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Doug 2024-03-04 05:29:10 UTC

*** Bug 482325 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 7 Fabiano 2024-03-05 11:25:01 UTC

Hi, I had this same bug and it was solved for me using the latest version
neon-user-20240304-2101.iso

Comment 8 Jos van den Oever 2024-03-05 19:28:24 UTC

I confirm that installation with neon-user-20240304-2101.iso works without issue. The installer finishes and boots into Plasma 6.