I’m trying to setup a UCS 4.2 VM under Proxmox 4.4 (KVM). The install proceeds normally through the Base System & Additional Software phases of the install but never reaches the System Setup phase. It halts with the following error message displayed:-
I have tried many variations of disk/NIC/display emulation as well as EFI & Bios boot but always arrive at the same point.
In /var/log/messages I see:-
May 29 07:59:28 unassigned-hostname systemd[1]: univention-system-setup-boot.service start operation timed out. Terminating.
May 29 07:59:28 unassigned-hostname systemd[1]: Failed to start LSB: Univention System Setup on boot.
May 29 07:59:28 unassigned-hostname systemd[1]: Unit univention-system-setup-boot.service entered failed state.
And so looking into /var/log/univention/system-setup-boot.log shows:-
/usr/share/univention-system-setup/startxwithfirefox has been started at Monday 29 May 07:55:30 AEST 2017
Started in 'init' mode
ln: failed to create symbolic link ‘/usr/lib/firefox-esr/browser/extensions/{e5bbc237-c99b-4ced-a061-0be27703295f}.xpi’: File exists
X.Org X Server 1.16.4
Release Date: 2014-12-20
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
Build Operating System: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 x86_64 Debian
Current Operating System: Linux unassigned-hostname 4.9.0-ucs103-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.13-1A~4.2.0.201703091358 (2017-03-09) x86_64
Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-ucs103-amd64.efi.signed root=UUID=b2f82ff2-d921-4875-a65a-e9d439693912 ro quiet loglevel=0 rootdelay=5 splash
Build Date: 11 February 2015 12:32:02AM
xorg-server 2:1.16.4-1 (http://www.debian.org/support)
Current version of pixman: 0.32.6
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Mon May 29 07:55:41 2017
(==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
find: `/usr/share/gdm/themes/univention/': No such file or directory
1496008695800 addons.productaddons ERROR Request failed certificate checks: [Exception... "SSL is required and URI scheme is not https." nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/CertUtils.jsm :: checkCert :: line 145" data: no]
1496009066613 addons.productaddons ERROR Request failed certificate checks: [Exception... "SSL is required and URI scheme is not https." nsresult: "0x8000ffff (NS_ERROR_UNEXPECTED)" location: "JS frame :: resource://gre/modules/CertUtils.jsm :: checkCert :: line 145" data: no]
1496009067569 addons.update-checker WARN Update manifest for {972ce4c6-7e08-4474-a285-3208198ce6fd} did not contain an updates property
Has anyone experienced similar behaviour or can shine some light on this problem ?
I meant to add that installing UCS 4.2 on the same bare metal box as is running Proxmox works fine with the same installation ISO. So I think I can safely rule out hardware or installation media faults. Seems like some problem/incompatibility between the UCS installer & Proxmox KVM.
For anyone who finds themselves in the same position, use of the “text mode” installer resulted in a successful installation without the issues I encountered above using the Graphical Installer.
Just as a note: We use Proxmox together with UCS, in various combinations, from UCS3 up to UCS4.2, from PM3 up to PM5 (at time of writing PM5 is still beta), for several companies of various sizes, with and without support from Univention and/or Proxmox.
We never experienced any problem with the UCS installer, no matter textmode or graphical installer was used for installation as virtual machine in Proxmox.
Thanks for the response Lutz. Yes, the MD5 checksum on my install media is correct.
I also have several UCS installations both for customers & myself. My experience has been that UCS 4.1 installations upgrade fine to 4.2, but fresh 4.2 installations have been problematic for me on Proxmox 4.4 using the graphical installer.
