Bug 6680 - [Build Appliance] The system can not boot up
Summary: [Build Appliance] The system can not boot up
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Runtime
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: build-appliance (show other bugs)
Version: 1.7
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: High critical
Target Milestone: 1.7
Assignee: Cristian Iorga
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Reported: 2014-09-04 09:19 UTC by Yi Zhao
Modified: 2014-09-16 06:23 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

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OS type for building Yocto: ---
Type of Regression: Regression (Used to work)
Verified:
Documentation change: No (bug/feature does not impact docs)

Attachments
error-log (27.69 KB, image/png)
2014-09-04 09:19 UTC, Yi Zhao 		no flags Details
BA guest CPU disabled (39.07 KB, image/png)
2014-09-08 19:03 UTC, Cristian Iorga 		no flags Details
BA kernel panic (36.49 KB, image/png)
2014-09-08 19:03 UTC, Cristian Iorga 		no flags Details
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Description Yi Zhao 2014-09-04 09:19:01 UTC 
Created attachment 2106 [details]
error-log

Image location: http://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/pub/releases/yocto-1.7_M3.rc1/build-appliance/

Git rev: master/a44006262cf3b810ec78b4cccd8076102a7a0f3e

Steps:
1. Download the BA image
2. Boot up the image in vmware player

The system can not boot up. Please see the attachment for the detail logs.
Comment 1 Yi Zhao 2014-09-04 09:20:30 UTC 
Test environment:
Ubuntu 12.04 x86-64
VMware Player: 5.0.2 build-1031769
Comment 2 Cristian Iorga 2014-09-08 18:56:36 UTC 
Investigation started.
Comment 3 Cristian Iorga 2014-09-08 19:03:18 UTC 
Created attachment 2113 [details]
BA guest CPU disabled

BA guest CPU disabled
Comment 4 Cristian Iorga 2014-09-08 19:03:44 UTC 
Created attachment 2114 [details]
BA kernel panic

BA kernel panic
Comment 5 Cristian Iorga 2014-09-08 19:06:18 UTC 
BA cannot boot, so the issue is still present even on latest master.
However, as can be seen from attachments https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/attachment.cgi?id=2113 and https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/attachment.cgi?id=2114 I am hitting another issue in my investigation testing.
Comment 6 Cristian Iorga 2014-09-08 19:13:33 UTC 
Correction, same issue.
Comment 7 Cristian Iorga 2014-09-11 15:35:22 UTC 
Solution found.
A modernized BA VMware machine config was implemented, which solves the issue.
Comment 8 Cristian Iorga 2014-09-11 15:35:40 UTC 
Patch sent for review.
Comment 10 Yi Zhao 2014-09-16 06:23:14 UTC 
Verified with 1.7 M3 rc2.

The new configuration file Yocto_Build_Appliance.vmx is incompatible with vmplayer 5.x. We should use the latest vmware to test (e.g. vmware-workstation 10). 

There is minor issue with configure file, I filed a new bug 6728 .
This bug can be marked as verified.