Kicksecure installation: Cannot set timezone. link creation failed, target /usr/share/timezone; link name: /etc/localtime

Mutaz · October 31, 2024, 5:33am

I have a problem installing the KickSecure version… Every time I reach the penultimate stage, it shows me: timezone failed. I tried my region and more than one region, but it was not resolved.

Patrick · October 31, 2024, 5:36am

Cannot set timezone. Link creation failed, target: /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York; link name: /etc/localtime

opened 02:40PM - 27 Sep 19 UTC

closed 09:46AM - 08 Oct 19 UTC

kevinsmia1939

So I create a live ISO with openSUSE's Kiwi The live ISO use openSUSE Tumblewee…d repo with KDE DE I include Calamares as one of the package in the live ISO I start Calamares with sudo -E calamares -d The installation procedures is nothing special, Select language English (which is the default) Select timezone default (america, newyork ) The partition table was selected as "Erase all" with EXT4 After confirm to install the error message popup ``` Cannot set timezone. Link creation failed, target: /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York; link name: /etc/localtime ``` I tried delete /etc/localtime and try again, same error. Full log ``` sudo -E calamares -d [sudo] password for root: No protocol specified QStandardPaths: wrong ownership on runtime directory /run/user/1000, 1000 instead of 0 QStandardPaths: wrong ownership on runtime directory /run/user/1000, 1000 instead of 0 QStandardPaths: wrong ownership on runtime directory /run/user/1000, 1000 instead of 0 QStandardPaths: wrong ownership on runtime directory /run/user/1000, 1000 instead of 0 22:57:26 [1]: Calamares version: 3.1.11 Translation: Calamares: Using system locale: "en_US" 22:57:26 [1]: Default font ===== Pixel size: -1 Point size: 10 Point sizeF: 10 Font family: "Noto Sans" Metric height: 18 22:57:26 [1]: Font height: 18 22:57:26 [1]: Available languages: ("ar", "ast", "bg", "ca", "cs_CZ", "da", "de", "el", "en", "en_GB", "es_MX", "es", "eu", "fr", "he", "hr", "hu", "id", "is", "it_IT", "ja", "lt", "nl", "pl", "pt_BR", "pt_PT", "ro", "ru", "sk", "sv", "th", "tr_TR", "zh_CN", "zh_TW") 22:57:26 [1]: CalamaresApplication thread: 0x55f5d2a8bb10 22:57:26 [1]: Using log file: "/root/.cache/Calamares/Calamares/Calamares.log" 22:57:26 [1]: Using Calamares settings file at "/usr/share/calamares/settings.conf" 22:57:26 [1]: Using Calamares branding file at "/usr/share/calamares/branding/default/branding.desc" 22:57:26 [1]: WARNING: the selected branding component does not ship translations. 22:57:26 [1]: Loaded branding component "default" 22:57:26 [1]: STARTUP: initQmlPath, initSettings, initBranding done 22:57:26 [1]: STARTUP: initModuleManager: module init started 22:57:26 [1]: STARTUP: initModuleManager: all modules init done 22:57:26 [1]: STARTUP: initJobQueue done 22:57:26 [1]: Available size QSize(1024, 732) 22:57:26 [1]: Proposed window size: 1024 648 22:57:26 [1]: STARTUP: CalamaresWindow created; loadModules started 22:57:26 [1]: Initial locale "en_US" 22:57:26 [8]: Translation: Calamares: Using system locale: "en_US" 22:57:26 [1]: Welcome string false "KalaOS" 22:57:26 [1]: ViewModule "welcome@welcome" loading complete. 22:57:26 [1]: WARNING: guessLocaleConfiguration can't guess from an empty list. 22:57:26 [1]: ViewModule "locale@locale" loading complete. No protocol specified 22:57:26 [1]: ViewModule "keyboard@keyboard" loading complete. 22:57:26 [8]: Loaded backend plugin: "pmlibpartedbackendplugin" 22:57:26 [1]: ViewModule "partition@partition" loading complete. 22:57:26 [1]: ViewModule "users@users" loading complete. 22:57:26 [1]: ViewModule "summary@summary" loading complete. 22:57:26 [1]: Module "partition@partition" already loaded. 22:57:26 [1]: QML import paths: ("/usr/share/calamares/qml", "/usr/bin", "qrc:/qt-project.org/imports", "/usr/lib64/qt5/qml") 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "mount" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "mount@mount" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "unpackfs" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "unpackfs@unpackfs" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "machineid" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "machineid@machineid" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "fstab" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "fstab@fstab" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [1]: Module "locale@locale" already loaded. 22:57:26 [1]: Module "keyboard@keyboard" already loaded. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "localecfg" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "localecfg@localecfg" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [1]: Module "users@users" already loaded. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "displaymanager" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "displaymanager@displaymanager" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "networkcfg" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "networkcfg@networkcfg" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "hwclock" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "hwclock@hwclock" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "dracut" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "dracut@dracut" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "grubcfg" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "grubcfg@grubcfg" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "bootloader" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "bootloader@bootloader" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "packages" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "packages@packages" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [0]: Python modules are not supported in this version of Calamares. 22:57:26 [0]: Bad module type ( "job" ) or interface string ( "python" ) for module "umount" 22:57:26 [1]: Module "umount@umount" cannot be created from descriptor. 22:57:26 [1]: FinishedPage() 22:57:26 [1]: ViewModule "finished@finished" loading complete. 22:57:26 [1]: STARTUP: loadModules for all modules done 22:57:26 [1]: STARTUP: Window now visible and ProgressTreeView populated 22:57:27 [8]: getting smart status failed for "/dev/vda" : Operation not supported 22:57:27 [1]: Removing unsuitable devices: 1 candidates. 22:57:27 [1]: LIST OF DETECTED DEVICES: 22:57:27 [1]: node capacity name prettyName 22:57:27 [1]: "/dev/vda" 21467980800 "Virtio Block Device" "Virtio Block Device – 19.99 GiB (/dev/vda)" 22:57:27 [1]: .. 1 devices detected. 03:57:27 [1]: WARNING: guessLocaleConfiguration can't guess from an empty list. 22:57:27 [1]: WARNING: guessLocaleConfiguration can't guess from an empty list. 22:57:27 [1]: WARNING: guessLocaleConfiguration can't guess from an empty list. 22:57:27 [1]: WARNING: guessLocaleConfiguration can't guess from an empty list. 22:57:27 [1]: Cannot open file "/etc/locale.gen" . Assuming the supported languages are already built into the locale archive. 22:57:27 [1]: Need at least storage bytes: 5905580032 22:57:27 [1]: Need at least ram bytes: 1073741824 22:57:27 [1]: enoughStorage, enoughRam, hasPower, hasInternet, isRoot: true true true false true No protocol specified 22:57:27 [1]: xkbmap selection changed to: "us" - "" 22:57:27 [1]: "Osprober lines, clean:\n" 22:57:27 [1]: Updating partitioning state widgets. 22:57:27 [0]: QObject::setParent: Cannot set parent, new parent is in a different thread 22:57:27 [1]: Required storage B: 8589934592 "(8GB)" 22:57:27 [1]: Available storage B: 20949517312 "(19GB)" for "/dev/vda1" length: 41927602 sectorsUsed: 1010576 fsType: "ext4" 22:57:27 [1]: Partition "/dev/vda1" authorized for resize + autopartition install. 22:57:27 [1]: Required storage B: 6442450944 "(6GB)" 22:57:27 [1]: Storage capacity B: 21466932224 "(19GB)" for "/dev/vda1" length: 41927602 22:57:27 [1]: Partition "/dev/vda1" authorized for replace install. 22:57:27 [1]: Updating partitioning preview widgets. 22:57:33 [1]: Updating partitioning preview widgets. 22:57:34 [1]: Updating partitioning preview widgets. 22:57:34 [1]: CreatePartitionTableJob::createTable trying to make table for device "/dev/vda" 22:57:34 [1]: PCM::setBootLoaderInstallPath "/dev/vda" 22:57:34 [1]: Suggested swap size: 6.2356 GiB 22:57:34 [1]: PCM::setBootLoaderInstallPath "/dev/vda" 22:57:34 [1]: PCM::setBootLoaderInstallPath "/dev/vda" 22:57:34 [1]: # Queue: 22:57:34 [1]: ## Device: "Virtio Block Device" 22:57:34 [1]: - "Create new msdos partition table on /dev/vda." 22:57:34 [1]: - "Create new 14087MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system btrfs." 22:57:34 [1]: - "Create new 6385MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system linuxswap." 22:57:34 [1]: Updating partitioning preview widgets. 22:57:34 [1]: Required storage B: 6442450944 "(6GB)" 22:57:34 [1]: Storage capacity B: 21466932224 "(19GB)" for "/dev/vda1" length: 41927602 22:57:34 [1]: Partition "/dev/vda1" authorized for replace install. 22:57:37 [1]: PCM::setBootLoaderInstallPath "/dev/vda" 22:57:42 [0]: QLayout: Attempting to add QLayout "" to QWidget "", which already has a layout 22:57:42 [0]: QObject::setParent: Cannot set parent, new parent is in a different thread 22:57:42 [1]: Creating FillGlobalStorageJob with bootLoader path "/dev/vda" 22:57:42 [1]: PartitionCodeModule has been asked for jobs. About to return: "Clear all temporary mounts.\nClear mounts for partitioning operations on /dev/vda\nCreate new msdos partition table on /dev/vda.\nCreate new 14087MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system btrfs.\nCreate new 6385MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system linuxswap.\nSet partition information" 22:57:42 [1]: Gathering UUIDs for partitions that exist now. 22:57:42 [1]: QHash(("", "")) 22:57:42 [1]: Writing to GlobalStorage["partitions"] 22:57:42 [1]: "" mtpoint: "/" fs: QVariant(QString, "btrfs") ( QVariant(QString, "btrfs") ) "" 22:57:42 [1]: "" mtpoint: "" fs: QVariant(QString, "linuxswap") ( QVariant(QString, "linuxswap") ) "" 22:57:42 [8]: QVariant(QString, "") "" "/" "btrfs" 22:57:42 [8]: QVariant(QString, "") "" "" "linuxswap" 22:57:42 [1]: Gathering UUIDs for partitions that exist now. 22:57:42 [1]: QHash(("", "")) 22:57:42 [1]: Writing to GlobalStorage["partitions"] 22:57:42 [1]: "" mtpoint: "/" fs: QVariant(QString, "btrfs") ( QVariant(QString, "btrfs") ) "" 22:57:42 [1]: "" mtpoint: "" fs: QVariant(QString, "linuxswap") ( QVariant(QString, "linuxswap") ) "" 22:57:42 [8]: QVariant(QString, "") "" "/" "btrfs" 22:57:42 [8]: QVariant(QString, "") "" "" "linuxswap" 22:57:42 [1]: Summary widget is larger than viewport, enlarge by 27 to QSize(822, 623) 22:57:44 [1]: Creating FillGlobalStorageJob with bootLoader path "/dev/vda" 22:57:44 [1]: PartitionCodeModule has been asked for jobs. About to return: "Clear all temporary mounts.\nClear mounts for partitioning operations on /dev/vda\nCreate new msdos partition table on /dev/vda.\nCreate new 14087MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system btrfs.\nCreate new 6385MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system linuxswap.\nSet partition information" 22:57:44 [0]: Starting job "Clear all temporary mounts." 22:57:44 [1]: Opened mtab. Lines: 22:57:44 [1]: "sysfs /sys sysfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "proc /proc proc rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs rw,nosuid,size=1453304k,nr_inodes=363326,mode=755 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "securityfs /sys/kernel/security securityfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "tmpfs /run tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "tmpfs /sys/fs/cgroup tmpfs ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup2 /sys/fs/cgroup/unified cgroup2 rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "pstore /sys/fs/pstore pstore rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "bpf /sys/fs/bpf bpf rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/pids cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/memory cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/devices cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma cgroup rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "/dev/sr0 /run/initramfs/live iso9660 ro,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "/dev/loop0 /run/initramfs/squashfs_container squashfs ro,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "/dev/loop1 /run/rootfsbase ext4 ro,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "LiveOS_rootfs / overlay rw,relatime,lowerdir=/run/rootfsbase,upperdir=/run/overlayfs/rw,workdir=/run/overlayfs/work 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "rpc_pipefs /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "systemd-1 /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc autofs rw,relatime,fd=33,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=20446 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "mqueue /dev/mqueue mqueue rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "hugetlbfs /dev/hugepages hugetlbfs rw,relatime,pagesize=2M 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "tmpfs /run/user/1000 tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=297204k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs fuse.gvfsd-fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: "tracefs /sys/kernel/debug/tracing tracefs rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime 0 0" 22:57:44 [1]: ClearTempMountsJob finished. Here's what was done: "" 22:57:44 [0]: Starting job "Clear mounts for partitioning operations on /dev/vda" 22:57:45 [1]: ClearMountsJob finished. Here's what was done: "" 22:57:45 [0]: Starting job "Create new msdos partition table on /dev/vda." 22:57:45 [1]: CreatePartitionTableJob::createTable trying to make table for device "/dev/vda" 22:57:45 [1]: Creating new partition table of type "msdos" , uncommitted yet: true 22:57:45 [1]: lsblk: "NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT\nloop0 7:0 0 4.1G 1 loop /run/initramfs/squashfs_container\nloop1 7:1 0 26.1G 1 loop /run/rootfsbase\nsr0 11:0 1 4.2G 0 rom /run/initramfs/live\nvda 253:0 0 20G 0 disk \n\xE2\x94\x94\xE2\x94\x80vda1 253:1 0 20G 0 part \n" 22:57:45 [1]: mount: "sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)\nproc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)\ndevtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=1453304k,nr_inodes=363326,mode=755)\nsecurityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)\ntmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)\ndevpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)\ntmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,mode=755)\ntmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)\ncgroup2 on /sys/fs/cgroup/unified type cgroup2 (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,nsdelegate)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,name=systemd)\npstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)\nbpf on /sys/fs/bpf type bpf (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,mode=700)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/pids type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,pids)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls,net_prio)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpu,cpuacct)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/hugetlb type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,hugetlb)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,perf_event)\ncgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/rdma type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,rdma)\n/dev/sr0 on /run/initramfs/live type iso9660 (ro,relatime,nojoliet,check=s,map=n,blocksize=2048)\n/run/initramfs/live/LiveOS/squashfs.img on /run/initramfs/squashfs_container type squashfs (ro,relatime)\n/run/initramfs/squashfs_container/LiveOS/rootfs.img on /run/rootfsbase type ext4 (ro,relatime)\nLiveOS_rootfs on / type overlay (rw,relatime,lowerdir=/run/rootfsbase,upperdir=/run/overlayfs/rw,workdir=/run/overlayfs/work)\nrpc_pipefs on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)\nsystemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=33,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=20446)\ndebugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)\nmqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)\nhugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime,pagesize=2M)\ntmpfs on /run/user/1000 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=297204k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000)\ngvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1000/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000)\ntracefs on /sys/kernel/debug/tracing type tracefs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)\n" 22:57:45 [0]: Starting job "Create new 14087MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system btrfs." 22:57:46 [0]: Starting job "Create new 6385MB partition on /dev/vda (Virtio Block Device) with file system linuxswap." 22:57:46 [0]: Starting job "Set partition information" 22:57:46 [1]: Gathering UUIDs for partitions that exist now. 22:57:46 [1]: QHash(("/dev/vda2", "846b894d-8cd7-46e1-a04e-c637cc8ba01a")("/dev/vda1", "6272cbb6-eaed-4c6c-816d-f2726cb9e115")) 22:57:46 [1]: Writing to GlobalStorage["partitions"] 22:57:46 [1]: "/dev/vda1" mtpoint: "/" fs: QVariant(QString, "btrfs") ( QVariant(QString, "btrfs") ) "6272cbb6-eaed-4c6c-816d-f2726cb9e115" 22:57:46 [1]: "/dev/vda2" mtpoint: "" fs: QVariant(QString, "linuxswap") ( QVariant(QString, "linuxswap") ) "846b894d-8cd7-46e1-a04e-c637cc8ba01a" 22:57:46 [1]: FillGlobalStorageJob writing bootLoader path: QVariant(QVariantMap, QMap(("installPath", QVariant(QString, "/dev/vda")))) 22:57:46 [0]: Starting job "Set timezone to America/New_York" 22:57:46 [0]: No rootMountPoint in global storage 22:57:46 [0]: No rootMountPoint in global storage 22:57:46 [0]: Installation failed: 22:57:46 [0]: - message: "Cannot set timezone." 22:57:46 [0]: - details: "Link creation failed, target: /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/New_York; link name: /etc/localtime" 22:57:46 [0]: Calamares will quit when the dialog closes. 22:57:46 [1]: FinishedPage::setUpRestart() 22:58:37 [8]: Shutting down Calamares... 22:58:37 [8]: Finished shutdown. 22:58:37 [0]: QBasicTimer::start: QBasicTimer can only be used with threads started with QThread 22:58:37 [0]: QBasicTimer::start: QBasicTimer can only be used with threads started with QThread ` ```

Patrick · October 31, 2024, 5:38am

We might need the log to be able to debug this. Please provide.

arraybolt3 · October 31, 2024, 7:55pm

Are you using manual partitioning, “replace partition”, or “install alongside” by any chance? If so, could you share with us the partition layout you’re setting?

arraybolt3 · October 31, 2024, 8:06pm

FWIW I have tried two full installations and one “replace partition” installation of Kicksecure-Xfce-17.2.3.7.iso, and have not been able to reproduce this problem.

WMichael · November 9, 2024, 6:31pm

TL;DR: Make sure to use ext4 formatting for the Kicksecure partition.

FWIW, after hours of struggling, I noticed Patrick’s post: “So I create a live ISO with openSUSE’s …” So I tried a minimal Ubuntu install on the USB drive, then replaced it with Kicksecure and it worked!

Upon further research, I realized that I had misinterpreted the instructions regarding the EFI partition. It turns out that I needed to ensure it was FAT32/ExFAT for proper functioning, but I incorrectly assumed the Kicksecure partition required this format, too. Actually, the Kicksecure partition requires a Linux disk format, and I chose ext4. I was able to verify this was my issue by successfully installing Kicksecure on a second USB drive using an ext4 file system for the Kicksecure partition.

I hope this is helpful.

Patrick · November 11, 2024, 3:10pm

Very helpful. This was the foundation for @arraybolt3 who succeeded to diagnose the issue and translate it into a upstream calamares bug report.

github.com/calamares/calamares

Allow distros to restrict what filesystems can be used in manual partitioning

opened 11:42PM - 10 Nov 24 UTC

ArrayBolt3

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.** Calamares cu…rrently allows one to pick from a large number of different filesystems when setting up a system with manual partitioning. For the most part this is good, however because not all filesystems work well with all distros, it is possible for the user to shoot themselves in the foot by picking a filesystem that won't work. For instance, currently nothing in Calamares prevents the user from attempting to install a Debian-based distro like Kicksecure onto a FAT32-formatted root partition. ![Screenshot_20241110_173418](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/16f77507-654b-4754-afcc-e99b2950f4f7) Obviously this won't work in the long run, however the installation actually tries to proceed and gets quite far. The error message that the installation eventually fails with is less-than-obvious: ![Screenshot_20241110_173630](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/e3dcd4f7-6fa1-4e04-bc64-69951644ef8a) **Describe the solution you'd like** I think the best solution here would be to allow distros to specify what filesystems can be used at what mountpoints. Ideally, the manual partitioning screen would prevent the user from selecting a "bad" filesystem, however it might be sufficient to simply warn them that what they're doing is likely to fail in weird ways if they continue. Calamares could use a default "deny-map" (or whatever you want to call it) that would prevent some common blunders (such as using a non-UNIX filesystem for the root filesystem), but the map would be fully configurable by the distro developer. **Describe alternatives you've considered** The simplest solution would be to simply prohibit using fat32 as a filesystem for the root filesystem, however this doesn't seem like the right decision to make since in theory some distros might actually want to support a fat32 root filesystem. **Additional context** The issue mentioned above has tripped up at least one user in the wild: https://forums.kicksecure.com/t/kicksecure-installation-cannot-set-timezone-link-creation-failed-target-usr-share-timezone-link-name-etc-localtime/652

Patrick · November 22, 2024, 9:18am

github.com/calamares/calamares

Allow restricting the filesystem's usable in manual partitioning (wip)

calamares:calamares ← ArrayBolt3:arraybolt3/restrict-fs

opened 08:23AM - 21 Nov 24 UTC

ArrayBolt3

+424 -18

This is my first attempt at implementing https://github.com/calamares/calamares/…issues/2397. I tried to follow the existing conventions when it came to how configuration was fetched, making a new class for the map of restricted filesystems for mountpoints and handling default configuration values in much the same way as other parts of the code handled them. I don't like the way I had to plumb PartitionCoreModule and Config objects into areas of the code that didn't used to use them, but it was the only way I could see to do the job and still be consistent. There are some major shortcomings still left in the code: * <s>For mountpoint-specific filesystem whitelists, I'm not taking into account that un-mountable filesystems should always be allowed, even though I document that this is taken into account. This **must** be fixed before this can be merged.</s> Resolved. * <s>It doesn't take into account the case when mountpoint `/a` can be filesystem X, mountpoint `/a/b` cannot be filesystem X, and the user chooses to only make a partition for mountpoint `/a` and leave `/a/b` on the same filesystem as `/a`. In that instance the user could set `/a` to be filesystem X, and thus `/a/b` would also be filesystem X, despite that being prohibited.</s> Resolved, the UX isn't awesome but it does work. * <s>No testing has been done yet, at all. I don't even know if Calamares will launch with this.</s> Did some testing, it's working decent so far. I'm not sure if this is the right approach to this, or if I should be approaching the problem in a fundamentally different way. I'm happy to scrap the patch and try again if this isn't the right way to do this. EDIT: The code is mostly working now. It still needs a good test plan written and thoroughly tested before it's merge-ready, but it seems to work right, and is ready for review.