I know this is long. I’ve included a log, command output, and I’ve tried to include every detail that might be important. The behaviors I’m getting make little or no sense to me. An automated installer should work, but it’s not and changing the debug level does not help.
- Platform information:
- Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 & 4 using SD card for storage
- OS: Lastest openHAB image (openhabian-pi-raspios64-202208152014-gitbe9d23e-crc8b028846.img)
- Java Runtime Environment: See OS above
- openHAB version: see OS above
- Issue of the topic: It won’t install.
This is a follow-up to this thread. I’m starting a new thread because I have more information and have found a few things that do not “work as advertised” and think this needs some level of discussion.
I had tried to install oH a number of times by making an image, putting it in, booting it, and I have had similar results for 8-10 different install attempts (and I’m not exaggerating about that). Some of the issues include unclear documentation. I’ve found problems with logging levels and behaviors that don’t make sense. I’ve followed directions and found the results to be puzzling. I had gone through it so many times, I finally stopped, burned 5 more images on SD cards, took a break for most of the day, then started again, noting each step and what I got. Here’s what I did and the results.
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I burned the latest images for a Raspberry Pi as listed above. I have tried this image on a Pi 4 and a Pi 3. Basically the same results for each, in the long run, on EVERY attempt.
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Looked for openhabian.conf. On most attempts I didn’t do this, only started on recent attempts. I plugged the SD card with the oH image on it into a Pi system running Debian (or Raspbian - don’t remember which I have on that Pi). Since, on an oH system, openhabian.conf is on /etc, that’s where I looked. Note that the page on troubleshooting, under the 2nd subheading (" Did my Installation succeed? What to do in case of a problem?“), in the 2nd paragraph under that subheading, it talks about changing the
debugmodetomaximum. It does NOT say where this file is. In only ONE location on that page (” Other Linux Systems (add openHABian just like any other software)") does it ever mention the path of /opt/openhabian/build-image/openhabian.conf. And that is a section that should be skippable for working with a Pi image. Also note that the path /etc/openhabian.conf is given 3 times, twice in that same section and once in “Networking.” This is frustrating and confusing. I had not read the “Other Linux Systems” section since it didn’t apply to my situation. I had to hunt down, on my own, and find /opt/opehabian/build-image/openhabian.conf. -
I edited this file (/opt/openhabian/build-image/openhabian.conf) so I had
debugmode=maximumand checked to be sure I had saved it. -
I ejected the SD card with my image from that Pi so there would be no buffer issues, then put it in a Pi 3 (again, I’ve tried it on a Pi 4 as well, with the same results) and turned the Pi on. When I do this, I leave a monitor on so I can see what’s going on.
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Eventually I get a screen for configuring my keyboard. After that, it asks me to supply a name for a default user and a password. I’ve noticed I get this BEFORE the user openhabian is created and after - it can show up either way. I have to pick the keyboard type and create a user and password. This time, I left it and pulled up the status on for the system and it reported, after about 3-5 minutes, that the configuration was done and it would reboot. When it did, I tried to log in through ssh and could not. I tried using the users openhab, openhabian, and pi. I couldn’t connect with ssh on any of them.
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I tried going through the configuration screen to define my keyboard and default user - this time I had a keyboard issue, but finally got a working keyboard. I specified to use “pi” as the default user and gave it my password. It automatically logged me in. I went back to my main workstation and could ssh in and connect using pi. I checked in /etc/passwd and /home. There was no user named either openhab or openhabian at all. I checked and found the file /opt/openHABian-install-successful existed. But I could not pull up the web interface for it.
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I looked at /opt/openhabian/build-image/openhabian.conf and still saw
debugmode=maximum. I checked in /etc/openhabian.conf and sawdebugmode=off. I checked /boot/first-boot.log. The results are at the end of the message. Note this is WITH debugmode set to maximum. But the log I got looks identical to the log I have been getting over and over, in every attempted install. Note, in that log, that packages just don’t install. None install. And, again, this log is on maximum debugging! Also note that even with the results in this log, the setup is STILL reporting that oH has been successfully installed. -
I’ve tried, in the past, deleting /opt/openHABian-install-successful and rebooting. I’ve done this AND set
debugmode=maximumin /etc/openhabian.conf and when it finishes rebooting, that’s set to maximum, but first-boot.log is the same - not at all any other info for debugging. -
I’ve also touched the file /opt/openhabian-install-failed and rebooted. Same general results.
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I’ve done #8, but instead of rebooting, run /opt/openhabian/openhabian-setup.sh and picked the option to install oH. It does. Debugging in /opt/openhabian/build-timage/openhabian.conf is still maximum, but in /etc/openhabian.conf it’s off.
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Since no packages were shown as installed, my concern was that something was up with apt. I find that odd, since I have a number of Pis and a couple media servers on my LAN, all on Debian or Raspbian or a variation of Debian. Even one on Ubuntu. None of them have had issues with apt and package management. Sometimes there are delays, due to rural internet, and during one test install, internet was off for a while during a heavy storm. (So I tossed that install out as a poor example under bad conditions.) Since the first package I see in the logs that does not install is git, I checked on it:
dpkg-query: package 'git' is not installed and no information is available
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files.```
I saw this and, as a test, figured it would be good to test installing git:
```pi@openhabian:~ $ sudo apt-get install git
We trust you have received the usual lecture from the local System
Administrator. It usually boils down to these three things:
#1) Respect the privacy of others.
#2) Think before you type.
#3) With great power comes great responsibility.
[sudo] password for pi:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt --fix-broken install' to correct these.
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
git : Depends: liberror-perl but it is not going to be installed
Depends: git-man (> 1:2.30.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: git-man (< 1:2.30.2-.) but it is not going to be installed
libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) but 2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u3 is to be installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) but 2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u3 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution).```
I haven't had this issue with apt for so long I don't remember if I've ever seen it. I switched to Debian based Linux from rpm based distros back around 2005 and in that dime, I don't remember seeing issues with unmet dependencies unless those packages are not in any repositories in my configuration. So I tried fixing it:
```pi@openhabian:~ $ sudo apt --fix-broken install
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libc6
Suggested packages:
glibc-doc
Recommended packages:
libnss-nis libnss-nisplus
The following packages will be upgraded:
libc6
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
5 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 2,460 kB of archives.
After this operation, 3,072 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian bullseye/main arm64 libc6 arm64 2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4 [2,460 kB]
Fetched 2,460 kB in 3s (711 kB/s)
Reading changelogs... Done
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 35706 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking libc6:arm64 (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) over (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u3) ...
Setting up libc6:arm64 (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) ...
Setting up linux-libc-dev:arm64 (1:1.20220830-1) ...
Setting up libc6-dbg:arm64 (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) ...
Setting up libc-dev-bin (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) ...
Setting up libc-devtools (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) ...
Setting up libc6-dev:arm64 (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u4) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.31-13+rpt2+rpi1+deb11u3) ...```
Now that it's fixed, I try adding git again:
```pi@openhabian:~ $ sudo apt-get install git
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
git-man liberror-perl
Suggested packages:
git-daemon-run | git-daemon-sysvinit git-doc git-el git-email git-gui gitk gitweb git-cvs git-mediawiki git-svn
The following NEW packages will be installed:
git git-man liberror-perl
0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 18 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,287 kB of archives.
After this operation, 37.7 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main arm64 liberror-perl all 0.17029-1 [31.0 kB]
Get:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main arm64 git-man all 1:2.30.2-1 [1,827 kB]
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye/main arm64 git arm64 1:2.30.2-1 [5,428 kB]
Fetched 7,287 kB in 5s (1,529 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package liberror-perl.
(Reading database ... 35706 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../liberror-perl_0.17029-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking liberror-perl (0.17029-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package git-man.
Preparing to unpack .../git-man_1%3a2.30.2-1_all.deb ...
Unpacking git-man (1:2.30.2-1) ...
Selecting previously unselected package git.
Preparing to unpack .../git_1%3a2.30.2-1_arm64.deb ...
Unpacking git (1:2.30.2-1) ...
Setting up liberror-perl (0.17029-1) ...
Setting up git-man (1:2.30.2-1) ...
Setting up git (1:2.30.2-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.9.4-2) ...```
So it works.
11) In the past, with previous installs, once I get that result, my thinking has been that something went wrong with apt and that it's fixed, so I ran the install script in /opt and the same packages did not install, just like before. I did not do it this time. I'm tired. I'm burned out. I need help with this. (To his credit, @Wolfgang_S has been helping me with these issues in the other thread I linked to above. I appreciate that.)
Overall, it's odd that, time after time, I run an automated install on different Pis, both with the image on an SD card or on a USB memory stick and I get the same failures.
**SUMMARY**
I am encountering a number of problems with the automatic install:
1) The directions in Troubleshooting (and on the debugging page) do not specify just where openhabian.conf is located. (I've found that, but specificity would be helpful on the web pages!)
2) My changing the debugmode setting to maximum seems to have no effect on the debug logs provided. (And if I change it in /etc/openhabian.conf, in some situations when I reboot or use the setup script, that setting is set back to off.)
3) Even with a number of packages being reported as not installed, the process finishes and creates the file in /opt to say oH is installed
4) The big issue seems to be packages that are not being installed and when I run a test, I find there's a problem with apt that I can fix, but that does not help make the install work after that.
5) There's one issue I haven't mentioned that I'm hoping doesn't matter. I have done successful installs of oH on a Pi in the past without any issues. While there are times I doubt my internet connection, usually it's "normal." My wife and I stream a lot of video over it without problems and I upload and download files without issues. I use Starlink, which is LEO satellite (which is why it sometimes goes out during a heavy thunderstorm). Starlink uses CGNAT (Common Gateway Network Address Translation). That means that my house does not get an individualized IP address. I don't know if that matters and unless oH is doing something unusual that depends on my house having an individualized IP address, it shouldn't be an issue. If it is an issue, I think it needs correction, since Starlink came out of beta in April and they're adding more and more users. For many of us in the boondocks, it's going to be a big deal to use it, since it's the only good service in some areas and Starlink is spreading to many countries now.
I make mistakes. I would love to hear this is something simple I'm doing wrong, but since it goes bad when I just burn an image and boot it, I think there's a bug or that somehow I now have a situation that the setup system can't handle.
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/boot/first-boot.log:
2022-04-04_15:41:57_BST [openHABian] Starting the openHABian initial setup.
2022-04-04_15:41:57_BST [openHABian] Storing configuration… OK
2022-04-04_15:41:59_BST [openHABian] Starting webserver with installation log… OK
2022-09-09_06:38:50_BST [openHABian] Changing default username and password… OK
2022-09-09_06:38:59_BST [openHABian] Setting up Ethernet connection… OK
2022-09-09_06:38:59_BST [openHABian] Ensuring network connectivity… OK
2022-09-09_06:38:59_BST [openHABian] Waiting for dpkg/apt to get ready… OK
2022-09-09_06:39:12_BST [openHABian] Updating repositories and upgrading installed packages… OK
2022-09-09_06:39:49_BST [openHABian] Installing git package… FAILED
2022-09-09_06:39:52_BST [openHABian] Updating myself from GitHub - openhab/openhabian: openHABian - empowering the smart home, for Raspberry Pi and Debian systems, openHAB3 branch… OK
2022-09-09_06:39:52_BST [openHABian] Starting execution of ‘openhabian-config unattended’… OK
2022-09-09_06:39:52_BST [openHABian] Checking for root privileges… OK
2022-09-09_06:39:54_BST [openHABian] Updating Linux package information… \ ESC[2D| ESC[2D/ ESC[2D- ESC[2D\ ESC[2D| ESC[2D/ ESC[2D- ESC[2D\ ESC[2D| ESC[2D/ ESC[2D- ESC[2D\ ESC[2D| ESC[2D/ ESC[2D- ESC[2D\ ESC[2DOK
2022-09-09_06:40:03_BST [openHABian] Loading configuration file ‘/etc/openhabian.conf’… OK
2022-09-09_06:40:03_BST [openHABian] Adjusting swap size to 1819 MB… OK (reboot required)
2022-09-09_06:40:04_BST [openHABian] Setting timezone based on openhabian.conf… OK (Europe/Berlin)
2022-09-09_07:40:05_CEST [openHABian] Enabling time synchronization using NTP… OK
2022-09-09_07:40:05_CEST [openHABian] Setting locale based on openhabian.conf… FAILED (reconfigure locales)
2022-09-09_07:41:09_CEST [openHABian] Setting hostname of the base system based on openhabian.conf… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:09_CEST [openHABian] Setting the GPU memory split down to 16MB for headless system… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:09_CEST [openHABian] Enabling Audio output… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:10_CEST [openHABian] Installing basic can’t-be-wrong packages (screen, vim, …)… FAILED (remove raspi-config)
2022-09-09_07:41:12_CEST [openHABian] Installing additional needed packages… FAILED
2022-09-09_07:41:15_CEST [openHABian] Adding slightly tuned bash configuration files to system… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:15_CEST [openHABian] Adding slightly tuned vim configuration file to system… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:15_CEST [openHABian] tailscale VPN installation… SKIPPED (no preauthkey defined)
2022-09-09_07:41:15_CEST [openHABian] Applying miscellaneous system settings… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:15_CEST [openHABian] Installing FireMotD required packages (bc, sysstat, jq, moreutils)… FAILED
2022-09-09_07:41:18_CEST [openHABian] Fetching OpenJDK 11… FAILED
2022-09-09_07:41:20_CEST [openHABian] Installing OpenJDK 11… FAILED
2022-09-09_07:41:23_CEST [openHABian] Beginning install of latest openhab release (stable)… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:23_CEST [openHABian] Adding required keys to apt… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:24_CEST [openHABian] Installing selected openHAB3 version… FAILED
2022-09-09_07:41:37_CEST [openHABian] Getting initial openHAB configuration… SKIPPED (backup not found at /boot/initial.zip)
2022-09-09_07:41:37_CEST [openHABian] Activating the openHAB console on all interfaces… FAILED (sshHost)
2022-09-09_07:41:37_CEST [openHABian] Adding openHAB syntax to vim editor… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:42_CEST [openHABian] Adding openHAB syntax to nano editor… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:43_CEST [openHABian] Adding openHAB scheme to multitail… FAILED (remove default configuration)
2022-09-09_07:41:43_CEST [openHABian] Preparing openHAB folder mounts under ‘/srv/openhab-*’… OK
2022-09-09_07:41:50_CEST [openHABian] Installing Samba… FAILED
2022-09-09_07:41:53_CEST [openHABian] Installing Frontail prerequsites (NodeJS)… FAILED
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