feisty's installation

Asked by Ricochet

after live cd installation start ubuntu said to me: /bin/sh/:can't access tty job control turned off
i have meet this problem also with the "update-manager" .....sorry for my english and thank you for all

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Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said :
#1

Thanks for the question.

Do you just get this error message? Or does it stop there?

Thanks

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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#2

/bin/sh/:can't access tty job control turned off
(initramfs) [60.932775] ata2.00 exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
[...numbers...]ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs.....)
[...numbers...]ata2: revalidation failed (errno=-5)

and ubuntu try(i think) wiyh other [....numbers...] but the result is everytime the same:
[...numbers...]ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs.....)
[...numbers...]ata2: revalidation failed (errno=-5)

with the "update-manager -c -d" there are two problems: the splash screen is too slow (7-8 minutes!) and ubuntu doesn't see my optical devices (cd rom and dvd writemaster)....in computer' s folder it call them CD-ROM1 and CDROM2? (cdrom and cdrom1 in "edgy") with only root permission, and it doesn't read them!

  /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
# /dev/hda2
UUID=3f0aabf1-e49a-4a48-9df6-ca29f9abcae2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
# /dev/hda3
UUID=66fce415-92f7-4510-a3f9-f4cdf16323fa /home ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/hdb1
UUID=d93f5673-9705-40b8-8a00-4510a92cea29 /media/hdb1 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/hdb6
UUID=566bbfab-cc95-4474-b028-d0666545b910 /media/hdb6 ext3 defaults 0 2
# /dev/hda1
UUID=4ed631b9-3764-484f-b310-9781442bace1 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/cdrom /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/ /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

again sorry for my english and thank you very much, however

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said :
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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#4

Yes I have always the same problem, and after 20' s installations go bad i returned to edgy!!
ok i try to explain:
with the live cd and alternate after start installation feisty said to me:

/bin/sh/:can't access tty job control turned off
(initramfs) [60.932775] ata2.00 exception Emask 0x0 SAct 0x0 SErr 0x0 action 0x2 frozen
[...numbers...]ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs.....)
[...numbers...]ata2: revalidation failed (errno=-5)

but if i write "acpi=off" in the F6 options ubuntu start with:

[...numbers...]ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs.....)
[...numbers...]ata2: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
  without the "/bin/sh/:can't access tty job control turned off"
and after a lot of time (it tries to find something) the installation goes on
but with the same problems i have tell before.
with the update-manager nothing change....
at last i tried also with the DVD of feisty and the first time (without the F6option) it start with:

[...numbers...]ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs.....)
[...numbers...]ata2: revalidation failed (errno=-5)
instead with "acpi=off" ubuntu started immediatly!!! and without problem!!!!!
but it's during only for two restart....and after the problems come back to me....and after this the installetion
from dvd became like livecd and alternate........it's a "kernel problem"...i don't know.
Be Patience with my english and good work for everything
thanks
bye

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Best Ralph Janke (txwikinger) said :
#5

I have similar messages if I have a HD with a dead controller connected to the bus. Could it be that you have a bad drive ?

> ata2: port failed to respond (30 secs.....)

This means it has tried to connect to the HD on port 2 and has not gotten any response.

I hope this helps.

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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#6

I don't know (i think i don't know what bad drive means, but with edgy i don't have this problem, edgy read my two HD in a good way..)
However i look this page http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/ErroreTTY and with this instruction the livecd is started without problem . Now i will try the installation and i'll tell to you the outcome.....i hope it will good.........
thank you for all

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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#7

nothing!! Now also with the option "acpi=force irqpoll" the problem is the same....why one day is in a way and another day is in another???
I don't understand, i'm sad......bye

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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#8

I found my bad drive!!!!!!!
my computer:
Acer Veriton 7200D
processore pentium IV 1.6
hd Maxtor da 20Gb (slave)
hd WDC WD800BB-00JHCO da 80 Gb (aggiunto) (master)
scheda video ASUS N6200 nvidia GeForce 6200 aggiunta
scheda audio intel 2801BA/BAM AC '97
CD ROM 52x/AKH-------THIS IS MY BAD DRIVE!!!--------
TSST Corp CD/DVDW SH-S182M (aggiunto)

Thank You very Much!!! for your help and patience.....
Good Work with Ubuntu...
Thanks again

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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#9

Thanks Ralph Janke, that solved my question.

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Mathieu Laurent (mla) said :
#10

Hello Ralph Janke and Giuse,

I have the same problem with installation of feisty :

 /bin/sh : can't access tty : job controle turned off
 ata2 : port failed to respond
 and_request : i/o error

How did you find the bad drive and how did you solve the problem ?

Regards

Mathieu

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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#11

Hallo Mathieu, after that Ralph said to me about the bad drive i observed that if i put ubuntu in my "bad" optical device ubuntu's gone crazy, and my two optical devices too; the good one for example started to open and close continuously......
i'm only a neophite but i hope i help you, good luck !! :)
bye

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Metatron_X (justin-digitaldiner) said :
#12

I'm having the same problem. I was able to install PCLinuxOS without a hitch and both of my cdrom drives appear to be working properly. I've tried to install feisty many times and always get the same response:
 "/bin/sh : can't access tty : job controle turned off
 ata2 : port failed to respond
 and_request : i/o error"

This continues until the installer quits (after about 6 tries).

I'd really like to try out Ubuntu. I tried removing one cdrom and I've tried using a different HD for install. So, either both of my cdroms are bad or something else is going on.

My hardware:
Motherboard: Asus P4P 800 Deluxe
Processor: Intel P4, 3.0G
CDROM drives: #1. Yamaha #2. Generic 52x
HD: Western Digital 250 GB
Video: Asus/ATI Radeon 9200 SE

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Mathieu Laurent (mla) said :
#13

There is no problem with dapper and edgy installation, the installation failed only with feisty.

A thread about this problem on ubuntu french forum

http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?pid=1003878

Regards

Mathieu

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Mathieu Laurent (mla) said :
#14

Related bug : install-cd (Feisty Final) does not boot!

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/95039

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Ricochet (giuse-obino) said :
#15

yes with "edgy" there aren't problems........... i think that the guilty is the Kernel 2.16.20.......

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Lonnie Lee Best (launchpad-startport) said :
#16

I've experienced a similar problem with a peripheral blocking my boot:
http://www.howtoadvice.com/BootBlocker/

I suspect it is possible for Ubuntu's boot process to be more resilient than allowing a peripheral device to prevent it from booting.