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rsyslogd-2177: lmuxsock begins to drop messages from pid 9707 due to rate-limiting

Asked by Cord Hantke

I've been trying to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my netbook. I've downloaded the "ubuntu-12.04.3-desktop-i386.iso" file from the internet and put the image on my USB drive. I can boot from the USB without any problem.
But I would like to install Ubuntu 12.04 on my harddisk. I've now tried several times to install the operating system, but the installation process doesn't work out. At first, it all seems to work out fine, but after like 20 minutes I keep receiving the following error messages:

"ubuntu ubiquity: no PAM-profiles have been selected"
Actually, there was no chance for me to make a choice, no drop down menu or similar.

"ubuntu rsyslogd-2177: imuxsock begins to drop messages from pid 9707 due to rate-limiting"

Then there's nothing more I can do, but stop the installation process. So the installation remains incomplete.

So what do I have to do in order to install Ubuntu 12.04 properly on my netbook?

Cord

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

Did you MD5 test the ISO you downloaded?

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Cord Hantke (cord-hantke) said : 		#2

Yes, I did the "md5sum", and the downloaded file was fully intact.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#3

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Cord Hantke (cord-hantke) said : 		#4

I still need an answer.

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Cord Hantke (cord-hantke) said : 		#6

I still need an answer.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#7

The message "imuxsock begins to drop messages from pid nnnn due to rate-limiting" is just a symptom that does not tell anything about the root cause.

Please provide more information about your problem:

What are the error lines preceding that "rate limit" error message?
Does this problem show up during the installation phase, or on the ready-installed system?
If it is during the installation phase, how far did the installation proceed until that moment?
Have you verified your USB installation kit with the method shown at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck ?
Is your system connected to the internet when trying the installation? Have you tried with/without network?

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Cord Hantke (cord-hantke) said : 		#8

What are the error lines preceding that "rate limit" error message?
I was not able to read the preceding error lines. Actually, the same message always kept repeating itself.

Does this problem show up during the installation phase, or on the ready-installed system?
It showed up during the installation phase.

If it is during the installation phase, how far did the installation proceed until that moment?
I don't remember it for sure. But as a rough estimate, I'd say the system was about 75 percent installed when the problem showed up.

Have you verified your USB installation kit with the method shown at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/CDIntegrityCheck ?
I did the md5sum-check, and everything was fine.

Is your system connected to the internet when trying the installation?
yes, cable connection to the internet

Have you tried with/without network?
no, as the internet is needed for a proper installation on the netbook

I tried to run it from the same USB drive without installing it. This works, but it takes ages until I can use the system.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#9

The internet is NOT needed for a proper first-installation of Ubuntu.
An installation without internet connection will provide a vanilla system with the packages in the versions available at the publication time of the Ubuntu release. It is of course recommended to upgrade the packages to their current version, but that can be done in a separate step.

"about 75% of the installation" does not provide the information that I hoped to get. What was the step that was running at that time? Partitioning the disk, providing username/password/computername/location, downloading data, installing packages...?

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