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Installer: null pointer exception during partitioning

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
Cc: tracker <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36402: closed (Installer: null pointer exception during
 partitioning)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 17:58:01 +0000

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From: Juan <r5jm <at> protonmail.com>
To: "bug-guix <at> gnu.org" <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>
Subject: installation error
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 01:47:51 +0000

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Hi!

I ran into some trouble while attempting to install Guix SD (1.0.1.x86_64). It happens when I try to do the guided graphical installation, I'll transcript the whole text here:

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The installer has encountered an unexpected problem. The backtrace is displayed below. Please report it by email to <bug-guix <at> gnu.org>.

In ice-9/boot-9.scm:
    829:9 19 (catch srfi-34 #<procedure 2636000 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 ()> #<procedure 25db4b0 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 (keyc)> _)
    829:9 18 (catch srfi-34 #<procedure 2695e00 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 ()> #<procedure 25db460 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 (keyc)> _)
    829:9 17 (catch srfi-34 #<procedure 2695c00 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 ()> #<procedure 25db410 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 (keyc)> _)
    829:9 16 (catch srfi-34 #<procedure 1079dc0 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 ()> #<procedure 107df00 at ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:144:7 (keyc)> _)
In ./gnu/installer/steps.scm:
    182:21 15(_)
In ./gnu/installer/newt/partition.scm:
    755:33 14 (run-partitioning-page)
In ./gnu/installer/parted.scm:
   1010:14 13 (auto-partition! #<<disk> bytestructure: #<bytestructure 0x106d840>> #:scheme _)
    870:21 12 (loop _ _ _)
    863:17 11 (loop _ 2617712816 1289318400)
    771:25 10 (mkpart #<<disk> bytestructure: #<bytestructure 0x106d840>> _ #:previous-partition _)
In parted/structs.scm:
    552:19 9 (pointer->partition _)
     132:3 8 (pointer->bytestructure #<pointer 0x0> #<bytestructure-descriptor 0x29f4740>)
In unknown file:
    7 (pointer->bytevector #<pointer 0x0> 88 #<undefined> #<undefined>)
In ice-9/boot.scm:
    751:25 6 (dispatch-exception 5 null-pointer-error ("pointer->bytevector" "null pointer dereference" () ()))
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8 5 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) b67140> #<<installer> name: newt init: #<procedure init ()> exit: #procedure exit ()> exit-error:
#<procedure exit-error (file key args> final-p...>) ...))

    619:8 4 (_ #(#(#(#<directory (guile-user) b67140> #<<installer> name: newt init: #<procedure init ()> exit: #procedure exit ()> exit-error:
#<procedure exit-error (file key args> fi...>) ...) #))
In ice-9/ports.scm:
    462:17 3 (call-with-output-file _ _ #:binary _ #:encoding _)
In ice-9/eval.scm:
    619:8 2 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) b67140> null-pointer-error ("pointer->bytevector" "null pointer dereference" () ())) #<output: /tmp/last-installer-error 12>))
    159:9 1 (_ #(#(#<directory (guile-user) b67140> null-pointer-error ("pointer->bytevector" "null pointer dereference" () ())) #<output: /tmp/last-installer-error 12>))
In unknown file:
    0 (make-stack #t)
ice-9/eval.scm:159:9: In procedure pointer->bytevector: null pointer dereference
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Here are the specifics of my computer:
ASUS MAXIMUS VI IMPACT ACPI BIOS Revision 1301
CPU: Intel Core 15-4440 CPU @ 3.19GHz

I'm not sure if it's a hardware compatibility problem, a bug in the guided graphical installation, or something else.

Thanks in advance, kind regards.

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From: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe <at> gmail.com>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 36402-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Juan <r5jm <at> protonmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#36402: installation error
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 18:56:57 +0100

Hello,

This has hopefully been resolved by Guile-Parted 0.0.2 update, so
closing!

Thanks,

Mathieu

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