Online installer not working

General system EndeavourOS installation
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I just attempted to use the online installer so I could select Plasma as my EOS desktop to install along side Garuda and all I get is the below. The offline seems to work just fine. I get through the entire setup stopping short of doing the actual install. Help resolving this would really be appreciated. Thanks

    STARTUP: initModuleManager: module init started 
17:18:41 [6]: void Calamares::ModuleManager::doInit()
    Found 51 modules 51 names 
17:18:41 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initView()
    STARTUP: initModuleManager: all modules init done 
17:18:41 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initView()
    STARTUP: initJobQueue done 
17:18:41 [6]: CalamaresWindow::CalamaresWindow(QWidget*)
    Available desktop QSize(2560, 1046) minimum size QSize(1024, 520) 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Proposed window size: 1200 700 
17:18:41 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initView()
    STARTUP: CalamaresWindow created; loadModules started 
17:18:41 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/welcome.conf" 
17:18:41 [6]: void Config::initLanguages()
    Matching locale QLocale(English, Latin, United States) 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Matched with index 10 "en_US" 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Branding using default, system locale not found: "en_US" 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Loaded QRC translation "tz_" "en_US" 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Loaded QRC translation "calamares_" "en_US" 
17:18:41 [6]: void Config::setLocaleIndex(int)
    Index 10 Selected locale QLocale(English, Latin, United States) 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Branding using default, system locale not found: "en_US" 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Loaded QRC translation "tz_" "en_US" 
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Loaded QRC translation "calamares_" "en_US" 
17:18:41 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "welcome@welcome" loading complete. 
17:18:41 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/locale.conf" 
17:18:41 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "locale@locale" loading complete. 
17:18:41 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/keyboard.conf" 
17:18:41 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "keyboard@keyboard" loading complete. 
17:18:41 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/partition.conf" 
17:18:41 [6]: CalamaresUtils::Partition::InternalManager::InternalManager()
    KPMCore backend starting .. 
17:18:41 [8]: Loaded backend plugin:  "pmsfdiskbackendplugin"
17:18:41 [6]:  ..  Backend @ 0x5611fe3f2b70 "pmsfdiskbackendplugin" "1" 
17:18:41 [6]: CalamaresUtils::Partition::KPMManager::KPMManager()
    KPMManager 1 created. 
17:18:41 [6]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    Setting firmwareType to "efi" 
17:18:41 [2]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    WARNING:Partition-module does not support *userSwapChoices* setting "file" 
17:18:41 [2]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    WARNING:Partition-module does not support *userSwapChoices* setting "reuse" 
17:18:41 [6]: QString PartUtils::findFS(QString, FileSystem::Type*)
    Found filesystem "ext4" 
17:18:41 [6]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    Partition-module setting *defaultFileSystemType* "ext4" 
17:18:41 [6]: QString PartUtils::findFS(QString, FileSystem::Type*)
    Found filesystem "ext4" 
17:18:41 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "partition@partition" loading complete. 
17:18:41 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/netinstall.conf" 
17:18:41 [0]: QObject::~QObject: Timers cannot be stopped from another thread

############## Install finished (UTC): 2020-09-05 00:18

Garuda Linux 5.8.5-zen1-1-zen x86_64

 13:46:52  alienprober@TheMothership  ~  ⬡ v14.9.0 
$ inxi -Fza
System:    Kernel: 5.8.5-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
           parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen 
           root=UUID=70792e81-488b-45ca-9bfb-794308996c9f rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet 
           splash loglevel=3 
           Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 tk: Qt 5.15.0 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM 
           Distro: Garuda Linux 
Machine:   Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx 
           serial: <filter> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3103 date: 06/17/2020 
Battery:   Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse serial: <filter> 
           charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging 
           Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Keyboard K360 
           serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes 
           status: Discharging 
CPU:       Info: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 3 3200G with Radeon Vega Graphics bits: 64 
           type: MCP arch: Zen+ family: 17 (23) model-id: 18 (24) stepping: 1 
           microcode: 8108109 L2 cache: 2048 KiB 
           flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
           bogomips: 28747 
           Speed: 3954 MHz min/max: 1400/3600 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
           1: 3943 2: 3930 3: 2628 4: 3913 
           Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected 
           Type: l1tf status: Not affected 
           Type: mds status: Not affected 
           Type: meltdown status: Not affected 
           Type: spec_store_bypass 
           mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
           Type: spectre_v1 
           mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
           Type: spectre_v2 
           mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling 
           Type: srbds status: Not affected 
           Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER] vendor: eVga.com. 
           driver: nvidia v: 450.66 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus ID: 01:00.0 
           chip ID: 10de:2187 
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.9 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: nvidia 
           display ID: :0 screens: 1 
           Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1080 s-dpi: 97 s-size: 670x283mm (26.4x11.1") 
           s-diag: 727mm (28.6") 
           Monitor-1: HDMI-0 res: 2560x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 97 size: 673x284mm (26.5x11.2") 
           diag: 730mm (28.8") 
           OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 450.66 
           direct render: Yes 
Audio:     Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: eVga.com. 
           driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:1aeb 
           Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel 
           v: kernel bus ID: 0a:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3 
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.5-zen1-1-zen 
Network:   Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: 5.6.0-k 
           port: d000 bus ID: 04:00.0 chip ID: 8086:1539 
           IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 9.10 TiB used: 3.70 TiB (40.7%) 
           SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required. 
           ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: Viper M.2 VPN100 size: 238.47 GiB block size: 
           physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> 
           rev: ECFM22.6 scheme: GPT 
           ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-00Y5B1 size: 931.51 GiB 
           block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> 
           rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT 
           ID-3: /dev/sdb vendor: Samsung model: ST3000DM001-1E6166 size: 2.73 TiB 
           block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm 
           serial: <filter> rev: SC48 scheme: GPT 
           ID-4: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: Samsung model: Seagate Expansion 
           size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter> 
           rev: 9300 scheme: GPT 
           ID-5: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: MediaMax model: WL3000GSA6454 size: 3.41 TiB 
           block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B rotation: 5400 rpm serial: <filter> 
           scheme: GPT 
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 238.18 GiB size: 88.13 GiB (37.00%) used: 66.63 GiB (75.6%) 
           fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
           ID-2: /home raw size: 238.18 GiB size: 88.13 GiB (37.00%) 
           used: 66.63 GiB (75.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Swap:      Kernel: swappiness: 5 (default 60) cache pressure: 50 (default 100) 
           ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 496.7 MiB used: 93.3 MiB (18.8%) priority: 32767 
           dev: /dev/zram0 
           ID-2: swap-2 type: zram size: 496.7 MiB used: 93.7 MiB (18.9%) priority: 32767 
           dev: /dev/zram1 
           ID-3: swap-3 type: zram size: 496.7 MiB used: 97.6 MiB (19.6%) priority: 32767 
           dev: /dev/zram2 
           ID-4: swap-4 type: zram size: 496.7 MiB used: 92.7 MiB (18.7%) priority: 32767 
           dev: /dev/zram3 
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 51.1 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 43 C 
           Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:      Processes: 346 Uptime: 5h 10m Memory: 7.76 GiB used: 3.68 GiB (47.4%) 
           Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 2039 
           pacman: 2008 lib: 562 flatpak: 31 snap: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: konsole 
           inxi: 3.1.06 

 13:46:57  alienprober@TheMothership  ~  ⬡ v14.9.0 
$
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looks like KPM-CORE got an issue, do you try cleaning the partition/s you want to use before starting the installer? KPM is crashing in some cases it does not understand the exact partitions flags and format from previous installs.

usually it would show like this:

ViewModule "welcome@welcome" loading complete. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:24 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/locale.conf" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:24 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "locale@locale" loading complete. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:24 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/keyboard.conf" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "keyboard@keyboard" loading complete. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/partition.conf" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: CalamaresUtils::Partition::InternalManager::InternalManager()
    KPMCore backend starting .. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [8]: Loaded backend plugin:  "pmsfdiskbackendplugin"
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]:     ..  Backend @0x557625068640 "pmsfdiskbackendplugin" "1" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: CalamaresUtils::Partition::KPMManager::KPMManager()
    KPMManager 1 created. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    Setting firmwareType to "bios" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [2]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    WARNING:Partition-module does not support *userSwapChoices* setting "file" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [2]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    WARNING:Partition-module does not support *userSwapChoices* setting "reuse" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: QString PartUtils::findFS(QString, FileSystem::Type*)
    Found filesystem "ext4" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    Partition-module setting *defaultFileSystemType* "ext4" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: QString PartUtils::findFS(QString, FileSystem::Type*)
    Found filesystem "ext4" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "partition@partition" loading complete. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/netinstall.conf" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: void Config::loadGroupList(const QUrl&)
    NetInstall loading groups from QUrl("https://github.com/endeavouros-team/install-scripts/raw/master/netinstall_nvidia.yaml") 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "netinstall@netinstall" loading complete. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: void Calamares::Module::loadConfigurationFile(const QString&)
    Loaded module configuration "/usr/share/calamares/modules/users.conf" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]:     ..  libpwquality setting "minlen=0" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]:     ..  libpwquality setting "minclass=0" 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [2]: add_check_libpwquality(PasswordCheckList&, const QVariant&)::<lambda(const QString&)>
    WARNING:libpwquality error -20 No password supplied 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [2]: add_check_libpwquality(PasswordCheckList&, const QVariant&)::<lambda(const QString&)>
    WARNING:libpwquality error -20 No password supplied 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "users@users" loading complete. 
2020-08-15 - 10:28:25 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "summary@summary" loading complete.
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Ok after talking to @jonathon via Telegram I decided to try downloading a fresh ISO and use Etcher to create my key instead of adding the ISO to Ventoy. This time when selecting Online install I actually got the Setup GUI. From there the install went perfectly.

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The base of our LiveISO is archiso and this is already complete to automatically be able to boot from USB-stick or burned on a real DVD-ROM. if the program used to burn the ISO to stick or DVD is changing the boot process it will most likely fail or have strange behavior…

And sure it can happen that the ISO file gets corrupted on downloading it (it is a big file) so checking it with shasum/md5sum is not only good for nerds :nerd_face: it will make sure the file is not corrupted.

And luckily you do not find a BUG it was only technical issue here :man_technologist:t4:

Welcome here at the forum and have fun on your new system then!
If you find anything not working or you need help simple ask, we do like to help anyone here! :passenger_ship:

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I’ve booted the Arch iso from a Ventoy USB drive and it seemed to work. I didn’t actually try an installation though, I just wanted a chroot. :confused:

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I think this might of been a case of

After downloading the fresh ISO and checking the MD5 I remembered that no I didn’t actually check it on the previous ISO. Won’t make that mistake again. Thanks again for the help.

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Ah ha!

It happens.

Also, how did @pebcak get involved here? :thinking:

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My spirit hovers between all the chairs and keyboards!
:chair: :keyboard:

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So it was your fault. Time to sage this place again.

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