Xubuntu 14.04 EOL cannot install ssh server[SOLVED]

[rednuht]

Trying to install an ssh server onto my joggler

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sudo apt-get install openssh-server

and get errors about python-requests being required and unavailable.

If I run

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sudo apt-get update

then ssh is installed and I can reboot and connect but the screen is blank(even after touch) and dmesg reports

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xfwm4[1547]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6915959 sp bf84eb68 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b68fb000+39000]
xfsettingsd[1592]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6eb8959 sp bf8a8ec8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6e9e000+39000]
nm-applet[1564]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b65b5959 sp bfeda588 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b659b000+39000]
xfsettingsd[1767]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6e1f959 sp bfe71ca8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6e05000+39000]
xfsettingsd[1769]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6e73959 sp bfc9d7d8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6e59000+39000]
xfsettingsd[1775]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6e75959 sp bfb09878 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6e5b000+39000]
xfsettingsd[1778]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6e22959 sp bfff43b8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6e08000+39000]
florence[1557]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b64e5959 sp bfff1d78 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b64cb000+39000]
xfsettingsd[1785]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6ebe959 sp bfcb2b48 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6ea4000+39000]
xfce4-panel[1551]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6880959 sp bf801b68 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6866000+39000]
xfce4-brightnes[1794]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b69a3959 sp bf9c1998 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6989000+39000]
panel-1-whisker[1784]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b696b959 sp bfe8caf8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6951000+39000]
xfdesktop[1555]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6794959 sp bfe65288 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b677a000+39000]
xfce4-panel[1799]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b68af959 sp bfbbd598 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6895000+39000]
xfce4-brightnes[1839]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6999959 sp bfaf82c8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b697f000+39000]
panel-1-whisker[1835]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b69db959 sp bfd62d28 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b69c1000+39000]
xfdesktop[1833]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b67b1959 sp bfbcb348 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6797000+39000]
xfce4-panel[1841]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b67ca959 sp bfb8ebd8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b67b0000+39000]
panel-1-whisker[1846]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b69b3959 sp bfc8b368 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6999000+39000]
xfce4-brightnes[1850]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6970959 sp bfa2e9a8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6956000+39000]
xfdesktop[1844]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b67d5959 sp bfa022b8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b67bb000+39000]
panel-1-whisker[1857]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b695c959 sp bf965f18 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6942000+39000]
xfce4-panel[1851]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b680b959 sp bf941328 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b67f1000+39000]
xfce4-brightnes[1861]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6a15959 sp bfe590b8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b69fb000+39000]
xfdesktop[1855]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b67d0959 sp bfa24768 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b67b6000+39000]
xfce4-panel[1863]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b68ab959 sp bfaad7e8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6891000+39000]
xfce4-brightnes[1872]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b69f6959 sp bfb46fb8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b69dc000+39000]
panel-1-whisker[1868]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b694b959 sp bf843498 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6931000+39000]
xfdesktop[1866]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6781959 sp bfe8b598 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b6767000+39000]
xfce4-panel[1874]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6849959 sp bfe60e58 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b682f000+39000]
panel-1-whisker[1879]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b6a0f959 sp bff1d6d8 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b69f5000+39000]
xfce4-brightnes[1883]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b69a9959 sp bf901058 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b698f000+39000]
xfdesktop[1877]: segfault at 9a00df04 ip b67e7959 sp bf98ef28 error 4 in libfontconfig.so.1.8.0[b67cd000+39000]

I also tried a new image from http://joggler.exotica.org.uk/ubuntu/ and edited the /etc/apt/sources.list to point to old-releases.ubuntu.com but then loads of packages were unavailable including openssh-server.

This all appears to be related to the fact 14.04 is End Of Life.

is there another way to install a ssh server that does not break the screen?
would I be better off with a different distro?

[pete]

I am currently still using Ubuntu 14.04 32/64 bit boxes with no issues. I do not see any end of life messages with these boxes.

Relating to the Joggler I have had no issues updating the provided 14.04 32 bit builds and those are my base builds.

I did update one with Ubuntu 32bit 14.10 and the video drivers were not there and caused me grief.

I am too now playing with one small little Baytrail quad core Atom running 14.10 64 bit and it is very quick.

Looking at your OP it appears a bit to me like the media is messed up or you have run out of space? Here a few years back went to 8Gb SSD based USB stick then to a 16Gb SSD ZIF drive. That said testing out a very quick 32Gb microSD (MMC) card with the Baytrail CPU box and it too is really quick.

Googling found:

Segmentation fault can also occur under following circumstances:
a) A buggy program / command, which can be only fixed by applying patch.
b) It can also appear when you try to access an array beyond the end of an array under C programming.
c) Inside a chrooted jail this can occur when critical shared libs, config file or /dev/ entry missing.
d) Sometime hardware or faulty memory or driver can also create problem.
e) Maintain suggested environment for all computer equipment (overheating can also generate this problem).

[rednuht]

Thanks for the quick reply, TL;DR; It works.

Why did I think it was EOL? After reburning the same image to the same 4GB stick and seeing the same errors. I googled around and found http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.p ... 39539.html which matched my issues almost exactly and I put 2 and 2 together and got 5. That post is of course for Xubuntu 13.04.

I followed your advice and tried a 16GB stick and the only thing I did differently was to not reboot the Joggler but to always shut it down and disconnect the power. After that worked (got same 404 errors but apt-get update fixed them, then screen worked fine) I re-burned the same image to the same 4GB stick.

I expected one of two things to happen. Either the stick would fail int he same way as the last two times or becuase I was now following my power off regime it would work in the same way as the 16GB stick. What I did not expect was for it to install openssh-server without ANY errors and then just work flawlessly.

It does look like that at some time the stick was corrupt or at least in a bad state, it also appears that the specific repositories were not available, though I would have expected that to cause different problems.

Anyway, my Joggler is very happy !

[roobarb!]

For those that don't know, 14.04 (also known as Trusty Tahr) is a long term service release and is fully supported until 2019. It's what SQPOS and the Reflash tool are based on; not that the reflash tool needs the support, but it's nice to have for SQPOS.