MIC Frequently Asked Questions

Q: When creating an image, MIC shows Error <creator>: URLGrabber error: http://www.example.com/latest/repos/oss/ia32/packages/repodata/repomd.xml. What does it mean?

A: Your network can have some issues, or your proxy does not work. Try another proxy and check the network status.

Q: MIC shows “Error <repository>: found 1 resolver problem, abort!” What does it mean?

A: This is not an issue with MIC, but with the repository you used. Make sure the packages in the used repository have proper dependencies. Try using the repository under the release folder, instead of the snapshot folder.

Q: I used -A i586 to create an i586 image, but MIC showed “nothing provided …”. What is wrong?

A: Use -A i686. i586 is lower than i686, causing many packages to be missing from the installation.

Q: MIC shows in the log: “file /usr/share/whatever conflicts between attempted installs of packageA and packageB”. What does it mean?

A: There are conflicts between some packages in the repository you used, but this is not an issue with MIC. Make sure you are using a proper repository. Try using the repository under the release folder, instead of the snapshot folder.

Q: MIC shows an error: “Command ‘modprobe’ is not available.” What is wrong?

A: In some distributions, when you use sudo, the PATH variable is changed and you lose some important paths. Run export PATH=/sbin:$PATH before running MIC.

Q: MIC shows an error: “Command ‘modprobe’ is not available in Fedora 17.” What is wrong?

A: In Fedora 17, when you use sudo, the PATH variable is changed and you lose some important paths. Run export PATH=/sbin:$PATH before running MIC.

Q: MIC lost some packages which are specified in --includepkgs/--excludepkgs. What happened?

A: If you want to include or exclude some packages in a repository, use the --includepkgs/--excludepkgs option in the proper repository command line. However, you must also list these packages in the %packages section; otherwise, the --includepkgs/--excludepkgs option has no effect.

Q: How does MIC select packages? And how do I set the priority of a repository?

A: In general, MIC selects a higher version if 2 or more are available in all repositories. If the version is the same, a higher release number is preferred.
If you assign a priority to a repository, MIC prefers to select packages from a repository with a higher priority, even if a higher version is available in a repository with a lower priority. The default priority for a repository is 99, the range of repository priorities is 1~99, and the larger number has the lower priority.
To set the priority:

repo --name=base --baseurl=[http://whateverurl](http://whateverurl/) --priority=1

Known issues

MIC has the following known issues:

  • ’zypp’ backend is not supported in Fedora 17

    libsat-solver changed to libsolv in Fedora 17, so the zypp backend cannot work well for some dependency issues. Use ‘yum’ as the backend in the Fedora 17 distribution.

  • Unable to install syslinux bootloader

    In some new Linux distributions, the “syslinux” package in their official software repositories is version 4.04. It causes a segfault, which is a fatal bug, and MIC fails with syslinux installation errors. The solution is to install the patched “syslinux” package in Tizen’s tools repositories, until the officially released one has been fixed.

  • Failed to create btrfs image in OpenSUSE

    When creating a btrfs image in OpenSUSE, it hangs, showing image kernel panic. This issue impacts OpenSUSE distributions, such as 12.1.

  • Failed to create an image when password in the repository URL contains "@"

    MIC cannot support passwords that contain the “@” character. This issue is to be fixed soon. For example:

    repo --name=Tizen-base --baseurl=https://username:passwd@example.com/arch/packages/ --save  --ssl_verify=no

Report MIC issues

Report bugs or make feature requests at JIRA:

  1. Click create issue.
  2. Select the Development Tools project.
  3. Select the MIC component.
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