Crashed when entering Timezone from main menu #4289
Description
Which ISO version are you using?
2026-03-01
The installation log
[2026-03-06 10:30:09] - DEBUG - Hardware model detected: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009); UEFI mode: True
[2026-03-06 10:30:09] - DEBUG - Processor model detected: Intel Core Processor (Skylake)
[2026-03-06 10:30:09] - DEBUG - Memory statistics: 1653132 available out of 2004312 total installed
[2026-03-06 10:30:12] - DEBUG - Virtualization detected: qemu; is VM: True
[2026-03-06 10:30:18] - DEBUG - Graphics devices detected: dict_keys([])
[2026-03-06 10:30:21] - DEBUG - Disk states before installing:
{
"blockdevices": [
{
"name": "loop0",
"path": "/dev/loop0",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "955 MiB",
"pttype": null,
"ptuuid": null,
"rota": true,
"tran": null,
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": null,
"fstype": "squashfs",
"fsver": "4.0",
"fsavail": 0,
"fsuse_percentage": "100%",
"type": "loop",
"mountpoint": "/run/archiso/airootfs",
"mountpoints": [
"/run/archiso/airootfs"
],
"fsroots": [
"/"
],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "sda",
"path": "/dev/sda",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 512,
"size": "32768 MiB",
"pttype": null,
"ptuuid": null,
"rota": true,
"tran": "sata",
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": null,
"fstype": null,
"fsver": null,
"fsavail": null,
"fsuse_percentage": null,
"type": "disk",
"mountpoint": null,
"mountpoints": [],
"fsroots": [],
"children": []
},
{
"name": "sr0",
"path": "/dev/sr0",
"pkname": null,
"log_sec": 2048,
"size": "1451 MiB",
"pttype": "dos",
"ptuuid": "f177ce2f",
"rota": true,
"tran": "sata",
"partn": null,
"partuuid": null,
"parttype": null,
"uuid": "2026-03-01-10-44-11-00",
"fstype": "iso9660",
"fsver": "Joliet Extension",
"fsavail": 0,
"fsuse_percentage": "100%",
"type": "rom",
"mountpoint": "/run/archiso/bootmnt",
"mountpoints": [
"/run/archiso/bootmnt"
],
"fsroots": [
"/"
],
"children": []
}
]
}
[2026-03-06 10:30:21] - INFO - Fetching Arch Linux package database...
[2026-03-06 10:31:53] - INFO - Checking version...
[2026-03-06 10:32:39] - DEBUG - Failed to check for package upgrades: archinstall
[2026-03-06 10:32:39] - DEBUG - No archinstall upgrades found
[2026-03-06 10:32:39] - DEBUG - Running from ISO (Live Mode)...
[2026-03-06 10:58:03] - DEBUG - load mirrors: True
[2026-03-06 11:21:18] - DEBUG - Creating yescrypt hash with rounds 5
[2026-03-06 11:21:44] - DEBUG - Creating yescrypt hash with rounds 5
[2026-03-06 11:42:21] - ERROR - Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 134, in run_as_a_module
rc = main()
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/__init__.py", line 124, in main
importlib.import_module(mod_name)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/importlib/__init__.py", line 88, in import_module
return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1398, in _gcd_import
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1371, in _find_and_load
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 1342, in _find_and_load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 938, in _load_unlocked
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap_external>", line 759, in exec_module
File "<frozen importlib._bootstrap>", line 491, in _call_with_frames_removed
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 216, in <module>
guided()
~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 190, in guided
ask_user_questions()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/scripts/guided.py", line 48, in ask_user_questions
global_menu.run(additional_title=title_text)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/lib/menu/abstract_menu.py", line 113, in run
).run()
~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/tui/curses_menu.py", line 757, in run
result = Tui.run(self)
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/tui/curses_menu.py", line 1349, in run
return Tui.t()._main_loop(component)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/tui/curses_menu.py", line 1357, in _main_loop
return component.kickoff(self._screen)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/tui/curses_menu.py", line 772, in kickoff
ret = self._process_input_key(key)
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/tui/curses_menu.py", line 1187, in _process_input_key
item.value = item.action(item.value)
~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/lib/interactions/general_conf.py", line 80, in ask_for_a_timezone
timezones = list_timezones()
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/lib/locale/utils.py", line 104, in list_timezones
SysCommand(
~~~~~~~~~~^
'timedatectl --no-pager list-timezones',
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
environment_vars={'SYSTEMD_COLORS': '0'},
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
)
^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 337, in __init__
self.create_session()
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 377, in create_session
with SysCommandWorker(
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
self.cmd,
^^^^^^^^^
...<3 lines>...
working_directory=self.working_directory,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
) as session:
^
File "/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/archinstall/lib/general.py", line 205, in __exit__
raise SysCallError(
...<3 lines>...
)
archinstall.lib.exceptions.SysCallError: ['/usr/bin/timedatectl', '--no-pager', 'list-timezones'] exited with abnormal exit code [1]: Failed to request list of time zones: Connection timed out
[2026-03-06 11:42:22] - WARNING - Archinstall experienced the above error. If you think this is a bug, please report it to
https://github.com/archlinux/archinstall and include the log file "/var/log/archinstall/install.log".
Hint: To extract the log from a live ISO
curl -F 'file=@/var/log/archinstall/install.log' https://0x0.stdescribe the problem
I was in the archinstall main menu and want to enter Timezone, after about 1 second after pressing the enter key, archinstall crashed.
Running on UTM-SE app from App Store on iPadOS 26.4 Beta 2 on iPad Air 5.
The QEMU command line:
qemu-system-x86_64 -L /var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/A3C1DBFB-5558-4366-B536-11DCD5175F4E/Library/Caches/qemu -S -spice unix=on,addr=3887F670-BAD7-41A5-BB55-74B167040750.spice,disable-ticketing=on,image-compression=off,playback-compression=off,streaming-video=off,gl=on -chardev spiceport,name=org.qemu.monitor.qmp.0,id=org.qemu.monitor.qmp -mon chardev=org.qemu.monitor.qmp,mode=control -nodefaults -vga none -device e1000,mac=3A:E8:F7:B6:9C:28,netdev=net0 -netdev user,id=net0 -device virtio-gpu-gl-pci -cpu Skylake-Client -smp cpus=4,sockets=1,cores=4,threads=1 -machine q35,vmport=off,i8042=off,hpet=off -accel tcg,tb-size=512 -global PIIX4_PM.disable_s3=1 -global ICH9-LPC.disable_s3=1 -drive if=pflash,format=raw,unit=0,file.filename=/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/A3C1DBFB-5558-4366-B536-11DCD5175F4E/Library/Caches/qemu/edk2-x86_64-code.fd,file.locking=off,readonly=on -drive "if=pflash,unit=1,file.filename=/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/A3C1DBFB-5558-4366-B536-11DCD5175F4E/Documents/Arch Linux.utm/Data/efi_vars.fd" -m 2048 -audiodev spice,id=audio0 -device intel-hda -device hda-duplex,audiodev=audio0 -usb -device usb-tablet,bus=usb-bus.0 -device usb-mouse,bus=usb-bus.0 -device usb-kbd,bus=usb-bus.0 -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,drive=drive1A25CC26-8A68-456D-9487-EF66112ACE43,bootindex=0 -drive "if=none,media=cdrom,id=drive1A25CC26-8A68-456D-9487-EF66112ACE43,file.filename=/private/var/mobile/Containers/Shared/AppGroup/16E7DEEB-D3B7-402B-B62B-65B7EF19AA55/File Provider Storage/archlinux-2026.03.01-x86_64.iso,file.locking=off,readonly=on" -device ide-hd,bus=ide.1,drive=drive44496236-52B5-4E0E-9353-45F0F8F54ABB,bootindex=1 -drive "if=none,media=disk,id=drive44496236-52B5-4E0E-9353-45F0F8F54ABB,file.filename=/private/var/mobile/Containers/Data/Application/A3C1DBFB-5558-4366-B536-11DCD5175F4E/Documents/Arch Linux.utm/Data/44496236-52B5-4E0E-9353-45F0F8F54ABB.qcow2,discard=unmap,detect-zeroes=unmap" -device virtio-serial -device virtserialport,chardev=org.qemu.guest_agent,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0 -chardev spiceport,name=org.qemu.guest_agent.0,id=org.qemu.guest_agent -device virtserialport,chardev=vdagent,name=com.redhat.spice.0 -chardev spicevmc,id=vdagent,debug=0,name=vdagent -name "Arch Linux" -uuid 3887F670-BAD7-41A5-BB55-74B167040750 -device virtio-rng-pci