Bug 1400846

Summary:	yum update on fresh 7.2 install hangs in initial-setup cleanup.
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Reporter:	Leif Andersen <leif.erik.andersen>
Component:	initial-setup	Assignee:	Martin Kolman <mkolman>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Release Test Team <release-test-team>
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Version:	7.2	CC:	dmach, gsgatlin, james.antill, snagar
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Description Leif Andersen 2016-12-02 08:27:36 UTC

When installing af RHEL 7.2 in a fresh Virtualbox environment and doing yum update, it will hang in cleanup of init-setup-0.3.0.30-1.el7.x86_64.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): yum-3.4.3-132 and -150.el7.noarch, kernels: kernel-3.10.0-327 and -514.el7.x86_64.

How reproducible:
100% when certain certain packages selected during install.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a new virtualbox image with 8Gb RAM and 16Gb virtual disk
2. Add the rhel-server-7.2-x86_64-dvd.iso as optical disk
3. Start installation and activate network support.
4. Use danish keyboard and language.
5. Select GUI configuration and the check the following options: Java platform, NFS client, Virtualization Client, Hypervisor and Tools.
6. Create regular user with admin rights.
7. Complete installation and reboot.
8. Accept license
9. Login as regular user and register and attach site using GUI.
10. Open Terminal window and login as root
11. Type yum update
12. Accept prompts for importing keys.

Actual results:
During cleanup - around line 680 - cleanup - progress stops at the initial-setup and hangs forever.

Rebooting gives kernel panic with a corrupt disk.

Expected results:
Yum completes and a reboot will run with a system updated to 7.3.

Additional info:
The packages selected during installation is important. If no additional packages is selected and default english language is used (but still with danish keyboard) yum updates completes and system is useable.

This is particular critical at the moment, as the RHEL 7.2 image is still present on developer.redhat.com.

A simple workaround is download a 7.3 image from the main Red Hat site.

First observed on 2016-11-29 (first attempt) - latest on 2016-12-02.

Comment 3 Gary Gatling 2017-01-27 21:28:53 UTC

I'm seeing this in fedora 25 kvm trying to install RHEL 7.2 server media. Guess I will try download 7.3...

Comment 4 Gary Gatling 2017-01-27 21:42:00 UTC

Here is a screenshot.

http://i.imgur.com/pDJEcO6.png

Comment 5 Gary Gatling 2017-05-05 18:53:34 UTC

There is some systemctl command running 

systemctl try-restart initial-setup-text.service


if you kill the process with the "kill" command the yum cleanup continues...  

Cleanup    : initial-setup-0.3.9.30-1.el7.x86_64                    1239/1854 

/var/tmp/rpm-tmp.G6HJ6m: line 6: 25160 Killed                  systemctl try-restart initial-setup-text.service > /dev/null 2>&1
  Cleanup    : anaconda-core-21.48.22.56-1.el7.x86_64                 1240/1854 
  Cleanup    : anaconda-tui-21.48.22.56-1.el7.x86_64                  1241/1854 
  Cleanup    : 1:python-blivet-0.61.15.37-1.el7.noarch                1242/1854

Comment 7 RHEL Program Management 2021-01-15 07:28:56 UTC

After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release.  Therefore, it is being closed.  If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.