Bug 177217

Summary: installer crash and backtrace with SyntaxError
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: G.Wolfe Woodbury <redwolfe>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Mike McLean <mikem>
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Description G.Wolfe Woodbury 2006-01-07 20:18:03 UTC
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Description of problem:
Anaconda boots ok and runs until the point it should be starting X.  It then backtraces with a SyntaxError.

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 374, in ?
    import dispatch
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 34, in ?
    from bootloader import writeBootloader, bootloaderSetupChoices
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/bootloader.py", line 33, in ?
    from booty import *
  File "/usr/lib/booty/booty.py", line 28, in ?
    from bootloaderInfo import *
  File "/usr/lib/booty/bootloaderInfo.py", line 1796
    bootDev))
           ^

SyntaxError: invalid Syntax
install exited abnormally
. . . .


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-10.90.25-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot.iso of 2006-01-07
2. select NFS Image install
3. select (local) NFS mirror
4. watch it fail
  

Actual Results:  traceback in description

Expected Results:  should load and start X and continue installing

Additional info:

work1 machine: Celeron Coppermine @ 500MHz, VIA chipsets, Trident Cyberblade/i1,
               256Mo RAM, Maxtor IDE disk (6GB), LiteOn DVD-ROM, LiteOn CD-RW,
               MSI MoBo with VIA ethernet, etc...

Comment 1 Jesse Keating 2006-01-07 20:51:29 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 177207 ***