Bug 179679
| Summary: | Text based installer chrashes with python free(): invalid pointer | ||
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| Product: | [Fedora] Fedora | Reporter: | Place Holder <placeholder> |
| Component: | python | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
| Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> |
| Severity: | high | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 5 | CC: | katzj, sundaram |
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| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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| Last Closed: | 2007-01-06 21:15:47 UTC | Type: | --- |
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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I just tried again a second time, without doing any of the partition changes, and doing what I though were the same package selections as the time before, and this time it proceeded to install. These bugs are being closed since a large number of updates have been released after the FC5 test1 and test2 releases. Kindly update your system by running yum update as root user or try out the third and final test version of FC5 being released in a short while and verify if the bugs are still present on the system .Reopen or file new bug reports as appropriate after confirming the presence of this issue. Thanks I haven't seen this at all on any of my test installs. Is it reproducible for you at all? I just tried a reinstall on FC5Test3 with a modified partition, and could not reproduce the problem, but I noted something that might possibly explain the previous occurance. I think I might have set my / partition to be too small last time. This time I only selected 4G and I note the package set calculates to 3.3G. I think I had tried only 1G last time, because I read in another bug about the suggestion to make small root partition and put the rest of the space for /home to make reinstalls easier in the future. As a future design it might make more sense to let the installer select the package set, do the package conflict resolution and size calculations, and then go to the disk management screens as you will then know the exact install size and can prevent a disk layout that won't allow the install to proceed. |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.8) Gecko/20051111 Firefox/1.5 Description of problem: I was trying to install Fedora Core 5 Test 2 from CD on a headless box using the COM1 console in text mode. boot: linux console=ttyS0,9600 I had entered all basic information, except that I had spent some time customizing the boot partition to try and get /home in a separate partition. I selected most packages groups, except I didn't take many of the server ones. During the package dependency checking the software crashed: âââââââââââââââââââââââ⤠Dependency Check âââââââââââââââââââââââââ â â â Checking dependencies in packages selected for installation... â â â â 5% *** glibc detected *** /usr/bin/python: free(): invalid pointer: 0x0c5f8b30 *** â âââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââââ Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Trying to install FC5 Test 2 How reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. Boot from CD, start the installation 2. Answer all prompts (played with partitioning) 3. Select packages (I selected most non-server packages) 4. Wait for dependency checking to crash Actual Results: 1-3 as expected 4. Crash, as documented Expected Results: The installation should have proceeded. Additional info: Marking this as a high priority bug as I will be unable to install the system until it is fixed.