Bug 186221

Summary:	Anaconda hangs on end of install when writing kickstart file
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Ingo Schaefer <ingo>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
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Version:	5	CC:	rs
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OS:	Linux
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Description Ingo Schaefer 2006-03-22 11:18:30 UTC

Description of problem:
After doing a normal http network install, anaconda hangs while writing
kickstart file. Given kill -9 anaconda exited with "install terminated
abnormally", umounting everything and rebooting. Rebooting went fine.
Looking to /root/anaconda-ks.cfg it is empty (0 Byte)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Fedora Core 5 release date rescue cd for ppc

How reproducible:
Only tried once.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install as usual
2.
3.
  
Actual results:
Graphical Environment seems to hang, changing to the text consoles show he was
past the "install boot loader" step and changed to "writing kickstart file"

Expected results:
Anaconda should write the kickstart file and show the "success" screen

Additional info:
MacOS X and ubuntu linux are already installed on the machine.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2006-03-22 15:57:04 UTC

What processes were running?  Were there any error messages from the kernel on tty4?

Comment 2 Ingo Schaefer 2006-03-22 16:09:16 UTC

Hello Jeremy,

seems you are involved in nearly all components...

Besides the normal kernel processes there was the X-Server, the mini-wm and two
python processes running, both with some -m option set and running anaconda

Nothing else.

I don't remember any unusual kernel messages on tty4 but I unfortunately don't
have any detailed log file from that.

Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2006-06-02 17:48:22 UTC

Can you test with Rawhide or FC6test1 and let me know if this is still happening
for you?  I've done a lot of kickstart installs and have not run across this bug
yet.

Comment 4 Ingo Schaefer 2006-06-02 19:26:01 UTC

Hello Chris,

unfortunately I only have one machine with ppc around. I'll try next week to get
another one to test this with.

But: It was _no_ kickstart install. It was interactive and anaconda crashed/hang
when writing the kickstart file (you know: to install more machines the same way
later)

Regards,
Ingo

Comment 5 Paul Nasrat 2006-07-17 22:09:27 UTC

*** Bug 189001 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 6 Chris Lumens 2007-02-23 17:00:31 UTC

Is this still a problem in Fedora 7 test 1?  Lots of code has changed around in
this area lately and it's likely we have inadvertently fixed whatever was broken.

Comment 7 Red Hat Bugzilla 2007-06-12 03:07:14 UTC

requested by Jams Antill