Bug 20539

Summary: Got this trace when installing version 7.0J, installation fails, cannot boot
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Need Real Name <molina>
Component: installerAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 7.0J   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Last Closed: 2000-12-04 15:46:06 UTC Type: ---
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Description Need Real Name 2000-11-08 21:22:34 UTC
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 20, in run
    rc = self.todo.doInstall ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/todo.py", line 1664, in doInstall
    self.x.write (self.instPath + "/etc/X11")
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/xf86config.py", line 895, in write
    config4 = self.Version4Config ()
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.0.1//usr/lib/anaconda/xf86config.py", line 1173, in Version4Config
    info["enableVariant"] = ""
NameError: info

Local variables in innermost frame:
data: {'screenModes': '\012\011Subsection "Display"\012        \011Depth       16\012                Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" 
"1024x768" 
"800x600" "640x480" \012\011EndSubsection\012\012\011Subsection "Display"\012        \011Depth       24\012                Modes       
"1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" \012\011EndSubsection\012\012\011Subsection "Display"\012        \011Depth       8\012            
    Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" \012\011EndSubsection\012', 'videoRam': '', 'pex5Mod': '\012\011Load 
"pex5"', 'XkbModel': 'pc101', 'monitorVert': '50 - 120', 'mouseDevice': 'psaux', 'cardVendor': 'S3 Trio3D', 'cardsOptions': '\011# no known options', 
'XkbRules': 'xfree86', 'cardBoardName': 'S3 Trio3D', 'ia64Mods': '', 'XkbLayout': 'us', 'nonSparcMods': '\012\011Load "fbdevhw"', 'defaultDepth': '', 
'XkbOptions': '', 'cardID': 'S3 Trio3D', 'emulate3': 'yes', 'enableOptions': '#', 'monitorHoriz': '30 - 69', 'enableVariant': '#', 'XkbVariant': 'nodeadkeys', 
'mouseProto': 'PS/2', 'files': '\012# The location of the RGB database.  Note, this is the name of the\012# file minus the extension (like ".txt" or 
".db").  There is normally\012# no need to change the default.\012\012    RgbPath\011"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"\012\012# Multiple FontPath 
entries are allowed (they are concatenated together)\012# By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of\012# the X 
server to render fonts.\012\012    FontPath   "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/TrueType"\012    FontPath   "unix/:7100"\012'}
self: <xf86config.XF86Config instance at 829c498>
maxdepth: 24
res: 640x480
test: 0
mouseProto: PS/2
emulate3: yes
modes: ['1280x1024', '1152x864', '1024x768', '800x600', '640x480']
depth: 8
screens: 
	Subsection "Display"
        	Depth       16
                Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
	EndSubsection

	Subsection "Display"
        	Depth       24
                Modes       "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
	EndSubsection

	Subsection "Display"
        	Depth       8
                Modes       "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" 
	EndSubsection


ToDo object:
(itodo
ToDo
p1
(dp2
S'method'
p3
(iimage
CdromInstallMethod
p4
(dp5
S'progressWindow'
p6

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Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2000-11-13 19:55:52 UTC
Please give us information on your system, as well as the steps required to
reproduce this problem.

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2000-11-13 20:00:00 UTC
*** Bug 20509 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 Need Real Name 2000-11-13 21:13:04 UTC
My server is an IBM Netfinity 3000 w Adaptec SCSI and Intel Ethernet NIC.  Initially I've installed the server type, which went well all the way, 
but than I realized that there is no desktop and gnome support at all, so I started all over again selecting workstation type instead.
It goes all the way to the end of the installation process, and then display the error message (see attached dump).  It does that every time.

Comment 4 Michael Fulbright 2000-11-15 16:20:28 UTC
If you try a text mode installation does it work around this problem?