Bug 2177483

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I've also hit the same problem with Fedora Workstation, all default settings (literally just booted it, connected to WiFi and started anaconda). Same error message as submitted above, I tried deleting the pid file and pkill-ing the anaconda process, then re-running it, but still it did not start.

Hopefully this bug is reproducible since I need the machine I tried installing on, so I already installed F37 on it.

trinhanhhathanh1701, Erazem, can you try the latest Workstation image? [1] What is your location? Can you reproduce the problem regularly, i.e. if you reboot the system, boot the Live again, and start the installer again, does it happen again? Can you do that 3 times in a row?

When you see this bug, please save the system journal ("journalctl -b > journal.txt") and attach it here together with /tmp/anaconda.log. Thanks!

PS: Erazem, you can still boot the Live image and start the installer even when you already installed the system. Just don't continue in the installer and quit it after starting, and nothing will get overwritten.


[1] https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/Fedora-38-20230326.n.1/compose/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-38-20230326.n.1.iso

Hi @kparal,

sorry for the (very) late reply. I tried it again today and got the same result,
but this time I also have the files you requested.

> What is your location? Can you reproduce the problem regularly, i.e. if you
> reboot the system, boot the Live again, and start the installer again, does
> it happen again? Can you do that 3 times in a row?

Finland, and yes, I can consistently reproduce it.

> When you see this bug, please save the system journal ("journalctl -b >
> journal.txt") and attach it here together with /tmp/anaconda.log. Thanks!

I basically never use Bugzilla, so I can't find the file upload button atm,
hopefully a 1 year expiry on a pastebin service is fine:

anaconda.log: https://privatebin.at/?baeacec38aea6e5e#EPiw69nWjQ9sHyP9FZFJ34iVpwvZS5cZPmf5ipNfEkzf
journalctl: https://privatebin.at/?a2bc12696f152045#6JBu2bRBE2KyZnHceijhYHjr55f8QdwG1sqdjhd6Rof8

> PS: Erazem, you can still boot the Live image and start the installer even
> when you already installed the system. Just don't continue in the installer
> and quit it after starting, and nothing will get overwritten.

Thanks for the tip, forgot it doesn't touch the disk until I start the installation.

Oh, as a side note, I can only reproduce this problem when installing to a Lenovo Thinkpad P15,
it works fine on a T540p and in GNOME Boxes, idk if this helps debug the problem further.

So there's this in the journal:

Apr 14 13:21:08 localhost-live anaconda[2807]: anaconda: anaconda: Display mode is set to 'interactive graphical mode'.
Apr 14 13:21:08 localhost-live anaconda[2807]: program: Running... losetup --list
Apr 14 13:21:08 localhost-live anaconda[2807]: anaconda: startup_utils: check_memory(): total:31941, needed:320
Apr 14 13:21:08 localhost-live anaconda[2807]: anaconda: startup_utils: check_memory(): total:31941, graphical:410
Apr 14 13:21:09 localhost-live kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: sec2: halted
Apr 14 13:21:09 localhost-live kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: sec2: TRACEPC SCTL 00007021 TIDX 1b1f0000
Apr 14 13:21:09 localhost-live kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: sec2: TRACEPC: 000023ac
Apr 14 13:21:09 localhost-live kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: sec2: TRACEPC: 00002055
...
Apr 14 13:21:09 localhost-live kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: sec2: TRACEPC: 00002318
Apr 14 13:21:10 localhost-live gnome-shell[2925]: nvc0_screen_create:1169 - Error allocating PGRAPH context for M2MF: -110
Apr 14 13:21:10 localhost-live kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: sec2:cmdq: timeout waiting for queue ready
Apr 14 13:21:10 localhost-live kernel: nouveau 0000:01:00.0: gr: init failed, -110
Apr 14 13:21:10 localhost-live gnome-shell[2925]: libEGL warning: egl: failed to create dri2 screen


I wonder if anaconda fails to create a window because of nouveau driver issues. If you boot the Live image using "Troubleshooting -> Basic graphics mode" (in the install media boot menu), does it allow you to start anaconda just fine?

@kamil That seems to work (on the original USB that had the beta version). I'll try sometime soon if I have the time with the latest Fedora 38 iso.

Ok, so it's caused by nouveau.

@Kamil, I'm not sure if this has been fixed upstream yet, but today I had to reinstall Fedora 38 and I couldn't do it, because with normal mode Anaconda doesn't work and with the fallback mode, the installed system uses software rendering instead of nouveau or whatever is the default on Optimus laptops.

If the issue has been fixed in nouveau, is it possible to release a new iso (I used 1.6), because at the moment I can't install Fedora properly.

If you have any other ideas, they're welcome.

No, Fedora 38 install media will not get updated, officially. But there are unofficial respins of Live media which you can try [1]. They are not tested, though.

If you install F38 in a basic graphics mode, it's not just for installation, it persists. In grub, you can remove "nomodeset", boot, and see if the issue is fixed with an updated system. Then you can edit the grub config file and regenerate the boot config to make the change persist. Or you can install the nvidia closed drivers.

[1] https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/live-respins/