Bug 2348382

Summary: Installer fails when selecting Text mode
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Aditi Mishra <aditi>
Component: anacondaAssignee: anaconda-maint
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 42CC: anaconda-maint, dan, kkoukiou, w
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Description Aditi Mishra 2025-02-26 10:29:42 UTC
When starting vm in qemu env, after selecting grub, just after "Mode selection [Graphical/Text]", when selecting text mode, it gives following error. 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 472, in <module>
    display.setup_display(anaconda, opts)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/display.py", line 411, in setup_display
    anaconda.initialize_interface()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/anaconda.py", line 230, in initialize_interface
    self._intf = GraphicalUserInterface(None, self.payload,
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                        gui_lock=self.gui_initialized,
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                        fullscreen=False)
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/__init__.py", line 530, in __init__
    self.mainWindow = MainWindow(fullscreen=fullscreen, decorated=False)
                      ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/__init__.py", line 290, in __init__
    super().__init__()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 505, in __init__
    raise RuntimeError(
        "Gtk couldn't be initialized. "
        "Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.")
RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized. Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.
<sys>:0: DeprecationWarning: builtin type swigvarlink has no __module__ attribute


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Start a vm in qemu 
2.Select Text Mode 
3.You'll probably see this regression 
Actual Results:  
Got following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 472, in <module>
    display.setup_display(anaconda, opts)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/display.py", line 411, in setup_display
    anaconda.initialize_interface()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/anaconda.py", line 230, in initialize_interface
    self._intf = GraphicalUserInterface(None, self.payload,
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                        gui_lock=self.gui_initialized,
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                        fullscreen=False)
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/__init__.py", line 530, in __init__
    self.mainWindow = MainWindow(fullscreen=fullscreen, decorated=False)
                      ~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/__init__.py", line 290, in __init__
    super().__init__()
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.13/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 505, in __init__
    raise RuntimeError(
        "Gtk couldn't be initialized. "
        "Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.")
RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized. Use Gtk.init_check() if you want to handle this case.
<sys>:0: DeprecationWarning: builtin type swigvarlink has no __module__ attribute


Expected Results:  
It should jump to the final insallation selection screen where it asks language selection, disk and network configuration options.

Comment 1 Katerina Koukiou 2025-03-25 09:25:42 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2349658 ***