Bug 2477524

Summary: Installer does not launch on i3 since Fedora-Rawhide-20260508.n.0 (probably does not work on any non-Wayland)
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Adam Williamson <awilliam>
Component: anaconda-webuiAssignee: Katerina Koukiou <kkoukiou>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Version: rawhideCC: alpha, kkoukiou, leigh123linux, mkolman, rvykydal
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Last Closed: 2026-06-01 10:56:28 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Adam Williamson 2026-05-14 17:51:43 UTC
Since Fedora-Rawhide-20260508.n.0 , the installer (anaconda-webui) fails to launch on i3. Running it at a console shows:

Starting installer, one moment...
anaconda 45.2-1.fc45 for Fedora 45 (pre-release) started.
 * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation
 * shell is available on TTY2 and in second TMUX pane (ctrl+b, then press 2)
 * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments
Default browser set in anaconda.conf:  slitherer
Using default browser: slitherer
Using default browser command: slitherer
find: ‘/run/user/0’: No such file or directory
Error: root Wayland socket not found under /run/user/0
Waiting for all threads to finish...

I believe this is due to https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda-webui/commit/699e3e685ea9439d9c53b1adfc225534e512d2c2 and probably affects all non-Wayland desktops.

Comment 1 Adam Williamson 2026-05-25 15:05:50 UTC
*** Bug 2481095 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 leigh scott 2026-05-25 16:10:57 UTC
This issue is probably due to dropping DISPLAY

liveuser@localhost-live:~$ systemctl --user -M liveuser@ is-active graphical-session.target 
active
liveuser@localhost-live:~$


liveuser@localhost-live:~$ systemctl --user status graphical-session.target 
● graphical-session.target - Current graphical user session
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/user/graphical-session.target; static)
     Active: active since Mon 2026-05-25 15:57:48 UTC; 1min 50s ago
 Invocation: a97f4c05ceed4a7ab8911bfca3f6d38e
       Docs: man:systemd.special(7)

May 25 15:57:48 localhost-live systemd[2529]: Reached target graphical-session.target - Current graphical user session.
liveuser@localhost-live:~$

liveuser@localhost-live:~$ loginctl show-user liveuser 2>/dev/null
UID=1000
GID=1000
Name=liveuser
Timestamp=Mon 2026-05-25 15:57:45 UTC
TimestampMonotonic=34997299
RuntimePath=/run/user/1000
Service=user
Slice=user-1000.slice
Display=1
State=active
Sessions=2 1
IdleHint=no
IdleSinceHint=0
IdleSinceHintMonotonic=0
Linger=no
liveuser@localhost-live:~$

Comment 3 leigh scott 2026-05-25 16:18:40 UTC
DISPLAY is set 


$ env
SHELL=/bin/bash
SESSION_MANAGER=local/unix:@/tmp/.ICE-unix/2541,unix/unix:/tmp/.ICE-unix/2541
COLORTERM=truecolor
XDG_SESSION_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Session0
HISTCONTROL=ignoredups
GNOME_DESKTOP_SESSION_ID=this-is-deprecated
QT_IM_MODULES=wayland;ibus
HISTSIZE=1000
HOSTNAME=localhost-live
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/run/user/1000/keyring/ssh
CINNAMON_VERSION=6.7.1
XMODIFIERS=@im=ibus
DESKTOP_SESSION=cinnamon
SSH_AGENT_PID=2576
GPG_TTY=/dev/pts/1
EDITOR=/usr/bin/nano
XDG_SEAT=seat0
PWD=/home/liveuser
LOGNAME=liveuser
XDG_SESSION_DESKTOP=cinnamon
XDG_SESSION_TYPE=x11
XAUTHORITY=/run/lightdm/liveuser/xauthority
XDG_GREETER_DATA_DIR=/var/lib/lightdm-data/liveuser
HOME=/home/liveuser
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LS_COLORS=rs=0:di=01;34:ln=01;36:mh=00:pi=40;33:so=01;35:do=01;35:bd=40;33;01:cd=40;33;01:or=40;31;01:mi=01;37;41:su=37;41:sg=30;43:ca=00:tw=30;42:ow=34;42:st=37;44:ex=01;32:*.7z=01;31:*.ace=01;31:*.alz=01;31:*.apk=01;31:*.arc=01;31:*.arj=01;31:*.bz=01;31:*.bz2=01;31:*.cab=01;31:*.cpio=01;31:*.crate=01;31:*.deb=01;31:*.drpm=01;31:*.dwm=01;31:*.dz=01;31:*.ear=01;31:*.egg=01;31:*.esd=01;31:*.gz=01;31:*.jar=01;31:*.lha=01;31:*.lrz=01;31:*.lz=01;31:*.lz4=01;31:*.lzh=01;31:*.lzma=01;31:*.lzo=01;31:*.pyz=01;31:*.rar=01;31:*.rpm=01;31:*.rz=01;31:*.sar=01;31:*.swm=01;31:*.t7z=01;31:*.tar=01;31:*.taz=01;31:*.tbz=01;31:*.tbz2=01;31:*.tgz=01;31:*.tlz=01;31:*.txz=01;31:*.tz=01;31:*.tzo=01;31:*.tzst=01;31:*.udeb=01;31:*.war=01;31:*.whl=01;31:*.wim=01;31:*.xz=01;31:*.z=01;31:*.zip=01;31:*.zoo=01;31:*.zst=01;31:*.avif=01;35:*.jpg=01;35:*.jpeg=01;35:*.jxl=01;35:*.mjpg=01;35:*.mjpeg=01;35:*.gif=01;35:*.bmp=01;35:*.pbm=01;35:*.pgm=01;35:*.ppm=01;35:*.tga=01;35:*.xbm=01;35:*.xpm=01;35:*.tif=01;35:*.tiff=01;35:*.png=01;35:*.svg=01;35:*.svgz=01;35:*.mng=01;35:*.pcx=01;35:*.mov=01;35:*.mpg=01;35:*.mpeg=01;35:*.m2v=01;35:*.mkv=01;35:*.webm=01;35:*.webp=01;35:*.ogm=01;35:*.mp4=01;35:*.m4v=01;35:*.mp4v=01;35:*.vob=01;35:*.qt=01;35:*.nuv=01;35:*.wmv=01;35:*.asf=01;35:*.rm=01;35:*.rmvb=01;35:*.flc=01;35:*.avi=01;35:*.fli=01;35:*.flv=01;35:*.gl=01;35:*.dl=01;35:*.xcf=01;35:*.xwd=01;35:*.yuv=01;35:*.cgm=01;35:*.emf=01;35:*.ogv=01;35:*.ogx=01;35:*.aac=01;36:*.au=01;36:*.flac=01;36:*.m4a=01;36:*.mid=01;36:*.midi=01;36:*.mka=01;36:*.mp3=01;36:*.mpc=01;36:*.ogg=01;36:*.ra=01;36:*.wav=01;36:*.oga=01;36:*.opus=01;36:*.spx=01;36:*.xspf=01;36:*~=00;90:*#=00;90:*.bak=00;90:*.crdownload=00;90:*.dpkg-dist=00;90:*.dpkg-new=00;90:*.dpkg-old=00;90:*.dpkg-tmp=00;90:*.old=00;90:*.orig=00;90:*.part=00;90:*.rej=00;90:*.rpmnew=00;90:*.rpmorig=00;90:*.rpmsave=00;90:*.swp=00;90:*.tmp=00;90:*.ucf-dist=00;90:*.ucf-new=00;90:*.ucf-old=00;90:
XDG_CURRENT_DESKTOP=X-Cinnamon
VTE_VERSION=8400
XDG_SEAT_PATH=/org/freedesktop/DisplayManager/Seat0
GNOME_TERMINAL_SCREEN=/org/gnome/Terminal/screen/e670e63a_b717_44a6_98b5_157a0b73c0b8
XDG_SESSION_CLASS=user
TERM=xterm-256color
LESSOPEN=||/usr/bin/lesspipe.sh %s
USER=liveuser
GNOME_TERMINAL_SERVICE=:1.77
DISPLAY=:0
SHLVL=1
QT_IM_MODULE=ibus
XDG_VTNR=1
XDG_SESSION_ID=1
XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/1000
DEBUGINFOD_URLS=ima:enforcing https://debuginfod.fedoraproject.org/ ima:ignore 
DEBUGINFOD_IMA_CERT_PATH=/etc/keys/ima:
GTK3_MODULES=xapp-gtk3-module
XDG_DATA_DIRS=/home/liveuser/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share:/var/lib/flatpak/exports/share:/usr/local/share:/usr/share
PATH=/home/liveuser/.local/bin:/home/liveuser/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin
GDMSESSION=cinnamon
DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=unix:path=/run/user/1000/bus
MAIL=/var/spool/mail/liveuser
_=/usr/bin/env

Comment 4 Katerina Koukiou 2026-05-29 14:00:43 UTC
Upstream fix: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda-webui/pull/1322

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 09:13:22 UTC
FEDORA-2026-73bb55c922 (anaconda-webui-71-1.fc45) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 45.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-73bb55c922

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2026-06-01 10:56:28 UTC
FEDORA-2026-73bb55c922 (anaconda-webui-71-1.fc45) has been pushed to the Fedora 45 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.