Bug 67478

Summary: Value Error: invalid literal for long()
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: Nancy Van Cleave <cfnkv>
Component: installerAssignee: Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 7.3CC: cfwas
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Description Nancy Van Cleave 2002-06-25 23:57:45 UTC
Description of Problem:  
During installation while checking for bad blocks, the "Value Error: invalid
literal for long(): 2943872" message appears, ending the installation.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
Red Hat Linux 7.3

How Reproducible:
Ask to (repartition and) check for bad blocks on the hard drive.  This error has
occurred on both a laptop and a workstation installation

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Request check for bad blocks
2. 
3. 

Actual Results:
Error and Termination of installation

Expected Results:
Discovery of bad blocks, marking them as unusable if found, then continuation of
installation

Additional Information:  The following is the error messaged was saved in
"anacdump.txt" -- there's more info in the file if you want it.

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 633, in ?
    intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 353, in run
    self.icw.run (self.runres, configFileData)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 814, in run
    mainloop ()
  File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 2676, in mainloop
    _gtk.gtk_main()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 529, in handleRenderCallback
    self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 135, in renderCallback
    self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 417, in nextClicked
    self.dispatch.gotoNext()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 144, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 209, in moveStep
    rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 375, in turnOnFilesystems
    thefsset.checkBadblocks(instPath)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 1007, in checkBadblocks
    self.badblocksEntry(entry, chroot)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 984, in badblocksEntry
    entry.fsystem.badblocksDevice(entry, self.progressWindow, chroot)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/fsset.py", line 211, in badblocksDevice
    val = (long(l[0]) * 100) / long(l[1])
ValueError: invalid literal for long(): 2943872
  2943873

Comment 1 Nancy Van Cleave 2002-06-26 00:00:12 UTC
Created attachment 62644 [details]
Error msg and values saved by installer

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2002-06-26 04:59:38 UTC
The bad blocks check discovered bad blocks, and there is a bug in the reporting
of this fact.

We've fixed this reporting error in CVS.

Basically your drive has problems and the bad blocks check uncovered them.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 64711 ***