Bug 806506

Summary: boot into VNC installation with serial
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Hongqing Yang <hoyang>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Will Woods <wwoods>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 17CC: awilliam, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Hongqing Yang 2012-03-24 09:37:33 UTC
Description of problem:

Got the following information when install system with kernel parameters:
'console=ttyS0,115200n8'

09:33:13 Starting VNC...                                                       
09:33:14 The VNC server is now running.
09:33:14 

You chose to execute vnc with a password. 


09:33:14 Please manually connect your vnc client to 10.66.13.64:1 to begin the install.
09:33:15 Starting graphical installation.

** WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GMountMountFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

** WARNING **: Trying to register gtype 'GDriveStartFlags' as enum when in fact it is of type 'GFlags'

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How reproducible:

50%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot system
2. type kernel parameter 'console=ttyS0,115200n8'
3.
  
Actual results:


Expected results:
install system with kernel parameter

Additional info:

Comment 1 Hongqing Yang 2012-03-26 02:41:03 UTC
The problem is that I watch the serial port too late, the system will choose VNC instead of Text Mode. I am not if it is intended to be designed like this or not. So not sure if it is a bug.

Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2012-03-26 22:40:07 UTC
When you do a text mode install, it pops up a dialog right at the start saying that text mode is not recommended and asking if you want to use VNC instead. the default choice is VNC.

so I wonder if this dialog has a (non-declared) timeout, and any time you leave anaconda sitting at that stage for a while, it'll wind up doing a VNC install?



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Comment 3 Hongqing Yang 2012-03-27 04:41:44 UTC
(In reply to comment #2)
> When you do a text mode install, it pops up a dialog right at the start saying
> that text mode is not recommended and asking if you want to use VNC instead.
> the default choice is VNC.
> 
> so I wonder if this dialog has a (non-declared) timeout, and any time you leave
> anaconda sitting at that stage for a while, it'll wind up doing a VNC install?
> 
yeah, so I not sure if it is a bug or intended to be designed like this.

Comment 4 Hongqing Yang 2012-04-05 04:12:40 UTC
fixed in F17 Beta RC3