Bug 962804

Summary: Combination of boot options "text" and "lang" causes crashing of anaconda
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Ľuboš Kardoš <lkardos>
Component: anacondaAssignee: David Shea <dshea>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: 20CC: dshea, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, jorton, mkolman, sbueno, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Fixed In Version: anaconda-20.23-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-01-30 22:11:57 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Ľuboš Kardoš 2013-05-14 13:12:33 UTC 
Description of problem:
When you use boot options "text" and "lang=sk" at the same time, anaconda prints "VNC", "VNC", "VNC", ... in loop.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda 19.25-1

How reproducible:
always


Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start anaconda with boot options "text" and "lang=sk".
  
Actual results:
Anaconda prints "VNC", "VNC", "VNC", ... in loop.

Expected results:
Succesful installation in selected language. If it is not supported, successful installation in default (english) language.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Ľuboš Kardoš 2013-05-14 13:13:17 UTC 
Created attachment 747698 [details]
console.log
Comment 2 Ľuboš Kardoš 2013-05-14 13:13:59 UTC 
Created attachment 747699 [details]
anaconda.log
Comment 3 Ľuboš Kardoš 2013-05-14 13:15:11 UTC 
Created attachment 747700 [details]
program.log
Comment 4 Chris Lumens 2013-08-21 21:28:39 UTC 
What a hilariously weird failure mode.
Comment 5 Samantha N. Bueno 2013-09-18 18:33:30 UTC 
Not seeing this in F20.
Comment 6 David Shea 2013-10-04 19:45:42 UTC 
Just hit this one again. Install with text lang=de_DE.
Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-10-08 23:37:51 UTC 
anaconda-20.23-1.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-20.23-1.fc20
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-10-10 14:39:08 UTC 
Package pykickstart-1.99.42-1.fc20, anaconda-20.23-1.fc20:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 20 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing pykickstart-1.99.42-1.fc20 anaconda-20.23-1.fc20'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-18714/pykickstart-1.99.42-1.fc20,anaconda-20.23-1.fc20
then log in and leave karma (feedback).