Bug 999249

Summary:	Installation of F19 for KDE fails entering root password
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	John Cox <johnrcox>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	19	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, dshea, g.kaviyarasu, johnrcox, jonathan, mkolman, sbueno, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description John Cox 2013-08-21 02:52:00 UTC

Description of problem:


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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to Install F19 for KDE. I have a custom partition with RAID
2. Proceed with Installation. Gets to screen for entering root and user passwords. Press root password button
3. Try to enter a password. 

Actual results:
Can't position cursor in either password field, and typing does not show anything. Pressing Done button does nothing.

Expected results:
I could type a password into the fields.

Additional info:
I am trying to install fedora KDE on a 300 mb partition of an existing system. I think I configured the partitions correctly. The failure happened when I tried to go ahead with the installation. I tried to enter user password first and then try system password. That failed also. I tried waiting for the formatting to complete. That stopped with the progress bar about halfway through with no changes to the system.

Comment 1 David Shea 2014-02-21 18:22:07 UTC

Does this still occur with F20? This sounds like a problem with KDE.

Comment 2 John Cox 2014-02-21 19:50:10 UTC

As I commented, I was trying to set up a custom partition layout and once I had set up that layout, I was unable to enter the root password as described. I decided that either the password entry was in this (perhaps) unusual path or somehow the path had not been tested.

I am not able to reproduce the problem with F20 because I installed Linux Mint without incident on the system.