Description of problem: Starting installer, one moment... anaconda 22.20.1-1 for Fedora 20150312 (pre-release) started. * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation * shell is available in second TMUX pane (ctrl+b, then press 2) * if the graphical installation interface fails to start, try again with the inst.text bootoption to start text installation * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments 09:22:46 DISPLAY variable not set. Starting text mode. ================================================================================ ================================================================================ VNC Text mode provides a limited set of installation options. It does not offer cust om partitioning for full control over the disk layout. Would you like to use VNC mode instead? 1) Start VNC 2) Use text mode Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'c' to continue | 'r' to refresh]: 2 ================================================================================ ================================================================================ VNC X was unable to start on your machine. Would you like to start VNC to connect t o this computer from another computer and perform a graphical installation or co ntinue with a text mode installation? 1) Start VNC 2) Use text mode Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'c' to continue | 'r' to refresh]: 2 ================================================================================ ================================================================================ Installation 1) [x] Language settings 2) [!] Timezone settings (English (United States)) (Timezone is not set.) 3) [!] Installation source 4) [!] Software selection (Processing...) (Processing...) 5) [!] Installation Destination 6) [x] Network configuration (No disks selected) (Wired (enccw0.0.0a00) connecte 7) [x] Shell d) (Start shell) 8) [!] Root password 9) [!] User creation (Password is not set.) (No user will be created) Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'b' to begin installation | 'r' to refresh]: Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda-22.20.1-1 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1. start manual tui mode installation on s390x Actual results: Two vnc/text questions to enter TUI mode Expected results: anaconda asks only once Additional info: Following patch from rhel7-branch fixes this issue: https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/commit/c81faf0f11b5faf746fbcb0281fc794ec0dc8306
I posted a patch for this a while ago, and it was rejected. I guess I should bring it back to life.
(In reply to Jan Stodola from comment #0) > > Additional info: > Following patch from rhel7-branch fixes this issue: > https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/commit/ > c81faf0f11b5faf746fbcb0281fc794ec0dc8306 Oh. Or this also works.
Should be fixed in rawhide in the next build; I've noted the anaconda version in the Fixed-in-version field.