Description of problem: When anaconda installer launches from Fedora live USB, it freezes on the very first page with language selection menus, and then exits with an error. Version-Release number of selected component: anaconda-core-23.19.10-1.fc23.x86_64 The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 23.19.10-1 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/populator.py", line 274, in _addSlaveDevices raise DeviceTreeError(msg) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/populator.py", line 305, in addUdevDMDevice slave_devices = self._addSlaveDevices(info) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/populator.py", line 715, in addUdevDevice device = self.addUdevDMDevice(info) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/populator.py", line 1692, in _populate self.addUdevDevice(dev) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/populator.py", line 1623, in populate self._populate() File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/devicetree.py", line 554, in populate self._populator.populate(cleanupOnly=cleanupOnly) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/blivet.py", line 279, in reset self.devicetree.populate(cleanupOnly=cleanupOnly) File "/usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/blivet/osinstall.py", line 1157, in storageInitialize storage.reset() File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/threading.py", line 868, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 253, in run threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 171, in raise_if_error raise exc_info[0](exc_info[1]).with_traceback(exc_info[2]) File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 116, in wait self.raise_if_error(name) File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/timezone.py", line 76, in time_initialize threadMgr.wait(THREAD_STORAGE) File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/threading.py", line 868, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.4/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 253, in run threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs) blivet.errors.DeviceTreeError: failed to add slave pdc_bcfcbhda of device pdc_bcfcbhda1 Additional info: cmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-base cmdline_file: initrd=initrd0.img root=live:LABEL=UUI NULL=Fedora-Live-WS-x86_64-23-10 rootfstype=auto ro rd.live.image quiet rhgb rd.luks=0 rd.md=0 rd.dm=0 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz0 executable: /sbin/anaconda hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64 other involved packages: python3-libs-3.4.3-5.fc23.x86_64, python3-blivet-1.12.8-1.fc23.noarch product: Fedora release: Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three) type: anaconda version: 23
Created attachment 1121249 [details] File: anaconda-tb
Created attachment 1121250 [details] File: anaconda.log
Created attachment 1121251 [details] File: environ
Created attachment 1121252 [details] File: journalctl
Created attachment 1121253 [details] File: lsblk_output
Created attachment 1121254 [details] File: nmcli_dev_list
Created attachment 1121255 [details] File: os_info
Created attachment 1121256 [details] File: program.log
Created attachment 1121257 [details] File: storage.log
Created attachment 1121258 [details] File: ifcfg.log
Another user experienced a similar problem: Entered the instaaller cmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --method=livecd:///dev/mapper/live-base cmdline_file: BOOT_IMAGE=/isolinux/vmlinuz0 root=live:LABEL=FEDORA-LIVE ro rd.live.image quiet rhgb rd.live.check hashmarkername: anaconda kernel: 4.2.3-300.fc23.x86_64 other involved packages: python3-libs-3.4.3-5.fc23.x86_64, python3-blivet-1.12.8-1.fc23.noarch package: anaconda-core-23.19.10-1.fc23.x86_64 packaging.log: product: Fedora reason: blivet.errors.DeviceTreeError: failed to add slave sil_ccacadcdbiff of device sil_ccacadcdbiff1 release: Fedora release 23 (Twenty Three) version: 23
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1297624 ***