Description of problem: fatal error pop-up at beginning of installation process Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): Fedora-Server-dvd-x86_64-25-20161108.n.1.iso How reproducible: 100% on machine with appropriate hardware Steps to Reproduce: 1. Run installer 2. Wait 3. Observe Actual results: Installer crash Expected results: Installer works Additional info: Check traceback below Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python3.5/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 251, in run threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.5/threading.py", line 862, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/osinstall.py", line 1175, in storage_initialize storage.reset() File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/threads.py", line 45, in run_with_lock return m(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/blivet.py", line 273, in reset self.edd_dict = get_edd_dict(self.partitioned) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/devicelibs/edd.py", line 712, in get_edd_dict edd_entries_dict = collect_edd_data(root=root) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/devicelibs/edd.py", line 649, in collect_edd_data edd_data_dict[biosdev] = EddEntry(path, root=root) File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/devicelibs/edd.py", line 194, in __init__ self.load() File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/blivet/devicelibs/edd.py", line 319, in load self.sas_address = int(unknown_match.group(1), base=16) ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 16: 'SAS' Local variables in innermost frame: unknown_match: <_sre.SRE_Match object; span=(0, 36), match='SAS \tunknown: 4433221100000000 0'> sas_match: None interface: SAS unknown: 4433221100000000 0 self: path: /sys/firmware/edd/int13_dev84/ version: 0x30 mbr_signature: None sectors: None SAS interface: "SAS unknown: 4433221100000000 0"
I am proposing this as a Final blocker just because I cannot wait to see people's faces... Seriously, though, it's a violation of: "The installer must be able to complete an installation using any supported locally connected storage interface." SAS is a supported locally connected storage interface. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_25_Alpha_Release_Criteria#storage-interfaces pjones, this is in code you wrote: https://github.com/rhinstaller/blivet/commit/2c5bbf3f9a734240ac9f8621ccd7e27f97a806a7 the regex that's matched is: re_interface_unknown = re.compile(r'^(\S*)\s*unknown: (\S*) (\S*)\s*$') and then we do: self.sas_address = int(unknown_match.group(1), base=16) self.sas_lun = int(unknown_match.group(2), base=16) just looking at the line that matched and the capture groups, 'obviously' we want groups 2 and 3, not 1 and 2. But that seems so obvious it almost makes me think I'm missing something.
+1 blocker
https://github.com/rhinstaller/blivet/pull/524
Jerome, can you please test with this updates image and see if it fixes the bug? https://www.happyassassin.net/updates/1394026.0.img to use it, boot the installer with inst.updates=https://www.happyassassin.net/updates/1394026.0.img as a kernel parameter. Thanks! For the record, I don't think it really makes sense to take this as a blocker simply because we have no reliable testing capacity for SAS and have treated the test case for it pretty much as an in-joke for the last several releases. I'm intended to propose we revise the criterion to say something like 'commonly-used local storage interfaces' and include a list of what's specifically supported, e.g. PATA, SATA, VirtIO... I'm moving around this morning and may not be at the meeting the whole time, so logging my thoughts in-bug.
I just ran a quick install on a machine with SAS drives and the install completed without issue. That being said, this machine does have a RAID controller with no RAID set up which could be enough of a HW difference to make the test result useless. Without knowing more about the machine that produced the original error, it's hard for me to say.
I *think* (based on pjones' references) the bug may affect only EDD (that's Enhanced Disk Device...I think) 4.0 hardware. I have absolutely no idea how common that is. pjones likely knows more.
Discussed at 2016-11-14 blocker review meeting: https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/fedora-blocker-review/2016-11-14/f25-blocker-review.2016-11-14-17.00.html . Rejected as a blocker on the basis that we really don't want the criterion to cover interfaces we do not test regularly. We will discuss a specific criterion adjustment in more detail, but we are agreed that the criterion should be revised not to cover this issue.
We did, however, accept it as a freeze exception issue.
python-blivet-2.1.6-4.fc25 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 25. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-80f65e5670
Can you try this again with F25 RC-1.3? Download links can be found at the top of https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_25_RC_1.3_Installation . Thanks!
python-blivet-2.1.6-4.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for instructions on how to install test updates. You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-80f65e5670
python-blivet-2.1.6-4.fc25 has been pushed to the Fedora 25 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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