Bug 141573 - unhandled exception intf.run dispatch.gotoNext()
Summary: unhandled exception intf.run dispatch.gotoNext()
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Jeremy Katz
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2004-12-02 07:54 UTC by Jim Tittsler
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:10 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2005-02-02 03:22:07 UTC
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Description Jim Tittsler 2004-12-02 07:54:39 UTC
Description of problem:

attempting to upgrade from RH8.0 to FC3 in text (nofb) mode yields an
"Exception Occurred" dialog box:

An unhandled exception has occurred.  This is most likely a bug. 
Please copy the full text of this exception and file a detailed bug
report against anaconda at http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1165, in ?
    intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
  File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py"
    line 507, in run dispatch.gotoNext()

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
3

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Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2004-12-02 18:38:00 UTC
Can you please provide the complete traceback that you received.

Comment 2 Jim Tittsler 2004-12-21 05:19:33 UTC
Sorry, I thought that was the complete traceback... but behind the
Debug button I found:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1165, in ?
    intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData)
  File "/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py",
line 507, in run
    dispatch.gotoNext()
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
line 171, in gotoNext
    self.moveStep()
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/instal//usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py",
line 239, in moveStep
    rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args))
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py",
line 901, in doInstall
    syslog.start (instPath, syslogname)
  File
"/usr/src/build/475969-i386/install//usr/lib/anaconda/syslogd.py",
line 65, in start
    self.pid = os.fork ()
OS Error: [Errno 12] Cannot allocate memory

I was trying to update using the text mode installer on a notebook
with 128MB of RAM.  By going to another virtual console I was able to
mount another partition and add a swapfile which allowed me to get
past this point.  (This suggests the memory requirements for text mode
on the web page are optimistic.)


Comment 3 Remko van Eck 2004-12-29 20:07:27 UTC
The same problem occurs here.
Updating a Redhat 7.1 system.

The system has 64 MB of Ram and 512 MB swap.
I found some I/O errors on one of the screens.
Mediacheck passed ok.

Comment 4 Remko van Eck 2004-12-30 08:13:31 UTC
The original system was a compaq deskpro with a pentium 166 processor.
I tried different a different set of hardware with a different optical
drive and 392 MB of RAM.

The upgrade completed without the problems I had earlier.
Didn't check for the I/O errors I had before on the cdrom drive.


Comment 5 Jeremy Katz 2005-02-02 03:22:07 UTC
Requirements for upgrades are higher now.  Will make sure they're bumped for FC4


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