Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 141573
unhandled exception intf.run dispatch.gotoNext()
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:10:56 EST
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 How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
Can you please provide the complete traceback that you received.
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.)
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.
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.
Requirements for upgrades are higher now. Will make sure they're bumped for FC4