Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 185840
kickstart install traceback
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:27 EST
Description of problem: File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/pykickstart/parser.py", line 1001, in readKickstart self.handleCommand(lineno, args) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 688, in handleCommand self.handler.handlers[cmd](self.id, cmdArgs) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 572, in doXConfig dict["startX"]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/installclass.py", line 414, in configureX self.setVideoCard(id, driver, videoRam) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/installclass.py", line 395, in setVideoCard import rhpxl.videocard ImportError: No module named rhpxl.videocard install exited abnormally kickstart contains: xconfig --monitor "Monitor 1280x1024" --resolution 1280x1024 --depth 16 Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
What version of anaconda is this, and what tree did it come from? There should be a /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhpxl/videocard.py in the second stage that you're using.
Happens with rawhide tree as well as current FC5 tree from wallace. This is using "text" and minstg2.img. regards, Florian La Roche
Please test with the next anaconda rebuild and let me know if this is working better. Looks like we need rhpxl in minstg2 instead of the larger image.
*** Bug 186820 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 187161 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I'm having the exact same problem. When will the next rebuild of anaconda be released?
It was rebuilt last night and is in today's Rawhide.
I was thinking about this last night on the drive home - the kickstart is failing before it gets to the RPM intall step, so the problem won't be solved by updating the RPM. Instead won't I need to replace just the old minstg2.img file with an fixed version for Core 5? If I attempt to use the one from Rawhide but it complains about the installer not matching the media. Where can I find an updated version for Core 5?
You'll need an updates.img with the rhpl library in it. If you've got a network connection during install, you can simply add the following to your boot parameters: updates=http://people.redhat.com/clumens/185840-i386.img Otherwise, download the file given by the above URL, dd it to a floppy, and use the updates boot parameter. If you don't have a floppy, let me know.
Thank you for the help so far, but still no luck. I've downloaded that image file and added it to my web server and booted from both PXE and the FC5 cd with the following command: linux ks=http://mywebserver/fc5.ks http://mywebserver/185840-i386.img The installer proceeds to the detecting hardware step and then dies with the Import error "No module named rhpxl.videocard"
Whoops - I mistyped: linux ks=http://mywebserver/fc5.ks updates=http://mywebserver/185840-i386.img
(In reply to comment #9) > You'll need an updates.img with the rhpl library in it. If you've got a network > connection during install, you can simply add the following to your boot parameters: > > updates=http://people.redhat.com/clumens/185840-i386.img > > Otherwise, download the file given by the above URL, dd it to a floppy, and use > the updates boot parameter. If you don't have a floppy, let me know. is there a separate image for x86_64 FC5 thanks
no floppy here, I coppied the patch to my custom cd and I'm trying to use the following update command (i have modified the isolinux.cfg) label kick kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg updates=cdrom:/185840-i386.img is this right? or am I doing somthing wrong, I would realy like to get this to work.
Sorry, that was dumb. I put rhpl in the updates image instead of rhpxl. Please try again with the URL of http://people.redhat.com/clumens/185840.img. I've removed the -i386 to indicate there's nothing but regular python in this image. b chang - No, there's not a separate one for x86_64. Please try with the new URL and that should work for you. Joe - if you're creating a new CD image, you should put the updates image in /Fedora/base on the first CD. You won't need to provide any special parameters.
The kickstart gets farther than before.... The traceback is: File /usr/bin/anaconda, line 373 in ? setup PythonUpdates () File /usr/bin/anaconda, line 311 in setup PythonUpdates () for f in os.listdir ("/usr/%s/python%s/site-packages/%s" %(libdir, OS Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhpxl'
The kickstart still fails for me, I am using a modified boot iso and from there a ftp install. I coppied the image to the Fedora/base on my ftp server. How Do i get the traceback? Joe
Has this worked in any previous versions? I can't see that it has, but maybe I'm missing something. We simply do not have the information in text ftp/http installs to configure X because these installs use minstg2.img, which has none of the X stuff in it. Unfortunately, X configuration is very tied in with running X stuff at the moment.
Yes, I've been able to install workstations with X enabled via the kicstart for all the previous versions of Fedora Core (I started working with this basic configuration back in the Redhat 7.3 days).
Yes it worked in core 4 just fine, I noticed in 4 that it starts annaconda, probes for the correct video card and monitor, and then says graphical installation not avalible switching to text (or something to that effect) In 5 it simply starts annaconda and the says graphical installation not availible switching to text. Hope that helps to shed some light on the situation. Joe
After some additional probing, I've decided I don't think this is fixable as an update image. It requires first off the rhpxl library in minstg2.img, plus some files from the xserver package, plus some additional shared libraries that will need to be compiled for each platform. I also had to modify a couple files in anaconda. Having done all this, I was able to fix it in Rawhide (I believe) but not in FC5. Even after that stuff, there's something else missing in minstg2.img that's not making it work for FC5. It's kind of crappy, but please just test this in Rawhide and let me know if it's working for you. For FC5, you can either use a graphical install, use a different install method, or comment out the xconfig line in your kickstart file.
How Do I test this in Rawhide, Where do I go to download it? Joe
Joe - it may be best for you to just wait until FCtest1 at this point, as that will be much more like a real release instead of trying to use the development tree.