Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 199518
Firstboot fails to start
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:38 EST
Description of problem: Firstboot fails to start in graphical mode and fails to start text mode. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): firstboot-1.4.13-1 How reproducible: not checked Steps to Reproduce: 1. install using boot.iso and NFS from local repository (rawhide 2007-07-19) 2. unselect RHGB in software selection 3. install and reboot Actual results: Firstboot fails to start with default VESA config on several attempts does not attempt firstboot-tui /tmp/firstboot-crash.log contains |Traceback (most recent call last): | File "/usr/sbin/firstboot", line 111, in ? | RaiseRuntimeError, "Could not start any firstboot interface" |RuntimeError: Could not start any firstboot interface Expected results: even without RHGB, firstboot should start or fall back to the TUI Additional info: work1.private testbed machine: Celeron (Coppermine) @ 600MHz 256MB RAW MSI mobo based on VIA chipset Trident Cyberblade/i1 on mobo RTL-8139 NIC on mobo
Are there any X logs in /tmp? If so, please attach them to this bug so we can figure out why X is not starting. For firstboot, it probably should boot into the text interface if the graphical one does fail to start. Thanks for the suggestion.
With today's rawhide (2006-07-22) I could not reproduce this bug. I unchecked RHGB as usual and installed. The only problem was that I had to "move aside" /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/localuser.sh (as mentioned as a cure for a gdm bug in the test list.) Firstboot came up and worked with X-windows just fine. It did dump the soundcard module and the display module is currently disabled, so everything mostly worked. I'd suggest closing this off with a "RAWHIDE" disposition.