Description of problem: I was installing fedora 39 to a macmini, maybe 2014 model. Version-Release number of selected component: anaconda-core-39.32.6-1.fc39.x86_64 The following was filed automatically by anaconda: anaconda 39.32.6 exception report Traceback (most recent call first): File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dasbus/client/handler.py", line 509, in _handle_method_error raise exception from None File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dasbus/client/handler.py", line 483, in _get_method_reply return self._handle_method_error(error) File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/dasbus/client/handler.py", line 450, in _call_method return self._get_method_reply( File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/__init__.py", line 46, in sync_run_task task_proxy.Finish() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation.py", line 439, in run_install_bootloader sync_run_task(STORAGE.get_proxy(task)) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 246, in _run self._task_cb(*self._task_args, **self._task_kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 188, in _run item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 188, in _run item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 188, in _run item.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation_tasks.py", line 75, in start self._run() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation.py", line 515, in _run_installation queue.start() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/installation.py", line 80, in run self._run_installation( File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/task.py", line 107, in _task_run_callback self._set_result(self.run()) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/task.py", line 94, in _thread_run_callback self._task_run_callback() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/threading.py", line 989, in run self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/threads.py", line 280, in run threading.Thread.run(self) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/threads.py", line 171, in raise_if_error raise exc_info[1] File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/task.py", line 173, in finish thread_manager.raise_if_error(self._thread_name) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/installation_progress.py", line 75, in _on_installation_done self._task.finish() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/signal.py", line 41, in emit func(obj, *args, **kargs) File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/modules/common/task/runnable.py", line 115, in _task_stopped_callback self._stopped_signal.emit() File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/async_utils.py", line 68, in _idle_method func(*args, **kwargs) pyanaconda.modules.common.errors.general.AnacondaError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 722: invalid continuation byte Additional info: comment: I was installing fedora 39 to a macmini, maybe 2014 model. cmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --graphical executable: /sbin/anaconda hashmarkername: anaconda product: Fedora package: anaconda-core-39.32.6-1.fc39.x86_64 reason: pyanaconda.modules.common.errors.general.AnacondaError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 722: invalid continuation byte type: anaconda release: Fedora release 39 (Thirty Nine) cmdline_file: BOOT_IMAGE=/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-WS-Live-39-20231019-n-0 rd.live.image quiet rhgb addons: com_redhat_kdump kernel: 6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64 version: 39 other involved packages: python3-libs-3.12.0-1.fc39.x86_64, anaconda-gui-39.32.6-1.fc39.x86_64, python3-dasbus-1.7-4.fc39.noarch
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Tried installing the f39 RC. comment: Tried installing the f39 RC. cmdline: /usr/bin/python3 /sbin/anaconda --liveinst --graphical hashmarkername: anaconda product: Fedora package: anaconda-core-39.32.6-2.fc39.x86_64 reason: pyanaconda.modules.common.errors.general.AnacondaError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xc2 in position 722: invalid continuation byte release: Fedora release 39 (Thirty Nine) cmdline_file: BOOT_IMAGE=/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz root=live:CDLABEL=Fedora-WS-Live-39-1-5 rd.live.image quiet rhgb addons: com_redhat_kdump kernel: 6.5.6-300.fc39.x86_64 version: 39 other involved packages: python3-dasbus-1.7-4.fc39.noarch, anaconda-gui-39.32.6-2.fc39.x86_64, python3-libs-3.12.0-1.fc39.x86_64
Thank you for the report! Sorry, this is caused by efibootmgr printing to terminal raw data from drive which is not utf-8. Already known with at least 4 open bugs and many duplicates. (In some cases, the problem is drive label which can be renamed. Not guaranteed to be the workaround in all cases.) *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 2148480 ***