Bug 25740 - installer fails under VMware
Summary: installer fails under VMware
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Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 25298
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.1
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Brent Fox
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2001-02-02 18:00 UTC by Gene Czarcinski
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:31 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2001-02-07 13:56:36 UTC
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Description Gene Czarcinski 2001-02-02 18:00:06 UTC
I am attempting to install  beta3 (fisher) under vmware.  VMware has a
special XF86 driver/config but does support basic VGA also.  I selected a
basic install and specified I had generic VGA.  I got the following
traceback/error:

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 503, in ?
     intf.run(todo, test = test)
  File "/var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 1179, in run
     rc = apply (step[1](), step[2])
  File "var/tmp/anaconda-7.1//usr/lib/anaconda.py", line 529, in __call__
     if server:
NameError:  server

I can install RHL 7 with no problems.

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-02 19:02:42 UTC
Installation under VMware is not supported.

Comment 2 Gene Czarcinski 2001-02-03 18:04:18 UTC
It seems to me that this is a bug in anaconda  and will show up with someone
with a vga compatible card.  The new anaconda does not allow selection of a
generic card if it believes it knows the video type.

Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2001-02-06 19:01:39 UTC
Ok we can test that.

Brent does this make sense?

Comment 4 Gene Czarcinski 2001-02-07 13:56:30 UTC
Another datapoint -- I was able to successfully install beta3 as a vmware guest
by specifying "unlisted" adapter and then selecting vga-16.  Install completed
and system booted fine.

Comment 5 Brent Fox 2001-02-09 04:49:36 UTC
This is a dupe of 25298.  The server variable wasn't being properly initialized.
 This has already been fixed.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 25298 ***


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