Bug 443635 - PXE install failing at "Starting VNC..."
Summary: PXE install failing at "Starting VNC..."
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: vnc
Version: rawhide
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Adam Tkac
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard:
: 444430 (view as bug list)
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Blocks: F9Blocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-04-22 16:30 UTC by ericm24x7
Modified: 2013-04-30 23:39 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2008-04-25 11:09:09 UTC
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Description ericm24x7 2008-04-22 16:30:35 UTC
Description of problem:
The latest build (4/22/08) terminating PXE install after "Starting VNC..." 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda 11.4.0.73

How reproducible:
persisten

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Prepare PXE install using following kickstart config. sample (f4d1)
      vnc --password install
      url --url http://192.168.3.102/a/fed/tst/Fedora/x86_64/os
      network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp --hostname mazatlan1
      lang en_US
      keyboard us
      rootpw install
      timezone  America/New_York
   Sample command line use:
      label f64d
        kernel /fed/dev/x86_64/os/isolinux/vmlinuz
        append initrd=/fed/dev/x86_64/os/isolinux/initrd.img ksdevice=eth0
ks=http://192.168.3.102/a/ks/f4d1
2. 
3.
  
Actual results:
Imediately after "Starting VNC..." it output the following error
   install exited abnormally [1/11]
   sending termination signals...done

Expected results:
should proceed without problem.

Additional info:
Using 2 network interface cards (NIC) having separate live network, DHCPs.

Comment 1 Jeremy Katz 2008-04-22 19:40:57 UTC
Does it fail if you don't specify the password?

Comment 2 ericm24x7 2008-04-23 17:05:27 UTC
Yes same problem without a password. It didn't matter whether to place "vnc" on
the command line or kickstart file. I also tried it without relying on kickstart
file and simply invoke "vnc" on command line only. Same problem.

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2008-04-24 02:17:55 UTC
Will -- haven't you done some vnc installs?

Comment 4 Will Woods 2008-04-24 16:47:06 UTC
Huh! Yes, a couple of weeks ago I did. But I tried one with today's rawhide and
sure enough:

install exited abnormally [1/1]

syslog sez:
Xvnc[1422]: segfault at 33333333 ip 080a6ab1 sp bf9ca9f0 error 4 in
Xvnc[8048000+3d6000]



Comment 5 Ben Williams 2008-04-24 18:58:38 UTC
f9-PR install 
host running vncviewer --listen port 5500 open
boot off DVD, CD1 or boot.iso
at menu press esc
at the prompt linux vnc vncconnect=ip

get the following errors:
http://noname.math.vt.edu/Fedoraunity/vncss1.png
http://noname.math.vt.edu/Fedoraunity/vncss2.png

Comment 6 Jeremy Katz 2008-04-24 21:15:15 UTC
Xvnc is segfaulting when run from anaconda -- our command line is
  Xvnc :1 -nevershared -depth 16 -geometry 800x600 -br leTimeout=0 -auth
/dev/null  -once DisconnectClients=false desktop=foo SecurityTypes=None

although the simpler 'Xvnc :1' also sigsegvs.

And although I don't _entirely_ trust gdb here...

(gdb) bt
#0  __glXScreenInit (pGlxScreen=0xa20fed0, pScreen=0xa20b090)
    at glxscreens.c:305
#1  0x080a6159 in __glXMesaScreenProbe (pScreen=0xa20b090) at glxglcore.c:426
#2  0x080a58b2 in GlxExtensionInit () at glxext.c:305
#3  0x0832de5d in main (argc=15, argv=0xbfbf6044, envp=0xbfbf6084)
    at main.c:367



Comment 7 Adam Tkac 2008-04-25 11:09:09 UTC
Problem was in mesa package, vnc has to be rebuild against new one. Fixed in
vnc-server-4.1.2-30.fc9

Comment 8 Jeremy Katz 2008-04-28 13:57:08 UTC
*** Bug 444430 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***


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