Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 46745
signal 11 during HTTP install
Last modified: 2007-04-18 12:34:19 EDT
Description of Problem: While TUI-installing Fairfax beta1 on a Dell OptiPlex GXM 5100 (P100 with 96MB RAM and Etherlink III-compatible), received a signal 11 when trying to retrieve stage 1 from the network. How Reproducible: Didn't try; switched to FTP install method. Steps to Reproduce: 1. When asked about network card, use F2 to get drivers diskette; select Etherlink-III [F3 shows: * extracting pattern 2.4.5-10*/3c509.o * going to insmod 3c509.o (path is /tmp/modules/3c509) * reverse name lookup worked * copying file to fd 12 * wrote 7340032 bytes] 2. Enter network information: not DHCP, fill in static IP, netmask, etc. 3. Select download type as HTTP. 4. Enter server (www.example.com) and directory (redhat/fairfax/beta1) [F3 shows: * transferring http://www.example.com/redhat/fairfax/beta1/RedHat/base/netstg1.img to a fd] Actual Results: [On F1:] install exited abnormally -- recieved [sic] signal 11 sending termination signals...done [etc. etc.] Expected Results: Continue the network download and install. Additional Information: I double-checked that the netstg1.img file is available from the web server at the path shown in F3 by downloading it with a web browser on another machine (though even that shouldn't cause a signal 11). Note that "received" is still misspelled as it has been in past betas.
fixed typo in message, will try to reproduce HTTP segv (but have not seen it yet) If you could try to reproduce as well, that would be helpful.
did you pass any extra kernel parameters at the boot: prompt? I can't reproduce this.
No, not passing any kernel parameters; just hitting Enter at the bootnet.img LILO prompt. I've been working with this one for the past hour; it is happening consistently here. I have discovered that if I switch the "Web site name" from a DNS name to an IP address, it avoids the SEGV. I'm not convinced the DNS resolution in anaconda is working here, because it asks me later for the host name even though the IP address I entered is in DNS. Perhaps that's germane to reproducing it. So here are more detailed "Steps to reproduce": 1. Answer questions about language and keyboard type. 2. For [Installation Method] dialog, choose HTTP. 3. For [Configure TCP/IP] dialog, choose: [ ] Use dynamic... IP address: 172.18.34.16 Netmask: 255.255.192.0 Default gateway (IP): 172.18.1.15 Primary nameserver: 172.18.14.1 4. For [HTTP Setup] dialog, choose: Web site name: server.subdom.example.com Red Hat directory: fairfax/beta1/i386 Note how my netmask is a little unusual. The Apache documents directory is set so that "/fairfax/beta1/i386/RedHat/..." is a valid URI. Also note bug 47039 which I just filed about the directory needing a leading slash. Let me know if there's more that would be helpful.
very helpful. I still have not reproduced, but I believe I've fixed this. Please retest this case in beta2.