This might be a duplicate of bug 47019 because the symptoms are exactly the same. But the traceback is different, so I'm opening a new one and you can decide :) Sony Vaio PCG-SR1K, NeoMagic chip with 3Mb video RAM, and 128Mb RAM. Already established that graphical install died on attempting to start X. Text mode install. Got all the way through to the X configuration section. Corrected its assumption on the monitor (it thought a generic monitor but it's LCD - already entered this one) and agreed with its assumptions for X resolution: 16bit and 1024x768. Told it not to start X on boot, agreed to test X. Bang. Traceback: File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 561, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 386, in run dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 120 in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py" line 185, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 56, in writeKSConfiguration id.writeKS(fn) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/instdata.py", line 124, in writeKS self.network.writeKS(f) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/network.py", line 186, in writeKS dev=self.netdevices[devNames[0]] IndexError: list index out of range There was a big "Debug" button. Hit it. Was dropped into pdb (python debugger?) Guessed madly, typed 'help', then tried 'cont'. It said "Install exited abnormally -- recieved [sic] signal 9" (Yes, recieved, which is user-visible). Then it started clearing up, told me that it was safe to reboot, I did, expecting trouble, and it booted successfully into fairfax. Woo. (Only caveat was that it booted to run-level 5, so I assume nothing from the X setup was saved?)
Yep, duplicate of 47019; difference in traceback is due to difference between text and gui install. Also, typo of received is now fixed *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 47019 ***