Description of problem: 4/14 rhel 5 server ISE after any package install on rhel5 client, package install succeeds though recreate: 1. register a rhel5u3 client 2. install a package getting ISE D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: May free Score board((nil)) D: Sending back response (0, 'Update Succeeded', {}) An error has occurred: Internal Server Error See /var/log/up2date for more information D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Providename D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: May free Score board((nil)) [root@rlx-3-06 ~]# /var/log/http/error.log ceback (most recent call last): [Thu Apr 16 15:56:00 2009] [error] [client 10.10.76.189] PythonLogHandler server.apacheServer::LogHandler: F ile "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 287, in HandlerDispatch\n log=debug) [Thu Apr 16 15:56:00 2009] [error] [client 10.10.76.189] PythonLogHandler server.apacheServer::LogHandler: F ile "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 461, in import_module\n f, p, d = imp.fin d_module(parts[i], path) [Thu Apr 16 15:56:00 2009] [error] [client 10.10.76.189] PythonLogHandler server.apacheServer::LogHandler: Imp ortError: No module named apacheServer [Thu Apr 16 15:56:00 2009] [error] [client 10.10.76.189] PythonCleanupHandler server.apacheServer::CleanupHand ler: Traceback (most recent call last): [Thu Apr 16 15:56:00 2009] [error] [client 10.10.76.189] PythonCleanupHandler server.apacheServer::CleanupHand ler: File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 287, in HandlerDispatch\n log=deb ug) [Thu Apr 16 15:56:00 2009] [error] [client 10.10.76.189] PythonCleanupHandler server.apacheServer::CleanupHand ler: File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line 461, in import_module\n f, p, d = imp.find_module(parts[i], path) [Thu Apr 16 15:56:00 2009] [error] [client 10.10.76.189] PythonCleanupHandler server.apacheServer::CleanupHand ler: ImportError: No module named apacheServer
fyi.. this rhel 5 client was kickstarted using satellite, which *may* be part of the recreate
*** Bug 496164 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I think that Wes and I found the same bug here and, from our testing, we think that this problem is broader than the reported issue regarding package installs. Simply put, any call to the /XMLRPC handler on the Satellite will deterministically receive either a 500 ISE error or a successful completion of the call, including package installs and system registration, with the tracebacks Wes reported appearing in /var/log/httpd/error_log upon each ISE.
*** Bug 495740 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Try as we may, QA can't get a reproducer on this bug despite countless attempts over the past week. It looks like this might have been a fluke, existing on our Satellite alone, so I talked with Prad, and we're going to close this as NOTABUG. If someone ends up seeing it again, though, feel free to pop this bug open again.
Reopening... we have been able to reproduce this bug by issuing a large number of requests to Perl-related pages in the UI while kickstarting (which require Apache to be served). See bz#485532 for more details, as this seems to be a duplicate of that.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 485532 ***