Description of Problem: After attempting to install RedHat 7.2 on both a Toshiba 4300 laptop and a Dell GX1 desktop in expert mode and normal choosing laptop, server, custom or desktop installs, anaconda crashes during post-install configuration when creating the user account added previously during install. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How Reproducible: Everytime I attempt an install Steps to Reproduce: 1. Install Redhat linux 7.2 2. Add a user at the time you enter your root password. 3. After installing all the packages and running post install configuration, anaconda crashes. Actual Results: Anaconda crashes with the following traceback: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 620, in ? intf.run(id, dispatch, configFileData) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 350, in run self.icw.run (self.runres, configFileData) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 778, in run mainloop () File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/gtk.py", line 2608, in mainloop _gtk.gtk_main() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 497, in handleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallback() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 135, in renderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 399, in nextClicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 143, in gotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 208, in moveStep rc = apply(func, self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", line 55, in writeConfiguration id.write(instPath) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/instdata.py", line 103, in write self.accounts.write (instPath, self.auth) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/users.py", line 57, in write stdout = None) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", line 61, in execWithRedirect raise RuntimeError, command + " can not be run" RuntimeError: /usr/bin/chfn can not be run Local variables in innermost frame: argv: ['/usr/bin/chfn', '-f', 'Normal User Account', 'tester'] root: /mnt/sysimage stdin: 0 newPgrp: 0 stdout: 31 stderr: 2 command: /usr/bin/chfn searchPath: 0 ignoreTermSigs: 0 Package Group selection status: Base: 1 Printing Support: 1 Classic X Window System: 1 X Window System: 1 Laptop Support: 0 Spelling: 0 GNOME: 1 KDE: 1 Sound and Multimedia Support: 1 Network Support: 1 Dialup Support: 1 Messaging and Web Tools: 1 Graphics and Image Manipulation: 0 Network Server: 0 News Server: 0 NFS File Server: 0 Windows File Server: 0 Anonymous FTP Server: 0 SQL Database Server: 0 Web Server: 0 Router / Firewall: 0 DNS Name Server: 0 Network Managed Workstation: 0 Authoring and Publishing: 0 Emacs: 0 Utilities: 0 Legacy Application Support: 0 Software Development: 1 Kernel Development: 0 Windows Compatibility / Interoperability: 0 Games and Entertainment: 0 Everything Include: 0 Workstation Common: 1 Server: 0 Everything: 0 Individual package selection status: 4Suite: 1, Canna: 0, Canna-devel: 0, Canna-libs: 0, Distutils: 0, ElectricFence: 0, FreeWnn: 0, FreeWnn-common: 0, FreeWnn-devel: 0, FreeWnn-libs: 0, GConf: 1, GConf-devel: 1, Gtk-Perl: 0, Guppi: 0, Guppi-devel: 0, ImageMagick: 1, ImageMagick-c++: 0, ImageMagick-c++-devel: 0, ImageMagick-devel: 0, ImageMagick-perl: 0, LPRng: 1, MAKEDEV: 1, Maelstrom: 0, MagicPoint: 0, Mesa: 1, Mesa-demos: 0, Mesa-devel: 1, MyODBC: 0, MySQL-python: 0, ORBit: 1, ORBit-devel: 1, PyQt: 0, PyQt-devel: 0, PyQt-examples: 0, PyXML: 1, SDL: 1, SDL-devel: 0, SDL_image: 1, SDL_image-devel: 0, SDL_mixer: 1, SDL_mixer-devel: 0, SDL_net: 1, SDL_net-devel: 0, SysVinit: 1, VFlib2: 1, VFlib2-VFjfm: 0, VFlib2-devel: 1, WindowMaker: 0, WindowMaker-libs: 0, Wnn6-SDK: 0, Wnn6-SDK-devel: 0, XFree86: 1, XFree86-100dpi-fonts: 1, XFree86-3DLabs: 0, XFree86-75dpi-fonts: 1, XFree86-8514: 0, XFree86-AGX: 0, XFree86-FBDev: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts: 1, XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts: 1, XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-7: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-7-100dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-7-75dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-7-Type1-fonts: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-KOI8-R: 0, XFree86-KOI8-R-100dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-KOI8-R-75dpi-fonts: 0, XFree86-Mach32: 0, XFree86-Mach64: 0, XFree86-Mach8: 0, XFree86-Mono: 0, XFree86-P9000: 0, XFree86-S3: 0, XFree86-S3V: 0, XFree86-SVGA: 0, XFree86-VGA16: 0, XFree86-W32: 0, XFree86-Xnest: 0, XFree86-Xvfb: 0, XFree86-compat-libs: 0, XFree86-compat-modules: 0, XFree86-cyrillic-fonts: 0, XFree86-devel: 1, XFree86-doc: 0, XFree86-jpfonts: 0, XFree86-libs: 1, XFree86-tools: 1, XFree86-twm: 1, XFree86-xdm: 1, XFree86-xf86cfg: 0, XFree86-xfs: 1, Xaw3d: 1, Xaw3d-devel: 1, Xconfi Expected Results: RedHat 7.2 installs succesfully. Additional Information: Will attempt a 6th reinstall without adding a user account to see if problem is resolved. The option to save the crash to a floppy is a wonderful addition that made reporting the bug painless.
I suspect that something is wrong with your cds. Did you verify the md5sums of the ISOs before you burned them?
I did not verify them. I actually DID redownload the second disk last night but not the first one. I've just finished burning completely new downloads and am installing right now. Unfortunatly I'm on a Windows setup at the office and don't have any easy way to verify them right now. I'll just see how this downloaded set works and if it does, i'll chock it up to corrupt downloads.
Well, the /usr/bin/chfn binary is a part of the util-linux package, which is on the first cd. If the cds are damaged somehow, the problem is probably on the first cd.
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