Created attachment 396215 [details] anaconda 13.31 sigsegv backtrace Description of problem: Loader received SIGSEGV during inititialization Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 13.31 How reproducible: Every time Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot x86_64 Alpha RC3 DVD 2. accept defaults or not--doesn't make any difference 3. Actual results: SIGSEGV Expected results: normal installation Additional info: Noticed that the kernel command line info in tty-4 was garbage. Screen shot of backtrace attached.
Tried boot.iso with 13.30 and it works.
same results when testing alpha-rc3-x86_64 (not happen in i386). The screen displayed: running install... running /sbin/loader loader received SIGSEGV! Backtrace: /sbin/loader[0x408f73] /lib64/libc.so.6(+0x337f0)[0x7f3ab15c67f0] /lib64/libc.so.6(_IO_vfprintf+0x3606)[0x7f3ab15db726] /lib64/libc.so.6(__vfprintf_chk+0x77)[0x7f3ab168c467] /sbin/loader[0x40c88a] /sbin/loader[0x40c996] /sbin/loader[0x407bee] /sbin/loader[0x40a0b8] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xfd)[0x7f3ab15b1d2d] /sbin/loader[0x406f29] install exited abnormally [1/1] The system will be rebooted when you press ctrl-c or ctrl-alt-delete.
A patch for the issue is ready, waiting for a review: https://www.redhat.com/archives/anaconda-devel-list/2010-February/msg00361.html
Tested patch committed upstream and waiting for a new anaconda build.
anaconda-13.32-1.fc13 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 13. http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-13.32-1.fc13
Oh yeah, fix has been on the branch since yesterday 3556a3d70867a30be61ecb64e32a5ddfecc9d89b, released in anaconda-13.32. Ales
anaconda-13.32-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report. If you want to test the update, you can install it with su -c 'yum --enablerepo=updates-testing update anaconda'. You can provide feedback for this update here: http://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/F13/FEDORA-2010-2985
Fixed it for me.
13.32 works for me.
Confirmed fixed in anaconda-13.32 (F-13-Alpha-RC4-x86_64).
anaconda-13.32-1.fc13 has been pushed to the Fedora 13 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.