When option xconfig is specified in kickstart file, the Kickstart procedure crashes. I think there is some similarity to bug no. 5596 but I am not good enough in python programming to verify it.
I am not able to replicate this in the lab. I tried 3 different Xservers and was able to install via kickstart to all three using the xconfig option. Please send a copy of your ks.cfg file so that we can try to recreate.
I have just learnt python a little to find the problem source. It comes from the fact that my graphics card is not detected automatically and line xconfig --server SVGA --monitor "IBM 6549 G94" just did not work. Following line xconfig --server SVGA --monitor "IBM 6549 G94" --startxonboot --card "S3 Trio3D" did not work neither - the --card option is not handled properly. I include patches for installclass.py and kickstart.py that fix the problem (as well as crypted password problem) - be cautious, they might break other things. *** RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/installclass.py.orig Thu Oct 21 18:29:32 1999 --- RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/installclass.py Thu Oct 21 15:22:31 1999 *************** *** 122,128 **** self.x.probe() if not self.x.server: ! self.x.setVidcard (card) if not self.x.monID and monitor: self.x.setMonitor((monitor, (None, None))) --- 122,128 ---- self.x.probe() if not self.x.server: ! self.x.setVidcard ({ "NAME" : card, "SERVER" : server}) if not self.x.monID and monitor: self.x.setMonitor((monitor, (None, None))) *************** *** 149,154 **** --- 149,155 ---- def doRootPw(self, pw, isCrypted = 0): self.rootPassword = pw + self.passCrypted = isCrypted def getMakeBootdisk(self): return self.makeBootdisk *** RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/installclass.py.orig Thu Oct 21 18:29:32 1999 --- RedHat/instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/installclass.py Thu Oct 21 15:22:31 1999 *************** *** 122,128 **** self.x.probe() if not self.x.server: ! self.x.setVidcard (card) if not self.x.monID and monitor: self.x.setMonitor((monitor, (None, None))) --- 122,128 ---- self.x.probe() if not self.x.server: ! self.x.setVidcard ({ "NAME" : card, "SERVER" : server}) if not self.x.monID and monitor: self.x.setMonitor((monitor, (None, None))) *************** *** 149,154 **** --- 149,155 ---- def doRootPw(self, pw, isCrypted = 0): self.rootPassword = pw + self.passCrypted = isCrypted def getMakeBootdisk(self): return self.makeBootdisk If you still would like to have qa look at my ks.cfg, just let me know (but I have just tested kickstart and it works; don't know about other ways of installation). ------- Additional Comments From 10/21/99 17:40 ------- For completness: IBM 300GL with Video card S2 Trio3D on motherboard. Most important parts of used kickstart file follow: lang en_US keyboard uk network --bootproto static [....] nfs --server [...] device ethernet eepro100 keyboard uk zerombr yes clearpart --linux part / --size 4000 part swap --size 128 install mouse --kickstart generic3ps/2 timezone --utc Europe/Stockholm xconfig --server SVGA --monitor "IBM 6549 G94" --startxonboot --card "S3 Trio3D" rootpw --iscrypted [...] auth [...] lilo --location mbr %packages [...] For the password part to work, todo.py has to be modified: *** instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/todo.py.orig Sun Sep 26 15:57:00 1999 --- instimage/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/todo.py Thu Oct 21 15:21:41 1999 *************** *** 1213,1219 **** todo.users = [] if todo.instClass.rootPassword: ! todo.rootpassword.set(todo.instClass.rootPassword) if todo.instClass.language: todo.language.setByAbbrev(todo.instClass.language) if todo.instClass.keyboard: --- 1213,1219 ---- todo.users = [] if todo.instClass.rootPassword: ! todo.rootpassword.set(todo.instClass.rootPassword,todo.instClass.passCrypted) if todo.instClass.language: todo.language.setByAbbrev(todo.instClass.language) if todo.instClass.keyboard: The password patches break likely code when the password is not encrypted (self.passCrypted is not set; it's easy to fix).
Use isCrypted instead of passCrypted and there will be no crashing because it is set to a default of 0 in many places. I've tested this and submitted a bug report before I discovered your report.
Kickstart code has been totally revamped for the latest installer, so this bug is fixed in the latest code.