603059 – KickstartValueError: The following problem occurred on line 15 of the kickstart file: The provided network interface eth1 does not exist

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Bug 603059 - KickstartValueError: The following problem occurred on line 15 of the kickstart file: The provided network interface eth1 does not exist

Summary: KickstartValueError: The following problem occurred on line 15 of the kicksta...

Keywords:
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias:	None
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	anaconda
Sub Component:
Version:	6.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	medium
Severity:	medium
Target Milestone:	rc
Target Release:	---
Assignee:	Chris Lumens
QA Contact:	Martin Banas
Docs Contact:
URL:
Whiteboard:	anaconda_trace_hash:78dde04b17cb8ff73...
Depends On:	610769
Blocks:	582286
TreeView+	depends on / blocked

Reported:	2010-06-11 12:54 UTC by Martin Banas
Modified:	2010-11-10 19:47 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
Fixed In Version:	anaconda-13.21.51-1
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
Environment:
Last Closed:	2010-11-10 19:47:39 UTC
Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:

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Attached traceback automatically from anaconda. (64.92 KB, text/plain) 2010-06-11 12:54 UTC, Martin Banas	no flags	Details
Attached traceback automatically from anaconda. (58.29 KB, text/plain) 2010-06-30 12:36 UTC, Alexander Todorov	no flags	Details
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Description Martin Banas 2010-06-11 12:54:47 UTC

The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
anaconda 13.21.50 exception report
Traceback (most recent call first):
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 571, in execute
    raise KickstartValueError, formatErrorMsg(self.lineno, msg="The provided network interface %s does not exist" % device)
  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/kickstart.py", line 1136, in execute
    obj.execute(self.anaconda)
  File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 1109, in <module>
    ksdata.execute()
KickstartValueError: The following problem occurred on line 15 of the kickstart file:

The provided network interface eth1 does not exist

Comment 1 Martin Banas 2010-06-11 12:54:52 UTC

Created attachment 423263 [details]
Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.

Comment 2 Martin Banas 2010-06-11 13:00:30 UTC

Description of problem:
If I specify non-existent ethernet device in kickstart, anaconda throws exception instead of proper error message.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHEL6.0-20100603.1
anaconda-13.21.50-2.el6

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. On system with only one network start RHEL6 kickstart installation with following kickstart:

install
url --url=http://download.eng.bos.redhat.com/rel-eng/RHEL6.0-20100603.1/6/Server/ppc64/os/
clearpart --all --initlabel
autopart
lang en_US
keyboard us
timezone --isUtc America/New_York
network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp
rootpw --plaintext fo0m4nchU
reboot
%packages
*
%end

2. Watch the serial console / display...

Actual results:
Anaconda ends with attached traceback.

Expected results:
Anaconda should not end with traceback, should display a message about wrong kickstart configuration..

Comment 3 RHEL Program Management 2010-06-11 13:13:13 UTC

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.

Comment 4 Chris Lumens 2010-06-11 14:42:26 UTC

Does updates=http://clumens.fedorapeople.org/603059.img fix this?

Comment 5 Martin Banas 2010-06-14 10:39:52 UTC

Hi Chris, yes, it fixes this. I see following dialog, which is correct:

      ┌────────────────┤ Error Parsing Kickstart Config ├────────────────┐
      │                                                                  │
      │ The following error was found while parsing the kickstart        │
      │ configuration file:                                              │
      │                                                                  │
      │ The following problem occurred on line 15 of the kickstart file: │
      │                                                                  │
      │ The provided network interface eth1 does not exist               │
      │                                                                  │
      │                           ┌────────┐                             │
      │                           │ Reboot │                             │
      │                           └────────┘                             │
      │                                                                  │
      │                                                                  │
      └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

Comment 6 Alexander Todorov 2010-06-30 12:36:41 UTC

Created attachment 427977 [details]
Attached traceback automatically from anaconda.

Comment 7 Chris Lumens 2010-06-30 13:11:25 UTC

Alexander - you're testing 13.21.50, whereas this is fixed in 13.21.51.  The other problem (that the MAC address doesn't work) we should track over in bug 185522.

Comment 9 Martin Banas 2010-07-02 12:17:38 UTC

Hello, retested on build RHEL6.0-20100701.0, anaconda-13.21.56-1.el6. Seems not to be fixed, I tried kickstart with following lines:
network --device eth1 --bootproto dhcp
%packages
@Base
%end
and I've got traceback again - different that this one.

Please see following bug:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/610769

Moving this back to assigned until bug 610769 is fixed.

Comment 10 Chris Lumens 2010-07-02 14:38:14 UTC

Pushed a fix for 610769.

Comment 12 Martin Banas 2010-07-19 12:17:50 UTC

Verified on build RHEL6.0-20100715.0 with anaconda 13.21.58.

Closing the bug.

Comment 13 releng-rhel@redhat.com 2010-11-10 19:47:39 UTC

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 is now available and should resolve
the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed
with a resolution of CURRENTRELEASE. You may reopen this bug report if the
solution does not work for you.

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