Attempting to do a text-mode install from NFS images sometimes crashes (great! a heisenbug! ;-) with the following error: Probing for mouse type: Generic - 3 Button Mouse (PS/2) Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 551, in ? method = NfsIsoInstallMethod(method[8:], intf.messageWindow) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 264, in __init__ self.discImages = findIsoImages(tree, messageWindow) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 206, in findIsoImages "installer (RECOMMENDED). " % file, type = "okcancel") File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 264, in messageWindow return OkCancelWindow(self.screen, title, text) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/image.py", line 117, in __init__ buttons=[TEXT_OK_BUTTON, _("Cancel")]) File "/usr/lib/python1.5/site-packages/snack.py", line 547, in ButtonChoiceWindow t = TextboxReflowed(width, text, maxHeight = screen.height - 12) AttributeError: 'None' object has no attribute 'height' install exited abnormally I don't see this if I try graphical installs from the same NFS server (though this machine cannot successfully do graphical installs; those hang when the X server is started, since anaconda starts it in an unsupported resolution and that bug's still not fixed with 7.3) This doesn't appear to be due to incorrect ISO images -- install sometimes succeeds, and all images have the correct MD5 checksums: [root@spazzim iso]# md5sum *.iso cb91810ce8173039fed24420407e4c59 Valhalla-i386-disc1.iso ec1b813d32ffdc8edc2be261735d17de Valhalla-i386-disc2.iso 5dc81ce523cfddf99b4d4d63e91bcaa7 Valhalla-i386-disc3.iso c9a4d963a49e384e10dec9c2bd49ad73 Valhalla-i386-disc4.iso 41b03d068e84d2a17147aa27e704f79b Valhalla-i386-disc5.iso 58caad7d93b06c1c0e2af1ce2111a4ae docs-7.3-i386.iso b5e24c1043cc190a0fe8a6fa559e7842 lacd-7.3-Productivity.iso 67779193951f92b887f98d9305c39d12 lacd-7.3-Server.iso c13f08b5b52d6a8f7a27edeb3287ebe8 rescue-cd-7.3.iso [root@spazzim iso]#
Have you tried the 'resolution=<width>x<height>' flag at boot time to force the video mode for graphical install? I'm guessing there aren't any interesting errors on VC4?
(summary changed to reflect the bug this has become about) Good job! Adding resolution=1024x768 works with 7.3 Is this something can be forced automatically in future releases (I've not gotten to try Milan on this machine yet, so I can't say what it does), or should I just remember to do that always for this machine?
*** Bug 59569 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I don't know of any way to detect this situation. It would be nice if X could do the right thing for us.