Bug 67229 - installer crashes
Summary: installer crashes
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.3
Hardware: i386
OS: Linux
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Michael Fulbright
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2002-06-21 11:07 UTC by CRVSADER KY
Modified: 2005-10-31 22:00 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2002-08-30 13:46:17 UTC
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Description CRVSADER KY 2002-06-21 11:07:37 UTC
I found this bug in two different packages of RH7.3, a standard one and a professional 
one.
1)Boot from CD1
2)press enter (or use "text" mode, the result is the same)
3)In normal 
installation, I can see the RedHat logo on a white background
4)Then, Anaconda crashes with the 
following message:

File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 503, in ?
	from text import 
InstallInterface
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 28 in ?
	from language import 
expandlangs
ImportError: cannot import name expandlangs

These is my hardware 
config:
Asus P2B @ 112MHz (stable) - AGP2x, USB 1.1, UDMA33
PII 450 (4.0x112)
1x 128MB 
PC133

hda  Quantum AS 40GB UATA100- unrelevant: I've tried to change it with another, freshly 
formatted UDMA33 hard disk
hdb  none
hdc  Philips CDRW1610 16x10x40x
hdd  Philips CDD3610  
2x2x6x

AGP	Matrox Mystique G200 (recognized as a Millenium G200)
PCI1	Conexant HCF 
softmodem - unrelevant: I tried to remove it
PCI2	Motorola SM56 softmodem
PCI3	Sound 
Blaster PCI128
PCI4	Pinnacle PCTV (bt848)
ISA1  none (shared with PCI4)
ISA2  Roland MPU-
401 PnP
ISA3  none

(PCI1 is the nearest one to AGP)

USB  Canon BJC-3000
     Canon Canoscan 
FB630U

-no SCSI, no ISDN, no Ethernet or similar stuff-

relevant BIOS settings:
PnP OS: 
no


Notes:
1)Once it started correctly. I couldn't reproduce it.
2)if i try with the 
"noprobe" option, it crashes much sooner

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-06-26 04:01:41 UTC
Please check your media as in these instructions:

http://people.redhat.com/~msf/mediacheck.html


Comment 2 CRVSADER KY 2002-06-27 16:58:32 UTC
I checked my media, in both the distributions (personal and professional). No errors.

Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2002-07-15 16:51:36 UTC
Which language did you choose to install with?

Comment 4 CRVSADER KY 2002-07-15 20:28:30 UTC
I didn't choose any - installer crashes MUCH before (just after the big RedHat logo - so it isn't an X 
problem)

Comment 5 Michael Fulbright 2002-08-12 22:01:00 UTC
Mediacheck does not always catch errors that can occur from CDs which are marginal.

I would recommend trying a new set of CDs, or putting the ISO images on a
harddrive and doing a harddrive based install.

Comment 6 CRVSADER KY 2002-08-30 13:46:11 UTC
I already told you (in the original message) that I've already tried TWO different CDs, shipped 
with two different magazines. I'm sure it's not a CD problem.

Comment 7 Michael Fulbright 2002-09-02 15:47:03 UTC
I would recommend contacting the magazines about the CDs they are shipping.

If you have a problem with a Red Hat boxset please contact our customer support.

You can also try downloading Red Hat Linux 7.3 from an ftp mirror for free.


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