Description of Problem: Latest build of installer: http://zealot.devel.redhat.com/installer/installer.iso hangs after running up2date. Ctrl-c in console window breaks the up2date death grip and return you to the installer, but that causes an error (did not register correctly). You end up having to delete the server, go back to the register screen, and run it again. (the 2nd time, up2date finds everythiung updated already and passes on by cleanly) Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): see bug 63780 How Reproducible: latest install was on sat-inst.webdev-colo.redhat.com
more details please... does up2date finish? what version of up2date? any error messages from up2date? does up2date itself freeze, or just the installer when up2date is finished? What happens when you run up2date by hand seperately on this box? what is "up2date death grip"?
Up2date does finish. Version: up2date-2.7.61-7.x.2 No error messages that I can find. (looked in /var/log/satinstall) It looks like the installer is frozen after up2date finishes. Not sure what happens when I run up2date seperately... will test that now. The 'death grip' is a reference to the locked up state of the installer. It unlocks after 2 Ctrl-c's in the console window.
can you check to see what /var/lib/rpm looks like after up2date exists? any __db* splat files?
This is after a kickstart and running *just* up2date. It ran just fine. I'll run the installer again after another kickstart to see if it's the same. [root@sat-inst root]# ls -l /var/lib/rpm total 11448 -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 2732032 Aug 8 15:37 Basenames -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 12288 Aug 8 15:37 Conflictname -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 319488 Aug 8 11:09 Dirnames -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 12288 Aug 8 15:37 Group -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 12288 Aug 8 11:09 Installtid -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 24576 Aug 8 15:37 Name -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 9007104 Aug 8 15:37 Packages -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 94208 Aug 8 15:37 Providename -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 36864 Aug 8 11:09 Provideversion -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 110592 Aug 8 15:37 Requirename -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 69632 Aug 8 11:09 Requireversion -rw-r--r-- 1 rpm rpm 12288 Aug 8 15:37 Triggername [root@sat-inst root]# up2date Migrating network settings from rhn_register warning: /etc/rndc.conf created as /etc/rndc.conf.rpmnew /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.15430: [: /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.15430: integer expression expected warning: /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date created as /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date.rpmnew You have mail in /var/spool/mail/root
OK, this is also the result of a messed up kickstart file. Grrrr....