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Description of problem: Firstboot can't be started. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): subscription-manager-gnome-0.98.2-1.el5 subscription-manager-0.98.2-1.el5 subscription-manager-firstboot-0.98.2-1.el5 python-rhsm-0.98.2-1.el5 How reproducible: always Steps to Reproduce: 1.Start firstboot # firstboot Actual results: An error msg "firstboot cannot run, exiting" displays. Expected results: Firstboot UI should dispaly.
If firstboot has already ran, there will be a /etc/sysconfig/firstboot file created. If this file exists, you will get the error mentioned. fix is: rm -rf /etc/sysconfig/firstboot
or simply run # firstboot -r # firstboot --help Usage: firstboot [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit <snip> -r, --reconfig enable reconfiguration mode -t, --test only test, don't configure the system --themeDir=THEMEDIR set the directory containing the theme [default: /usr/share/firstboot/themes/RHEL]
(In reply to comment #2) > or simply run > # firstboot -r > > # firstboot --help > Usage: firstboot [options] > > Options: > -h, --help show this help message and exit > <snip> > -r, --reconfig enable reconfiguration mode > -t, --test only test, don't configure the system > --themeDir=THEMEDIR set the directory containing the theme [default: > /usr/share/firstboot/themes/RHEL] Thanks Mike. It seems above only work for RHEL6. There's no option for firstboot on RHEL5.8, even --help is not supported according to my try. Adrian's approach of removing /etc/sysconfig/firstboot file does work. The original bug was reported because on RHEL 6.2 we could open firstboot without removing that file or using --reconfig option. Is it a 6.2 bug?