From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705) Description of problem: Installed hangs after clicking NEXT on the Time Zone Selection screen - after several minutes the error report appears. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: Run the installation program Additional info: Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 635, in nextClicked self.setScreen () File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 851, in setScreen self.refreshHelp() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 682, in refreshHelp buffer.feed(ics.getHTML(self.langSearchPath)) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/HTMLParser.py", line 108, in feed self.goahead(0) File "/usr/lib/python2.2/HTMLParser.py", line 142, in goahead if i < j: self.handle_data(rawdata[i:j]) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/htmlbuffer.py", line 163, in handle_data self.buffer.insert(self.iter, data) TypeError: GtkTextBuffer.insert() argument 2 must be string without null bytes, not str Local variables in innermost frame: self: <htmlbuffer.HTMLBuffer instance at 0x89207a4> data: Dispatcher instance, containing members: method: CdromInstallMethod instance, containing members: messageWindow: <bound method InstallInterface.messageWindow of <gui.InstallInterface instance at 0x868b45c>> loopbackFile: None progressWindow: <bound method InstallInterface.progressWindow of <gui.InstallInterface instance at 0x868b45c>> device: hdb tree: /mnt/source rootPath: /mnt/sysimage currentDisc: [1] step: 32 intf: InstallInterface instance, containing members: icw: InstallControlWindow instance, containing members: displayHelp: 1 stockButtons: (('gtk-go-back', 'prevButtonStock', '_Back', <bound method InstallControlWindow.prevClicked of <gui.InstallControlWindow instance at 0x831090c>>), ('gtk-go-forward', 'nextButtonStock', '_Next', <bound method InstallControlWindow.nextClicked of <gui.InstallControlWindow instance at 0x831090c>>), ('gtk-new', 'releaseButton', '_Release Notes', <bound method InstallControlWindow.releaseClicked of <gui.InstallControlWindow instance at 0x831090c>>), ('gtk-help', 'showHelpButton', 'Show _Help', <bound method InstallControlWindow.helpClicked of <gui.InstallControlWindow instance at 0x831090c>>), ('gtk-help', 'hideHelpButton', 'Hide _Help', <bound method InstallControlWindow.helpClicked of <gui.InstallControlWindow instance at 0x831090c>>), ('gtk-execute', 'debugButton', '_Debug', <bound method InstallControlWindow.debugClicked of <gui.InstallControlWindow instance at 0x831090c>>)) handle: 671 help: <TextViewBrowser object (GtkTextView) at 0x86eeac4> buttonBox: <gtk.HButtonBox object (GtkHButtonBox) at 0x868792c> hideHelpButton: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x86911cc> nextButtonStock: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x848f2f4> help_sw: <gtk.ScrolledWindow object (GtkScrolledWindow) at 0x83c7f3c> dir: 1 dispatch: Already dumped reloadRcQueued: 0 ii: Already dumped currentWindow: AccountWindow instance, containing members: passwords: {} users: 0 confirm: <gtk.Entry object (GtkEntry) at 0x830e80c> edit: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton)at 0x882d74c> userlist: <gtk.TreeView object (GtkTreeView) at 0x88251a4> userstore: <gtk.ListStore object (GtkListStore) at 0x861758c> ics: InstallControlState instance, containing members: nextButtonLabel: None helpButtonEnabled: 1 searchPath: [./, /usr/share/anaconda/, ./] prevButtonLabel: None grabNext: 0 title: Account Configuration nextButtonInfo: None prevEnabled: 1 html: helpEnabled: 3 nextEnabled: 0 htmlFile: accts prevButton: gtk-prev cw: Already dumped nextButton: gtk-next add: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x875757c> accounts: Accounts instance, containing members: users: [] rootPw: RootPassword instance, containing members: crypt: None pure: None forward: <function <lambda> at 0x874d1d4> rootStatus: <gtk.Label object (GtkLabel) at 0x8835234> delete: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x861bca4> pw: <gtk.Entry object (GtkEntry) at 0x8835134> installFrame: <gtk.Frame object (GtkFrame) at 0x84af56c> debugButton: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x869149c> table: <gtk.Table object (GtkTable) at 0x84af8bc> releaseButton: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x848f5fc> hbox: <gtk.HBox object (GtkHBox) at 0x8695c4c> box: <gtk.VBox object (GtkVBox) at 0x830a8b4> helpFrame: <gtk.Frame object (GtkFrame) at 0x830a23c> windowList: [] window: <gtk.Window object (GtkWindow) at 0x868b61c> langSearchPath: [en_US, en, C] showHelpButton: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x8690f1c> helpState: 1 releaseNotesBuffer: <gtk.TextBuffer object (GtkTextBuffer) at 0x86914ec> bin: <gtk.Frame object (GtkFrame) at 0x84ba854> prevButtonStock: <gtk.Button object (GtkButton) at 0x868384c> configFileData: {'TitleBar': pixmaps/anaconda_header.png, 'Title': Red Hat Linux Beta, 'Splashscreen': pixmaps/first.png, 'WelcomeScreen': pixmaps/splash.png} buff: None runres: 800x600 dispatch: Already dumped flags: Flags instance, containing members: flags: {'test': 0, 'setupFilesystems': 1, 'serial': 0, 'expert': 0, 'autostep': 0} dispatch: Already dumped instPath: /mnt/sysimage firstStep: 0 id: InstallData instance, containing members: compspkg: None dbpath: None firewall: Firewall instance, containing members: ftp: 0 http: 0 portlist: enabled: 1 telnet: 0 custom: 1 ssh: 0 policy: 1 dhcp: 1 smtp: 1 trustdevs: [] ports: [] upgradeSwapInfo: None firstboot: 0 hdList: None auth: Authentication instance, containing members: hesiodLhs: useKrb5: 0 nisuseBroadcast: 1 useShadow: 1 sambaServer: krb5Realm: nisDomain: sambaWorkgroup: ldapTLS: useMD5: 1 useSamba: 0 ldapBasedn: krb5Admin: enableCache: 0 useLdapauth: 0 hesiodRhs: ldapServer: useHesiod: 0 krb5Kdc: useLdap: 0 nisServer: useNIS: 0 upgradeRoot: None comps: None dependencies: [] accounts: None fsset: FileSystemSet instance, containing members: messageWindow: <bound method InstallInterface.messageWindow of <gui.InstallInterface instance at 0x868b45c>> waitWindow: <bound method InstallInterface.waitWindow of <gui.InstallInterface instance at 0x868b45c>> mountcount: 0 entries: [fsentry -- device: sda3 mountpoint: / fsystem: ext3 format: 1 , fsentry -- device: sda1 mountpoint: /boot fsystem: ext3 format: 1 , fsentry -- device: none mountpoint: /dev/pts fsystem: devpts format: 0 , fsentry -- device: none mountpoint: /proc fsystem: proc format: 0 , fsentry -- device: sda2 mountpoint: swap fsystem: swap format: 1 ] progressWindow: <bound method InstallInterface.progressWindow of <gui.InstallInterface instance at 0x868b45c>> migratedfs: 0 keyboard: Keyboard instance, containing members: info: {'KEYBOARDTYPE': pc, 'KEYTABLE': us} modelDict: {'gr': ['Greek', 'el', 'pc102', ''], 'speakup': ['Speakup', 'us', 'pc105', ''], 'ru-cp1251': ['Russian (cp1251)', 'ru', 'pc102', ''], 'speakup-lt': ['Speakup (laptop)', 'us', 'pc105', ''], 'cf': ['French Canadian', 'ca_enhanced', 'pc102', ''], 'se-latin1': ['Swedish', 'se', 'pc102', ''], 'fr_CH-latin1': ['Swiss French (latin1)', 'fr_CH', 'pc102', ''], 'fr-pc': ['French (pc)', 'fr', 'pc102', ''], 'ru-ms': ['Russian (Microsoft)', 'ru', 'pc102', ''], 'sk-qwerty': ['Slovakian', 'sk_qwerty', 'pc102', ''], 'ru2': ['Russian (ru2)', 'ru', 'pc102', ''], 'et': ['Estonian', 'ee', 'pc102', ''], 'ru1': ['Russian (ru1)', 'ru', 'pc102', ''], 'es': ['Spanish', 'es', 'pc102', ''], 'it- ibm': ['Italian (IBM)', 'it', 'pc102', ''], 'ru': ['Russian', 'ru', 'pc102', ''], 'fr-latin1': ['French (latin1)', 'fr', 'pc102', ''], 'no': ['Norwegian', 'no', 'pc102', ''], 'de- latin1-nodeadkeys': ['German (latin1 w/ no deadkeys)', 'de', 'pc102', 'nodeadkeys'], 'ru_win': ['Russian (win)', 'ru', 'pc105', ''], 'ua': ['Ukrainian', 'ua', 'pc102', ''], 'pt- latin1': ['Portuguese', 'pt', 'pc102', ''], 'it': ['Italian', 'it', 'pc102', ''], 'de-latin1': ['German (latin1)', 'de', 'pc102', ''], 'fr': ['French', 'fr', 'pc102', ''], 'pl': ['Polish', 'pl', 'pc102', ''], 'cz-lat2': ['Czechoslovakian', 'cz', 'pc102', ''], 'dk-latin1': ['Denmark (latin1)', 'dk', 'pc102', ''], 'bg': ['Bulgarian', 'bg', 'pc102', ''], 'dk': ['Denmark', 'dk', 'pc102', ''], 'be-latin1': ['Belgian (be- latin1)', 'be', 'pc102', ''], 'sg-latin1': ['Swiss German (latin1)', 'de_CH', 'pc102', ''], 'fr-latin0': ['French (latin0)', 'fr', 'pc102', ''], 'de': ['German', 'de', 'pc102', ''], 'hu': ['Hungarian', 'hu', 'pc102', ''], 'jp106': ['Japanese', 'jp', 'jp106', ''], 'us- acentos': ['U.S. International', 'us_intl', 'pc105', ''], 'fr_CH': ['Swiss French', 'fr_CH', 'pc102', ''], 'fi': ['Finnish', 'fi', 'pc102', ''], 'dvorak': ['Dvorak', 'dvorak', 'pc105', ''], 'it2': ['Italian (it2)', 'it', 'pc102', ''], 'fi-latin1': ['Finnish (latin1)', 'fi', 'pc102', ''], 'ro_win': ['Romanian', 'ro', 'pc102', ''], 'hu101': ['Hungarian (101 key)', 'hu', 'pc102', ''], 'slovene': ['Slovenian', 'si', 'pc102', ''], 'br- abnt2': ['Brazilian (ABNT2)', 'br', 'abnt2', ''], 'us': ['U.S. English', 'us', 'pc105', ''], 'no-latin1': ['Norwegian (latin1)', 'no', 'pc102', ''], 'is-latin1': ['Iceland', 'is', 'pc102', ''], 'cz- us-qwertz': ['Czechoslovakian (qwertz)', 'cz', 'pc102', ''], 'uk': ['United Kingdom', 'gb', 'pc101', ''], 'trq': ['Turkish', 'tr', 'pc102', ''], 'sg': ['Swiss German', 'de_CH', 'pc102', '']} type: PC beenset: 1 timezone: Timezone instance, containing members: utc: 1 utcOffset: 0 arc: 0 tz: America/New_York dst: 0 bootloader: x86BootloaderInfo instance, containing members: kickstart: 0 doUpgradeOnly: 0 useLinear: 1 defaultDevice: mbr useGrubVal: 1 args: KernelArguments instance, containing members: args: kernelLocation: /boot/ images: BootImages instance, containing members: default: sda3 images: {'sda3': ('linux', 'Red Hat Linux', 'ext3')} configfile: /etc/lilo.conf above1024: 1 serialOptions: None pure: None serialDevice: None device: sda drivelist: [sda, sdb] serial: 0 password: None forceLBA32: 0 mouse: FULLNAME="Generic - 2 Button Mouse (serial)" MOUSETYPE="Microsoft" XEMU3="yes" XMOUSETYPE="Microsoft" extraModules: [] network: Network instance, containing members: domains: [] isConfigured: 0 overrideDHCPhostname: 0 netdevices: {'eth1': DEVICE=eth1 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes , 'eth0': DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp ONBOOT=yes } primaryNS: None hostname: localhost.localdomain secondaryNS: None gateway: None ternaryNS: None instClass: InstallClass instance, containing members: upgrade: Boolean instance, containing members: val: 0 monitor: monName: None monID: Unprobed Monitor fbmonSect: monHoriz: 31.5-48.5 monVert: 50-70 physicalWidth: 0 physicalHeight: 0 xconfig: XF86Config instance, containing members: files: # The location of the RGB database. Note, this is the name of the # file minus the extension (like ".txt" or ".db"). There is normally # no need to change the default. RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" # Multiple FontPath entries are allowed (they are concatenated together) # By default, Red Hat 6.0 and later now use a font server independent of # the X server to render fonts. FontPath "unix/:7100" fallbackModes: {'16': ['800x600']} monitor: Already dumped forcedDPI: None res: 800x600 keyboard: Already dumped videocard: device: None descr : Trident Microsystems|TGUI 9660/938x/968x server: XFree86 cardManf: None vidRam: 2048 carddata: {'CHIPSET': 'TGUI9660', 'NOCLOCKPROBE': '', 'DRIVER': 'trident', 'NAME': 'Triden t TGUI9660 (generic)', 'SERVER': 'SVGA'} devID: Trident TGUI9660 (generic) fbmodes: None fbbpp: None manualModes: {} skipx: 0 skip: 0 device: None monids: {} mouse: Already dumped monlist: {} modes: {'16': ['800x600']} floppyDevice: fd0 methodstr: cdrom://hdb/mnt/source videocard: primary: 0 vidCards: [<rhpl.videocard.VideoCard instance at 0x8369754>] Primary Video Card Info: device: None descr : Trident Microsystems|TGUI 9660/938x/968x server: XFree86 cardManf: None vidRam: 2048 carddata: {'CHIPSET': 'TGUI9660', 'NOCLOCKPROBE': '', 'DRIVER': 'trident', 'NAME': 'Triden t TGUI9660 (generic)', 'SERVER': 'SVGA'} devID: Trident TGUI9660 (generic) fbmodes: None fbbpp: None desktop: Desktop instance, containing members: info: {} runlevel: 3 instLanguage: InstallTimeLanguage instance, containing members: current: en_US map: {'Swedish': iso15, 'Danish': iso15, 'Icelandic': iso15, 'Chinese (Simplified)': None, 'Norwegian': iso15, 'German': iso09, 'Dutch': iso15, 'Slovenian': iso02, 'Japanese': None, 'French': iso15, 'Czech': iso02, 'Portuguese': iso15, 'Ukrainian': koi8-u, 'Spanish': iso15, 'English': iso01, 'Russian': koi8-r, 'Korean': None, 'Chinese(Traditional)': None, 'Italian': iso15} tempDefault: nativeLangNames: {'Swedish': Svenska, 'Danish': Dansk, 'Icelandic': C slenska, 'Chinese(Simplified)': d8-f(g.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75008 ***