Description of problem: firstboot produced an error while attempting to set date/time. Error appears to be related to DNS failure. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Installed phoebe (custom, everything) on a typical host, configured eth0 without DHCP, provided an IP address, gateway, bogus hostname (test4.linux.test) and a valid DNS server that doesn't know this hostname, domain, or even the IP address of the machine. Network connectivity to that DNS server is functional. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: After rebooting, the firstboot generated a message while attempting to set the date, but generated the error message (above) instead. Expected results: Additional info:
[root@test4 root]# more firstboot.1046134484.72 Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/share/firstboot/firstbootWindow.py", line 153, in __init__ vbox, eventbox = module.launch() File "/usr/share/firstboot/modules/date.py", line 75, in launch self.setupScreen() File "/usr/share/firstboot/modules/date.py", line 64, in setupScreen self.datePage = date_gui.datePage(self.dateBackend) File "/usr/share/redhat-config-date/date_gui.py", line 171, in __init__ ntpServer = socket.gethostbyaddr(ntpServerIP)[0] TypeError: gethostbyaddr() argument 1 must be string, not None [root@test4 root]# [root@test4 root]# ifconfig eth0 eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:75:39:82:0A inet addr:192.168.30.204 Bcast:192.168.30.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:5926 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:10 frame:0 TX packets:3331 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:4 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:1878743 (1.7 Mb) TX bytes:451085 (440.5 Kb) Interrupt:5 Base address:0x2000 [root@test4 root]# dig -x 192.168.30.204 ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> -x 192.168.30.204 ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 17892 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;204.30.168.192.in-addr.arpa. IN PTR ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: 168.192.in-addr.arpa. 85830 IN SOA prisoner.iana.org. hostmaster.root-servers.org. 2002040800 1800 900 604800 330 ;; Query time: 265 msec ;; SERVER: 10.1.33.99#53(10.1.33.99) ;; WHEN: Mon Feb 24 18:29:09 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 122 [root@test4 root]# uname -a Linux test4.linux.test 2.4.20-2.21 #1 Wed Jan 15 20:31:35 EST 2003 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [root@test4 root]# dig test4.linux.test ; <<>> DiG 9.2.1 <<>> test4.linux.test ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 16122 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;test4.linux.test. IN A ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 2556 IN SOA ns. hostmaster. 1046095214 16384 2048 1048576 288 ;; Query time: 226 msec ;; SERVER: 10.1.33.99#53(10.1.33.99) ;; WHEN: Mon Feb 24 18:29:40 2003 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 81
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 82061 ***
Changed to 'CLOSED' state since 'RESOLVED' has been deprecated.