Bug 862612 - anaconda freezes after clicking on "+" in keyboard layout settings
Summary: anaconda freezes after clicking on "+" in keyboard layout settings
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Chris Lumens
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: AcceptedBlocker
Depends On:
Blocks: F18Beta, F18BetaBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-10-03 11:41 UTC by Jan Sedlák
Modified: 2012-10-18 21:24 UTC (History)
5 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-18.13-1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-10-18 21:24:35 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Jan Sedlák 2012-10-03 11:41:38 UTC
Description of problem:
New anaconda in Fedora 18 Beta TC1 freezes when I click on "+" sign in "KEYBOARD" settings (spouk).

How reproducible:
Always.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot live desktop of F18 Beta TC1
2. Click on "keyboard"
3. Click on "+" sign
  
Actual results:
It freezes.

Expected results:
It shouldn't freeze.

Additional info:
Proposing as beta blockerbug per alfa criterion: "The installer must be able to complete an installation using the text, graphical and VNC installation interfaces"

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2012-10-03 14:17:43 UTC
Can you check on tty1 to see if there's a traceback?  Also please attach /tmp/anaconda.log to this bug report.  Thanks.

Comment 2 Adam Williamson 2012-10-03 18:35:07 UTC
Discussed at 2012-10-03 blocker review meeting: http://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/fedora-qa/2012-10-03/f18-beta-blocker-review-2.2012-10-03-16.00.log.txt . Accepted as a blocker as a conditional violation of criterion "The installer must be able to complete an installation using the text, graphical and VNC installation interfaces".

With oldUI this was obvious as you were forced through the keyboard selection dialog. Now we have a hub/spoke design it's not quite so obvious, but we are choosing to consider keyboard selection as a natural part of a basic install process, we are going to assume that anyone using a non-US keyboard is naturally going to go to the keyboard selection spoke and try to pick it, hence if they can't do that, this effectively breaks the installation process for them.

(For the record, I tested, and I can reproduce this bug exactly as described, from the GNOME live installer, just hit the + button - which you have to do to use any other keyboard layout - and it freezes. Didn't test DVD/netinst yet.)

Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2012-10-05 16:05:54 UTC
Fixing one deadlock introduced another.  Let's take care of both at once.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2012-10-05 20:54:52 UTC
anaconda-18.13-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.13-1.fc18

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2012-10-09 00:20:56 UTC
anaconda-18.14-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/anaconda-18.14-1.fc18

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2012-10-09 17:20:25 UTC
Package anaconda-18.14-1.fc18:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing anaconda-18.14-1.fc18'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2012-15707/anaconda-18.14-1.fc18
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 7 Adam Williamson 2012-10-10 04:24:02 UTC
Checked with Beta TC3, this is fine. (Though I removed English (US) from the layouts in anaconda, but it was installed on the installed system - maybe it's a non-removable fallback?)

Comment 8 Jan Sedlák 2012-10-10 13:34:57 UTC
It works now in Beta TC3.

Comment 9 Adam Williamson 2012-10-18 21:24:35 UTC
18.14 went stable, so closing.


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