Created attachment 630120 [details] anaconda.log Description of problem: Installing ppc64 Beta TC4.1 on an Apple Mac G5, vnc based installation freezes at the "Installing bootloader" stage with the message: UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbd in position 260213: invalid start byte on the text console. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 18.16 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start installation from DVD. 2. load i2c_powermac to prevent fans from running away in shell. 3. Remove all previous Linux partitions with "Reclaim" 4. Take defaults. Actual results: Installation proceeds normally up to the installation of the bootloader, then hangs. Expected results: Completion of the installation. Additional info:
Created attachment 630122 [details] ifcfg.log
Created attachment 630123 [details] packaging.log
Created attachment 630124 [details] program.log
Created attachment 630125 [details] storage.log
Created attachment 630126 [details] syslog
Created attachment 630127 [details] vncserver.log
Might be caused by missing creation of encrypted_password attribute of MacYaboot object (Yaboot object?) which will cause bootloader.py to fail on access (around line 1669)
Are you getting a traceback? If so, can you please attach the complete /tmp/anaconda-tb-* file to this report?
Not getting a saved traceback. The /tmp/anaconda-tb-* file is present but zero length. There was a traceback on the main screen, however. I'll attempt to reproduce it and copy it.
From the "main" panel: CONTINUE CLICKED Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/exception.py", line 61, in run_handleException_on_idleobj) File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/meh/handler.py", line 101, in handleException fd.write(self.exnText.encode("utf-8")) UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbd in position 255207: invalid start byte The offset is different this time.
Sigh, looks like a traceback in python-meh trying to display the real traceback. Reassigning for the moment, but it'll come back to us when this issue is fixed.
(In reply to comment #10) > From the "main" panel: > > CONTINUE CLICKED > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/exception.py", line > 61, in run_handleException_on_idleobj) > File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/meh/handler.py", line 101, in > handleException > fd.write(self.exnText.encode("utf-8")) > UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xbd in position 255207: > invalid start byte This is something that has been resolved in bug #854959. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 854959 ***
Please use some compose with the new python-meh and file a bug with the original traceback (will get displayed) then.