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Bug 874906 - anaconda pane is dead when hitting some issue
Summary: anaconda pane is dead when hitting some issue
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: anaconda
Version: 7.0
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: beta
: 7.0
Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Release Test Team
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-09 03:16 UTC by Xiaowei Li
Modified: 2015-01-27 00:11 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-11-13 10:37:10 UTC
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Description Xiaowei Li 2012-11-09 03:16:28 UTC 
Description of problem:
anaconda hung and panel is dead when hitting some issue.
In the previous anaconda, We can use install OS manually and go to the shell to debug if hitting any issues on the anaconda GUI.

But in the current anaconda of RHEL7, we cannot go to the shell to check anything. This is very bad user experience.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda 18.27 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0

How reproducible:


Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
Starting installer, one moment...
anaconda 18.27 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 (pre-release) started.
23:07:18 Running pre-installation scripts
+ wget -O - http://lab-02.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com:8000/install_start/storageqe-18.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com
   --2012-11-08 23:07:18--  http://lab-02.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com:8000/install_start/storageqe-18.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com
                   Resolving lab-02.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com (lab-02.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com)... 10.16.64.13
     Connecting to lab-02.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com (lab-02.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com)|10.16.64.13|:8000... connected.
            HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
                                                          Length: unspecified [text/html]
                                                                                         Saving to: 'STDOUT'

           0K                                                        0.00 =0s

                                                                             2012-11-08 23:07:19 (0.00 B/s) - written to stdout [0]

23:07:19 Starting VNC...     + wget -O /tmp/anamon http://lab-02.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com/beaker/anamon
23:07:20 The VNC server is now running.
WARNING!!! VNC server running with NO PASSWORD!
You can use the vncpassword=<password> boot option
if you would like to secure the server.


23:07:20 Please manually connect your vnc client to storageqe-18.rhts.eng.bos.redhat.com:1 (10.16.67.87) to begin the install.

(anaconda:1141): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_text_buffer_emit_insert: assertion `g_utf8_validate (text, len, NULL)' failed

(anaconda:1141): Gtk-WARNING **: Overriding tab label for notebook
[0n

===we hit some issue on the anaconda GUI, then want to go to the shell to debug
===press enter key here to try to go to the shell====
===press ctrl + C here ====
Pane is dead


Expected results:


Additional info:
Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2012-11-09 15:10:36 UTC 
You can still switch to a shell.  anaconda now runs in tmux, which is a screen-like program and you can tell this by the green bar on the bottom.  To switch to the shell, you just hit ctrl-b <N>, where N is the number of the window you want to switch to.
Comment 4 Xiaowei Li 2012-11-13 10:37:10 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> You can still switch to a shell.  anaconda now runs in tmux, which is a
> screen-like program and you can tell this by the green bar on the bottom. 
> To switch to the shell, you just hit ctrl-b <N>, where N is the number of
> the window you want to switch to.

thanks!
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