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Bug 739846

Summary: Traceback when starting the installation with "vnc" parameter on s390x
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Jan Stodola <jstodola>
Component: anacondaAssignee: Radek Vykydal <rvykydal>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: 16CC: anaconda-maint-list, jonathan, rvykydal, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Hardware: s390x   
OS: Linux   
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Fixed In Version: anaconda-17.1-1 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2012-06-29 12:14:46 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 733680    
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Description Jan Stodola 2011-09-20 08:17:56 UTC
Description of problem:
Following traceback appears when anaconda is trying to start vnc server:

Running anaconda 16.17, the Fedora system installer - please wait.
08:06:54 Starting VNC...
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 715, in <module>
    setupDisplay(anaconda, opts)
  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 532, in setupDisplay
    runVNC(vncS)
  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 281, in runVNC
    vncS.startServer()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/vnc.py", line 198, in startServer
    self.initialize()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/vnc.py", line 105, in initialize
    devname = devices[active_devs[0]].iface
KeyError: dbus.String(u'eth0', variant_level=1)


boot parameters:
-bash-4.2# cat /proc/cmdline 
root=/dev/ram0 ro ip=off ramdisk_size=40000 cio_ignore=all,!0.0.0009            CMSDASD=191 CMSCONFFILE=e40.conf vnc _escue

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-16.17

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start the installation with "vnc" boot parameter
2. connect via ssh to continue with the install
3. select language
4. wait for vnc server to start
  
Actual results:
traceback

Expected results:
vnc server starts successfully

Additional info:
workaround_1: do not use "vnc" boot parameter
workaround_2: use "vnc ksdevice=eth0" boot parameters

Comment 1 Jan Stodola 2011-09-20 08:18:33 UTC
Created attachment 523972 [details]
anaconda.log

Comment 2 Jan Stodola 2011-09-20 08:19:09 UTC
Created attachment 523973 [details]
syslog

Comment 4 Radek Vykydal 2011-10-07 12:47:32 UTC
This should be fixed in F17.

Comment 5 Jan Stodola 2012-06-29 12:14:46 UTC
Retested with anaconda-17.29, this issue is fixed, vnc installation finished without any traceback.

Closing this bug.