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Bug 1202277 - Anaconda asks twice to enter TUI mode on s390x
Summary: Anaconda asks twice to enter TUI mode on s390x
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 22
Hardware: s390x
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Samantha N. Bueno
QA Contact: Samantha N. Bueno
URL:
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks: ZedoraTracker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2015-03-16 09:41 UTC by Jan Stodola
Modified: 2015-07-15 15:32 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

Fixed In Version: anaconda-23.16-1
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Clone Of:
: 1241425 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2015-07-15 15:32:26 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Jan Stodola 2015-03-16 09:41:11 UTC 
Description of problem:

Starting installer, one moment...
anaconda 22.20.1-1 for Fedora 20150312 (pre-release) started.
 * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation
 * shell is available in second TMUX pane (ctrl+b, then press 2)
 * if the graphical installation interface fails to start, try again with the
   inst.text bootoption to start text installation
 * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments
09:22:46 DISPLAY variable not set. Starting text mode.
================================================================================
================================================================================
VNC

Text mode provides a limited set of installation options. It does not offer cust
om partitioning for full control over the disk layout. Would you like to use VNC
 mode instead?

 1) Start VNC

 2) Use text mode

  Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'c' to continue |
  'r' to refresh]: 2
================================================================================
================================================================================
VNC

X was unable to start on your machine.  Would you like to start VNC to connect t
o this computer from another computer and perform a graphical installation or co
ntinue with a text mode installation?

 1) Start VNC

 2) Use text mode

  Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'c' to continue |
  'r' to refresh]: 2
================================================================================
================================================================================
Installation

 1) [x] Language settings                 2) [!] Timezone settings
        (English (United States))                (Timezone is not set.)
 3) [!] Installation source               4) [!] Software selection
        (Processing...)                          (Processing...)
 5) [!] Installation Destination          6) [x] Network configuration
        (No disks selected)                      (Wired (enccw0.0.0a00) connecte
 7) [x] Shell                                    d)
        (Start shell)                     8) [!] Root password
 9) [!] User creation                            (Password is not set.)
        (No user will be created)
  Please make your choice from above ['q' to quit | 'b' to begin installation |
  'r' to refresh]:

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-22.20.1-1

How reproducible:
always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start manual tui mode installation on s390x

Actual results:
Two vnc/text questions to enter TUI mode

Expected results:
anaconda asks only once

Additional info:
Following patch from rhel7-branch fixes this issue:
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/commit/c81faf0f11b5faf746fbcb0281fc794ec0dc8306
Comment 2 Samantha N. Bueno 2015-03-16 12:41:56 UTC 
I posted a patch for this a while ago, and it was rejected. I guess I should bring it back to life.
Comment 3 Samantha N. Bueno 2015-03-16 12:49:39 UTC 
(In reply to Jan Stodola from comment #0)
> 
> Additional info:
> Following patch from rhel7-branch fixes this issue:
> https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/commit/
> c81faf0f11b5faf746fbcb0281fc794ec0dc8306

Oh. Or this also works.
Comment 4 Samantha N. Bueno 2015-07-15 15:32:26 UTC 
Should be fixed in rawhide in the next build; I've noted the anaconda version in the Fixed-in-version field.
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