Fedora 16 Beta VNC install works, Fedora 17 does not (IBM Power 285)

Karsten Hopp karsten at redhat.com
Mon Jul 2 13:10:50 UTC 2012


Am 02.07.2012 09:46, schrieb Timo Schoeler:
> Hi,
>
> I just double verified following issue:
>
> * Installing Fedora 16 ppc64 on my Power 285 (connected via serial, then booting 'linux vnc') using VNC runs smoothly
>
> * Trying the same using Fedora 17 ISO fails
>
> It seems as if the Network Manager fails on Fedora 17 and causes anaconda's vncS.startServer() to bark.
>
> Is that a known issue? Should I file a bug record for this?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Timo
>
> .......
>
> 07:52:41 Starting VNC...
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 804, in <module>
>     setupDisplay(anaconda, opts)
>   File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 587, in setupDisplay
>     runVNC(vncS)
>   File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 331, in runVNC
>     vncS.startServer()
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/vnc.py", line 190, in startServer
>     self.initialize()
>   File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/vnc.py", line 113, in initialize
>     if self.ip.find(':') != -1:
> AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'find'
> EPOW <0x64400400000006c 0x0 0x0>
> ____


Yes, please file a bugzilla against anaconda

Thanks,

       Karsten


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