F12 Beta issues

[Adam Williamson]

On Thu, 2009-10-22 at 17:06 +0200, Joachim Backes wrote:
> 1. Trying to install F12 Beta from an external USB drive stops (did not 
> find an install image). On the other hand, installing from an internal 
> IDE DVD device proceeds.

How did you create the USB stick, exactly?

> 2. Anaconda crashes after having installed some (or all?) packages.
> A traceback is generated: (Remark: I tried to re-install after the first 
> installation had crashed, so the  packages were already installed, but 
> the error message was the same when installing for the first time).
> 
> anaconda 12.37 exception report
> Traceback (most recent call first):
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/users.py", line 201, in setRootPassword
>      self.admin.setpassUser(rootUser, cryptPassword(password, 
> algo=algo), True)
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/instdata.py", line 171, in write
>      algo=self.getPassAlgo())
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 305, in writeConfiguration
>      anaconda.id.write()
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 200, in moveStep
>      rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 123, in gotoNext
>      self.moveStep()
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1195, in nextClicked
>      self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress_gui.py", line 79, in renderCallback
>      self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
>    File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1216, in handleRenderCallback
>      self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
> TypeError: argument 1 must be Entity, not None
> 
> The whole traceback has been attached. Somebody has similar problems?

>From a quick look in Bugzilla I can't see anything. Since it seems to be
crashing in setRootPassword , perhaps it's something to do with the
actual root password you chose? Try a different one and see if that
changes it?

In any case, please report this to Bugzilla! Thanks.

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