Anaconda crashes

[Paul Pianta]

MIke wrote:

>On Sun, 2004-02-01 at 12:47, MIke wrote:
>  
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>>I am trying to put Fedora on my IBM laptop. I have a 10gb hdd and 84 mb
>>dram. Windows 98SE is installed on a 2GB partition. The rest is
>>unpartitioned. 
>>
>>When I try to install Fedora, using a floppy to start and the embedded
>>CD to continue, all is well until I finish with the software selection
>>then the following appears in a pop-up
>>
>>----------------------------------
>>
>>traceback(most recent call Last);
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui-py", Line 786 , inhandleRenderCallback
>>self.currentWindow.renderCallback()
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress-gui.py", Line 149 , inrenderCallback
>>self.intf.icw.nextClicked()
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",Line 632 , innext Clicked
>>self.dispatch.gotoNext()
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 150 , ingotoNext
>>self.moveStep()
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 215 , inmovestep
>>rc=apply(func,self.bindArgs(args))
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", Line 430 , in turnOnFilesystems
>>Partitions.doMetaDeletes(diskset)
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", Line 1110 , indoMetaDeletes
>>(vm.vgactivate())
>>File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py",
>>Line 66 , in execWithRedirect
>>childpid = os.fork()
>>
>>OSError[errno 12] cannot allocate memory
>>---------------------------
>>
>>I have installed Fedora on a mini server,
>>(90 mb dram, 8 GB hdd and a 66 MHz P3) and it runs fine
>>so the problem does not seem to be resources.
>>
>>Any direction will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>Mike
>>
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>Further research, via bugzilla, reports this is not a bug. Hmmmmm.
>The stated answer is not enough memory. Hmmmmm.
>If I find a means to solve this I'll post it here.
>
>Mike
>  
>
did you try installing in text mode?
the line in the python debug output ...

(vm.vgactivate())

could mean a gui problem ..  just an idea ...

pantz

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