Kickstart using VNC fails inconsistently

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • When attempting to kickstart a system with custom repositories while using VNC the install fails on an inconsistent basis with the following python backtrace.
11:53:12,401 DEBUG anaconda: is_valid_stage2_device(sda1) returning True
11:53:12,421 INFO anaconda: Thread Done: AnaCheckStorageThread (140411986822912)
11:53:12,685 INFO anaconda: spoke is ready: <pyanaconda.ui.gui.spokes.source.SourceSpoke object at 0x7fb4377914d0>
11:53:12,702 INFO anaconda: spoke is ready: <pyanaconda.ui.gui.spokes.software.SoftwareSelectionSpoke object at 0x7fb437789cd0>
11:53:12,709 DEBUG anaconda: running handleException
11:53:12,710 CRIT anaconda: Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/threads.py", line 227, in run
    threading.Thread.run(self, *args, **kwargs)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/threading.py", line 764, in run
    self.__target(*self.__args, **self.__kwargs)

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/source.py", line 725, in _initialize
    self._reset_repoStore()

  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/spokes/source.py", line 1174, in _reset_repoStore
    ks_repo = self.data.RepoData(name=repo.name,

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'name'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7

Subscriber exclusive content

A Red Hat subscription provides unlimited access to our knowledgebase, tools, and much more.

Current Customers and Partners

Log in for full access

Log In

New to Red Hat?

Learn more about Red Hat subscriptions

Using a Red Hat product through a public cloud?

How to access this content