Register system with rhn_register through http proxy failed with error ' TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +=: 'int' and 'str'

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Issue

  • Unable to register system with rhn_register through http proxy. Recieves the following error message

  • Running yum to update a package results in this error

    An error has occurred: 
exceptions.TypeError 
See /var/log/up2date for more information 
 /var/log/up2date: 
 [Tue Jun  8 16:10:30 2010] rhn_register 
Traceback (most recent call last): 
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn_register", line 82, in ? 
    app.run() 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhncli.py", line 65, in run 
    sys.exit(self.main() or 0) 
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn_register", line 64, in main 
    ui.main() 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/tui.py", line 1717, in main 
    tui.run() 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/tui.py", line 1589, in run 
    win = self.windows[index](self.screen, self) 
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/tui.py", line 912, in __init__ 
    hardware_text += hw['ipaddr'] + "  " 
exceptions.TypeError: unsupported operand type(s) for +: 'NoneType' and 'str'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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