initial-setup failed to start with Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit not found
Issue
initial-setup
failed to start on boot with the following error.
dbus[670]: [system] Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit not found.
Setup crashed due to unhandled exception:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/libexec/initial-setup/initial-setup-text", line 10, in <module>
is_instance.run()
File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/initial_setup/__init__.py", line 354, in run
ui.setup(self.data)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/tui/__init__.py", line 171, in setup
should_schedule = obj.setup(self.ENVIRONMENT)
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/tui/hubs/__init__.py", line 69, in setup
spoke.initialize()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/tui/spokes/network.py", line 66, in initialize
self._load_new_devices()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/tui/spokes/network.py", line 74, in _load_new_devices
devices = nm.nm_devices()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/nm.py", line 196, in nm_devices
proxy = _get_proxy()
File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/nm.py", line 120, in _get_proxy
cancellable)
Error: g-io-error-quark: Error calling StartServiceByName for org.freedesktop.NetworkManager: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit: Unit not found. (36)
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
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