initial-setup failed to start with Activation via systemd failed for unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.service': Unit not found

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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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