RHEL7 Kickstart Installation fails with ABRT message "UnknownDeviceError: UnknownDeviceError('p2p1', GError('GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.UnknownDevice: No device found for the requested iface.',))"

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Issue

  • While installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta with an existing Kickstart file, anaconda installer crashes with an abrt error containing following messages.
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python  /sbin/anaconda
cmdline_file:   initrd=mrepo/rhel-7Server-x86_64/initrd.img noipv6 text ks=http://server.example.com/rhel7-Server-x86_64/ks.cfg ksdevice=bootif rdblacklist=lpfc rdblacklist=qla2xxx blacklist=lpfc blacklist=qla2xxx nodmraid selinux=0 BOOT_IMAGE=mrepo/rhel-7Server-x86_64/vmlinuz
comment:        
executable:     /sbin/anaconda
hashmarkername: anaconda
kernel:         3.10.0-54.0.1.el7.x86_64
last_occurrence: 1386925929
pkg_arch:       x86_64
pkg_epoch:      0
pkg_name:       anaconda
pkg_release:    1
pkg_version:    19.31.36
product:        Red Hat Enterprise Linux
release:        Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 7.0 Beta (Maipo)
time:           Fri 13 Dec 2013 09:12:09 AM UTC
version:        7.0

anaconda-tb:    Text file, 80756 bytes
ks.cfg:         Text file, 4567 bytes
program.log:    Text file, 5592 bytes
syslog:         Text file, 51192 bytes

backtrace:
:Traceback (most recent call last):
:  File "/sbin/anaconda", line 1033, in <module>
:    networkInitialize(ksdata)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/network.py", line 1143, in networkInitialize
:    devnames = apply_kickstart_from_pre_section(ksdata)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/network.py", line 1129, in apply_kickstart_from_pre_section
:    added_connections = add_connection_for_ksdata(network_data, dev_name)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/network.py", line 515, in add_connection_for_ksdata
:    mac = nm.nm_device_hwaddress(devname)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/nm.py", line 274, in nm_device_hwaddress
:    return nm_device_property(name, "HwAddress")
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/nm.py", line 200, in nm_device_property
:    raise UnknownDeviceError(name, e)
:UnknownDeviceError: UnknownDeviceError('p2p1', GError('GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.UnknownDevice: No device found for the requested iface.',))

description:
:The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
:anaconda 19.31.36-1 exception report
:Traceback (most recent call first):
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/nm.py", line 200, in nm_device_property
:    raise UnknownDeviceError(name, e)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/nm.py", line 274, in nm_device_hwaddress
:    return nm_device_property(name, "HwAddress")
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/network.py", line 515, in add_connection_for_ksdata
:    mac = nm.nm_device_hwaddress(devname)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/network.py", line 1129, in apply_kickstart_from_pre_section
:    added_connections = add_connection_for_ksdata(network_data, dev_name)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/network.py", line 1143, in networkInitialize
:    devnames = apply_kickstart_from_pre_section(ksdata)
:  File "/sbin/anaconda", line 1033, in <module>
:    networkInitialize(ksdata)
:UnknownDeviceError: UnknownDeviceError('p2p1', GError('GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.NetworkManager.UnknownDevice: No device found for the requested iface.',))

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.0 Beta
  • Kickstart Installation

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