[abrt] anaconda-13.21.215: MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers. file: /tmp/.treeinfo, line: 2 'kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz\n'

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Issue

  • While installing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 using DVD, anaconda crashes with the following abrt message.
cmdline:        /usr/bin/python  /usr/bin/anaconda
executable:     /usr/bin/anaconda
exnFileName:    /tmp/anaconda-tb-atDCrc
hashmarkername: anaconda
kernel:         2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
last_occurrence: 1394127462
other involved packages: 
product:        Red Hat Enterprise Linux
release:        Cannot get release name.
time:           jue 06 mar 2014 12:37:42 COT
version:        6.5

anaconda-tb-atDCrc: Text file, 753721 bytes

description:
:The following was filed automatically by anaconda:
:anaconda 13.21.215 exception report
:Traceback (most recent call first):
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 482, in _read
:    raise MissingSectionHeaderError(fpname, lineno, line)
:  File "/usr/lib64/python2.6/ConfigParser.py", line 286, in read
:    self._read(fp, filename)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 802, in _getReleasever
:    ConfigParser.read(c, treeinfo)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 844, in doConfigSetup
:    self.preconf.releasever = self._getReleasever()
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 391, in setup
:    self.doConfigSetup(root=self.anaconda.rootPath)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py", line 1341, in doBackendSetup
:    self.ayum.setup()
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/backend.py", line 213, in doBackendSetup
:    if anaconda.backend.doBackendSetup(anaconda) == DISPATCH_BACK:
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 210, in moveStep
:    rc = stepFunc(self.anaconda)
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", line 126, in gotoNext
:    self.moveStep()
:  File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py", line 1370, in nextClicked
:    self.anaconda.dispatch.gotoNext()
:MissingSectionHeaderError: File contains no section headers.
:file: /tmp/.treeinfo, line: 2
:'kernel = images/pxeboot/vmlinuz\n'

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5

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