Why yum fails with TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable ?

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Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Satellite
  • Red Hat Network (RHN)
  • Red Hat Subscription Management

Issue

  • yum fails with TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable when trying to install or update rpm packages

  • yum update, yum repolist, or yum check-update fails with following traceback:

# yum update
Loaded plugins: rhnplugin, security
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/yum", line 29, in ?
    yummain.user_main(sys.argv[1:], exit_code=True)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 309, in user_main
    errcode = main(args)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 161, in main
    return exFatal(e)
  File "/usr/share/yum-cli/yummain.py", line 64, in exFatal
    logger.critical('\n\n%s', to_unicode(e))
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1019, in critical
    apply(self._log, (CRITICAL, msg, args), kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1078, in _log
    record = self.makeRecord(self.name, level, fn, lno, msg, args, exc_info)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 1064, in makeRecord
    return LogRecord(name, level, fn, lno, msg, args, exc_info)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py", line 226, in __init__
    if args and (len(args) == 1) and args[0] and (type(args[0]) == types.DictType):
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not callable
  • Tried to re-register the system by running rhn_register and it failed with error message
An error has occurred:              
Network error:                      
See /var/log/up2date for more information
  • From /var/log/update log file can see the below error message
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn_register", line 82, in ?
    app.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhncli.py", line 66, 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 1753, in main
    tui.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/tui.py", line 1645, in run
    result = win.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/tui.py", line 127, in run
    tui_call_wrapper(self.screen, rhnreg.getCaps)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/tui.py", line 66, in tui_call_wrapper
    results = func(*params)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnreg.py", line 295, in getCaps
    s.capabilities.validate()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 159, in __get_capabilities
    self.registration.welcome_message()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/up2date_client/rhnserver.py", line 69, in __call__
    raise up2dateErrors.NetworkError(message)
up2date_client.up2dateErrors.NetworkError: Network error

Resolution

  • If using RHN:
  • If using RHN Satellite:
    • If this system is registerd with Satellite then redeploy the '/usr/share/rhn/RHN-ORG-TRUSTED-SSL-CERT' file from Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite to the client machine.

  • If using RHSM:

    • Disable RHN plugins:

    RHN Classic Plugins:
    rhnplugin.conf
    refresh-package.conf

    [root@localhost ~]# vim /etc/yum/pluginconf.d/rhnplugin.conf

    [main]
    enabled = 0
    gpgcheck = 1

    • Clean yum cache data:

    [root@localhost ~]# yum clean all
    Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin
    Cleaning up Everything

    • Remove (or rename) the systemid file:

    [root@localhost ~]# cd /etc/sysconfig/rhn
    [root@localhost ~]# mv systemid rhnclassic.systemid

    • Re-register system to RHSM:

    [root@localhost ~]# subscription-manager register --autosubscribe --force

Root Cause

  • This error indicate's that this system is not checking in with Red Hat Network (RHN).

Diagnostic Steps

  • Commenting out lines 226 and 227 of /usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/init.py file permitted yum to display the proper error message.
# cp  /usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py  /usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py.orig
- comment out line 226 and 227 in /usr/lib64/python2.4/logging/__init__.py
# if args and (len(args) == 1) and args[0] and (type(args[0]) == types.DictType):
#            args = args[0]

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