From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 564 invoked by alias); 23 Jan 2003 13:33:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact insight-prs-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: insight-prs-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 540 invoked by uid 71); 23 Jan 2003 13:33:00 -0000 Resent-Date: 23 Jan 2003 13:33:00 -0000 Resent-Message-ID: <20030123133300.539.qmail@sources.redhat.com> Resent-From: insight-gnats@sources.redhat.com (GNATS Filer) Resent-Cc: insight-prs@sources.redhat.com Resent-Reply-To: insight-gnats@sources.redhat.com, prashantnamdeo@hotmail.com Received: (qmail 32680 invoked by uid 48); 23 Jan 2003 13:30:07 -0000 Message-Id: <20030123133007.32679.qmail@sources.redhat.com> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 13:33:00 -0000 From: prashantnamdeo@hotmail.com Reply-To: prashantnamdeo@hotmail.com To: insight-gnats@sources.redhat.com X-Send-Pr-Version: gnatsweb-2.9.3 (1.1.1.1.2.31) Subject: insight/208: anaconda X-SW-Source: 2003-q1/txt/msg00015.txt.bz2 List-Id: >Number: 208 >Category: insight >Synopsis: anaconda >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: high >Responsible: unassigned >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: net >Arrival-Date: Thu Jan 23 13:33:00 UTC 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Prashant Namdeo >Release: RED HAT LINUX 8.0 >Organization: >Environment: i386 >Description: Description of problem: It had occured during installation after selecting packages to install Traceback(most recent call Last); File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui-py", Line 786 , inhandleRenderCallback self.currentWindow.renderCallback() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iw/progress-gui.py", Line 149 , inrenderCallback self.intf.icw.nextClicked() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/gui.py",Line 632 , innext Clicked self.dispatch.gotoNext() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 150 , ingotoNext self.moveStep() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/dispatch.py", Line 215 , inmovestep rc=apply(func,self.bindArgs(args)) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/packages.py", Line 430 , in turnOnFilesystems Partitions.doMetaDeletes(diskset) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/partitions.py", Line 1110 , indoMetaDeletes (vm.vgactivate()) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/iutil.py", Line 66 , in execWithRedirect childpid = os.fork() OSError[errno 12] cannot allocate memory This bug had ocured during installation of Red Hat Linux >How-To-Repeat: I have partitioned my 20 GB HDD in the following way 1) Make a partition of 518MB using microsoft's fdisk utility 2) reboot the system 3) Make a primary partition of +512M using Linux fdisk 4)Make another primary partition of +300M using red hat linux's fdisk 5) Make extended partition from remaining space using microsoft's fdisk 1st logical drive = 6283M 2nd logical drive = 6275M 3rd logical drive = 5193M 6) reboot the system 7) delete 3rd logical drive using microsoft fdisk 9) reboot using linux CD 10) create following partitions /home = +900M /var = +384M /tmp = +256M /usr = remaining 11 ) follow steps on the screen Now as soon as you select packages for installation suddenly a widoe appears with the code written above >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: