The VM host? Dell XPS27 successfully installed using the identical Kickstart process/configuration. Under these conditions "Setting up Package Sacks" is still the last text in packaging.log. The repo satisfies other Kickstart installs and ad-hoc updates.įurther tests showed that the "Pane is dead" error occurs even if the only action is to select text over VNC mode of operation. The client is on same subnet as repo server, not behind proxy or firewall. Hanging during "Setting up Package Sacks" is apparently not uncommon but usually occurs because of being behind proxy, using https, or conflicting yum processes or stale yum data. The last line of /tmp/packaging.log states hh:mm:ss,mmm DEBUG : Setting up Package Sacks. When text based, I can get to the shell but this reveals little. The last HTTP activity is the request of 2, the request being satisfied and this being recorded in the access log.
I think I can rule that out because the error occurs without a cfg present and besides the cfg file works happily with physical install clients. Looking on the web I can see that the "Pane is dead" message is often caused by missing %end in the cfg file. I assume this is the same condition when running graphical install. However, typically on entering an installation source (in this case ) I see a burst of HTTP activity on the server and after some 4700 requests the client display the message "Pane is dead". Now in the text based, interactive installer I can make fill in required data. So I try for a simple install by removing "inst.ks" from the boot line and adding "inst.text" giving: images/ol7/vmlinuz initrd=images/ol7/initrd.img inst.stage2= inst.text The client is pingable but otherwise unresponsive.
I cannot get to the virtual terminals under these conditions. But having finished with that file the screen clears and then nothing else appears to happen. Using the same DHCP/TFTP and cfg file, when the Kickstart environment is entered the cfg file is read successfully. I'm attempting to install OEL 7.1 (or 7.2) and it fails during the examination of packages on the repo server. Having successfully used Kickstart installation for a few months on physical machines I am now attempting to use the same method/configuration applied to a VM created and managed in VirtualBox.
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