[Spacewalk-list] getting error when attempting to create a Kickstart Profile

[Paul Robert Marino]

try running "cobbler check" and see if it gives you any selinux errors.
that is a very likely candidate for the cause.
another possibility is make sure you have syslinux installed.


On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Jerome Yanga <jerome.yanga at gmail.com> wrote:
> No.  I get the error below.  Does this mean I have to have PXE linux
> in location /usr/lib/syslinux/?  I just want to make sure because I
> did not see this in the install wiki.
>
> [root at testspacewalk ~]# cobbler sync
> task started: 2012-05-07_064042_sync
> task started (id=Sync, time=Mon May  7 06:40:42 2012)
> running pre-sync triggers
> cleaning trees
> removing: /var/www/cobbler/images/fedora_13_x86_dist:1:SpacewalkDefaultOrganization
> removing: /var/lib/tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
> removing: /var/lib/tftpboot/grub/efidefault
> removing: /var/lib/tftpboot/grub/images
> removing: /var/lib/tftpboot/images/fedora_13_x86_dist:1:SpacewalkDefaultOrganization
> removing: /var/lib/tftpboot/s390x/profile_list
> copying bootloaders
> Exception occured: <class 'cexceptions.CX'>
> Exception value: 'Could not find files matching /usr/lib/syslinux/pxelinux.0'
> Exception Info:
>  File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line 89, in run
>    rc = self._run(self)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/remote.py", line
> 184, in runner
>    return self.remote.api.sync(self.options.get("verbose",False),logger=self.logger)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/api.py", line 701, in sync
>    return sync.run()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/action_sync.py",
> line 114, in run
>    self.tftpd.sync(self.verbose)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/modules/manage_in_tftpd.py",
> line 163, in sync
>    self.pxegen.copy_bootloaders()
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/pxegen.py", line 97,
> in copy_bootloaders
>    dst, api=self.api, cache=False, logger=self.logger)
>   File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/cobbler/utils.py", line
> 1237, in copyfile_pattern
>    raise CX(_("Could not find files matching %s") % pattern)
>
> !!! TASK FAILED !!!
>
>
> Regards,
> j
>
> On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Milan Zazrivec <mzazrivec at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On Friday 04 May 2012 19:31:00 Jerome Yanga wrote:
>>> In my attempt to create a Kickstart Profile, I am followed the document
>>> below.
>>>
>>> https://fedorahosted.org/spacewalk/wiki/HowToKickstartCobbler
>>>
>>> I encounter an error after providing the Root Password and click on
>>> Finish.  This would be the step 1g.  The error I get is as follows:
>>>
>>> " Internal Server Error
>>>
>>> The server experienced a problem which prevented your request from
>>> being filled out. It may not be possible to execute this action at
>>> this time.
>>>
>>> Please help us correct this problem by contacting us with details of
>>> how you received this message."
>>>
>>> FYI, I tried following the document above due to the error "No trees
>>> were found for the selected channel"  in the Kickstartable Tree field.
>>
>> Is your cobbler up & running correctly? Does
>>
>>    cobbler sync
>>
>> executed on your Spacewalk as root finish succesfuly?
>>
>> -MZ
>>
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