[lug] RedHat Network & Python Droppings

[Nate Duehr]

Hi all, 

Trying to set up the RedHat Network stuff on a couple of machines that
are older RedHat 6.2 boxes.

Using all of the updated RPM's necessary.

When I run rhn_register all goes well until the point where the machine
asks for username and password (which I have).  I put in the username
and password and e-mail address and get...

Traceback (innermost last):
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn_register", line 119, in ?
    main()
  File "/usr/sbin/rhn_register", line 100, in main
    tui.main()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/register/tui.py", line 1033, in main
    tui.run()
  File "/usr/share/rhn/register/tui.py", line 982, in run
    win = self.windows[index](self.screen, self)
  File "/usr/share/rhn/register/tui.py", line 422, in __init__
    self.emailContactButton.setValue("*")
AttributeError: setValue

Any of you Python-heads have any idea what Python was trying to tell me
here?

It looks to me like it's unhappy with a value of "*" which I never
input, so I'd bet this is some goofy bug -- but really don't have a way
to tell for sure.  

I e-mailed RedHat and their answer was "use the X interface".. well,
hmm.  Morons!  This is a server.  It has no X, nor would I ever PUT X on
it.  Sigh... Especially bad response considering I'm talking to them
about spending some serious money on RHN.

Not to mention it's halfway around the world and I'd have to tunnel X
via SSH anyway...

-- 
Nate Duehr <nate at natetech.com>

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