[lug] RedHat Network & Python Droppings

[D. Stimits]

Nate Duehr wrote:
> 
> 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

What happens if you manually make sure the email field is completely
empty?

D. Stimits, stimits at idcomm.com

> 
> 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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