The Live CD works; Anaconda doesn't

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Hi!

I am currently looking to install Linux onto my PC that I built about a year and a half ago. Here are some of the specifications:

CPU: Intel Core i5-12400

Motherboard: Asus B660 pro

Unfortunately, I have been having some troubles getting a distro to work. I chose Fedora 39 because

  • Manjaro (23.1), Debian (12.4), Mint (21.2) only give a black screen
  • Lubuntu(23.04), Ubuntu (22.04.3) get stuck on a certain command before booting

and Fedora does boot. In fact, I’m typing this post on the Live USB right now…!

…but Anaconda refuses to work. I click on it, it looks like it’s working, but it doesn’t load. I have tried Fedora Media Writer, Etcher, and Rufus (which is the only USB writer thats worked, only on ISO mode).

I do have some data to figure out where this problem comes from. For one, when I run it by the command line, I get

** (process:9724): WARNING **: 20:52:24.933: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

a few times before it attempts to load Anaconda, to no avail. There are some logs attached in a response to this post. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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anaconda.log:
20:52:25,512 INF core.configuration.profile: Loading information about profiles from /etc/anaconda/profile.d.
20:52:25,512 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘almalinux’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/almalinux.conf.
20:52:25,513 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘centos’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/centos.conf.
20:52:25,513 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘circle’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/circle.conf.
20:52:25,513 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-designsuite’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-designsuite.conf.
20:52:25,513 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-eln’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-eln.conf.
20:52:25,513 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-iot’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-iot.conf.
20:52:25,514 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-kde’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-kde.conf.
20:52:25,514 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-kinoite’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-kinoite.conf.
20:52:25,514 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-sericea’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-sericea.conf.
20:52:25,514 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-server’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-server.conf.
20:52:25,514 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-silverblue’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-silverblue.conf.
20:52:25,514 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora-workstation’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-workstation.conf.
20:52:25,515 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘fedora’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf.
20:52:25,515 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘ovirt’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/ovirt.conf.
20:52:25,515 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘rhel’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/rhel.conf.
20:52:25,515 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘rhvh’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/rhvh.conf.
20:52:25,515 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘rocky’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/rocky.conf.
20:52:25,516 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘scientific-linux’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/scientific-linux.conf.
20:52:25,516 INF core.configuration.profile: Found the ‘virtuozzo-linux’ profile at /etc/anaconda/profile.d/virtuozzo-linux.conf.
20:52:25,516 DBG core.configuration.profile: Detecting a profile for ID=fedora, VARIANT_ID=workstation.
20:52:25,516 INF core.configuration.profile: The ‘fedora-workstation’ profile is detected.
20:52:25,516 INF core.configuration.anaconda: Load the ‘fedora-workstation’ profile configuration.
20:52:25,518 INF main: /usr/sbin/anaconda 39.32.6-2.fc39
20:52:25,518 INF core.util: Reporting the IPMI event: 7
20:52:25,534 WRN misc: /usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/users.py:31: DeprecationWarning: ‘crypt’ is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.13
import crypt # pylint: disable=deprecated-module

20:52:25,573 INF startup_utils: check_memory(): total:15886, needed:320
20:52:25,573 DBG startup_utils: Don’t set up proxy variables.
20:52:25,576 INF main: anaconda called with cmdline = [‘/usr/sbin/anaconda’]
20:52:25,576 INF main: Default encoding = utf-8
20:52:25,577 INF misc: Configuration loaded from: [‘/etc/anaconda/anaconda.conf’, ‘/etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora.conf’, ‘/etc/anaconda/profile.d/fedora-workstation.conf’, ‘/etc/anaconda/conf.d/00-do-nothing.conf’, ‘/etc/anaconda/conf.d/01-still-do-nothing.conf’]
20:52:25,577 INF misc: Writing the runtime configuration to: /run/anaconda/anaconda.conf
20:52:25,592 INF core.dbus: Connecting to the Anaconda bus at unix:path=/tmp/dbus-MaIYEcXTIg,guid=710a120eff210e68d7ef02c565bc4ad9.
20:52:26,757 INF main: Found a kickstart file: /usr/share/anaconda/interactive-defaults.ks
20:52:26,776 INF startup_utils: Parsing kickstart: /usr/share/anaconda/interactive-defaults.ks
20:52:27,528 DBG payload.dnf.payload: Use the DNF source from the Anaconda configuration file.
20:52:27,539 DBG localization: setting locale to: en_US.UTF-8
20:52:27,543 DBG network: Initialization started.
20:52:27,546 DBG network: Devices found: [‘enp4s0’]
20:52:27,547 DBG network: Running task Apply kickstart
20:52:27,657 DBG network: Apply kickstart result:
20:52:27,673 DBG network: Running task Dump missing config files
20:52:27,786 DBG network: Dump missing config files result: [‘enp4s0’]
20:52:27,788 DBG network: Creating network configurations.
20:52:27,793 DBG network: Initialization finished.
20:52:27,794 INF core.threads: Running Thread: AnaWaitForConnectingNMThread (140199170205376)
20:52:27,795 DBG anaconda: setting display mode to GUI
20:52:27,804 INF anaconda: Display mode is set to ‘interactive graphical mode’.
20:52:27,832 INF startup_utils: check_memory(): total:15886, needed:320
20:52:27,833 INF startup_utils: check_memory(): total:15886, graphical:410
20:52:27,836 INF network: got 0 NTP servers from DHCP
20:52:27,842 INF core.threads: Thread Done: AnaWaitForConnectingNMThread (140199170205376)
20:52:27,846 WRN misc: /usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/gi/overrides/init.py:108: DeprecationWarning: ‘pkgutil.get_loader’ is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.14; use importlib.util.find_spec() instead
override_loader = get_loader(override_package_name)

20:52:27,847 WRN misc: /usr/lib64/python3.12/pkgutil.py:291: DeprecationWarning: ‘pkgutil.find_loader’ is deprecated and slated for removal in Python 3.14; use importlib.util.find_spec() instead
return find_loader(fullname)

program.log:
20:52:25,569 INF program: Running… losetup --list
20:52:25,573 INF program: Running… auditctl -e 0
20:52:25,576 INF program: enabled 0
20:52:25,576 INF program: failure 1
20:52:25,576 INF program: pid 1267
20:52:25,576 INF program: rate_limit 0
20:52:25,576 INF program: backlog_limit 64
20:52:25,576 INF program: lost 0
20:52:25,576 INF program: backlog 0
20:52:25,576 INF program: backlog_wait_time 60000
20:52:25,576 INF program: backlog_wait_time_actual 0
20:52:25,576 DBG program: Return code: 0
20:52:25,577 INF program: Running… dbus-daemon --print-address --syslog --config-file=/usr/share/anaconda/dbus/anaconda-bus.conf
20:52:27,817 INF program: Running… losetup --list

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Does your PC have an onboard videocard and a videocard you installed? Or do you have onboard video but with different outputs? On some PCs the installer goes to the onboard or a specific onboard output is used instead of the output your monitor is connected to. This would also explain the “black screen” on the other distros.

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How are you launching anaconda?
To begin an installation you should be able to click on the ‘install’ icon and it launches the anaconda installer. Everything there is GUI.

I note that you gave us the processor and part of the motherboard info. There appear to be at least 4 versions of the asus B660 pro board so I cannot be certain I am looking at the proper version…

If I am looking at the correct mobo I see 4 video ports (HDMI, 2 DP, and a D-Sub)
I have no clue which port would be the primary for display during boot and install. I suspect hdmi would be preferred.

I also wonder if , as asked by Alys, you have an additional video card that may be conflicting during the initial boot. If so then remove the add-in card and try with just the on-board graphics.

Is your processor by chance an i5-12400F version? or is it the i5-12400 version?
The F version does not seem to support on-board graphics.

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Okay I am sorry that I am a bit late on this and this thread is tagged as intel and I have infact full amd setup but I am getting the exact same issue described here (except other distros work just fine for me). The problem with being able to run the gui version of anaconda as jeff v said is that, for me at least, it prompts me with the loading mouse cursor for a little while, I see a black window poping up and shutting down instantly. I was able to get what I think is the problem, the error specified by the OP by running anaconda with sudo anaconda in the cli. When I do so it lists out some warrnings then logs me out of gnome and upon logging back in I see the errors very similar to the OP (I will put my log down as it is not exact same in case it helps).
My exact PC specs are:
CPU: Ryzen 5 5500
Motherboard: ASUS PRIME B550M-A
RAM: 16GB
GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6650XT Asus OC edition

I am sorry if I am in the wrong thread as this is not intel and the issue is not exactly the same but it’s the only mention of any part of what’s happening to me. I hope my info helps and that I can resolve the issue at hand.

the console log:

liveuser@localhost-live:~$ sudo anaconda
Starting installer, one moment...

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead

** (process:3853): WARNING **: 18:13:24.055: expected enumeration type void, but got PyBlockDevPlugin instead
anaconda 39.32.6-2.fc39 for anaconda bluesky (pre-release) started.
 * installation log files are stored in /tmp during the installation
 * shell is available on TTY2 and in second TMUX pane (ctrl+b, then press 2)
 * when reporting a bug add logs from /tmp as separate text/plain attachments
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 485, in <module>
    ignore_oemdrv_disks()
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/lib/storage.py", line 387, in ignore_oemdrv_disks
    matched = device_matches("LABEL=OEMDRV", disks_only=True)
              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib64/python3.12/site-packages/pyanaconda/core/storage.py", line 179, in device_matches
    single_spec_matches = udev.resolve_glob(full_spec)
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/blivet/udev.py", line 192, in resolve_glob
    for dev in get_devices():
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/blivet/udev.py", line 105, in get_devices
    dev = device_to_dict(device)
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/blivet/udev.py", line 77, in device_to_dict
    result = dict(device.properties)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyudev/device/_device.py", line 1101, in __getitem__
    return ensure_unicode_string(value)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.12/site-packages/pyudev/_util.py", line 56, in ensure_unicode_string
    value = value.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding())
            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xba in position 0: invalid start byte