Hi, I'm trying to install the firmware_tools as shown on:
http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/ However, when I run "bootstrap_firmware", I get the error below. Am I missing a package or something? Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/sbin/bootstrap_firmware", line 23, in ? ftmain.main(sys.argv[1:]) File "/usr/share/firmware-tools/ftmain.py", line 109, in main result, resultmsgs = base.doCommands() File "<firmwaretools.peak_util_decorators.rewrap wrapping cli.doCommands at 0x2B6A58C48230>", line 3, in doCommands File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/trace_decorator.py", line 81, in trace result = func(*args, **kw) File "/usr/share/firmware-tools/cli.py", line 134, in doCommands self.opts.mode, self.fullCmdLine, self.args) File "<firmwaretools.peak_util_decorators.rewrap wrapping bootstrap_cmd.doCommand at 0x2B6A5907A758>", line 3, in doCommand File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/trace_decorator.py", line 81, in trace result = func(*args, **kw) File "/usr/share/firmware-tools/plugins/bootstrap_cmd.py", line 61, in doCommand for pkg in base.yieldInventory(): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/__init__.py", line 287, in yieldInventory for dev in self.systemInventory.iterDevices(): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/__init__.py", line 252, in <lambda> fget=lambda self: self._getInventory(), File "<firmwaretools.peak_util_decorators.rewrap wrapping firmwaretools._getInventory at 0x2B6A5833C9B0>", line 3, in _getInventory File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/trace_decorator.py", line 81, in trace result = func(*args, **kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/__init__.py", line 227, in _getInventory self.plugins.run("inventory", inventory=self._systemInventory) File "<firmwaretools.peak_util_decorators.rewrap wrapping firmwaretools.plugins.run at 0x2B6A58340CF8>", line 3, in run File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/trace_decorator.py", line 81, in trace result = func(*args, **kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/plugins.py", line 182, in run getattr(module, hook)(conduitcls(self, self.base, conf), *args, **kargs) File "<firmwaretools.peak_util_decorators.rewrap wrapping dell_ft_ie_interface.ie_interface.inventory_hook at 0x2B6A59809578>", line 3, in inventory_hook File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/firmwaretools/trace_decorator.py", line 81, in trace result = func(*args, **kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dell_ft_ie_interface/ie_interface.py", line 213, in inventory_hook for device in svm.genPackagesFromSvmXml(stdout): File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/dell_ft_ie_interface/svm.py", line 69, in genPackagesFromSvmXml dom = xml.dom.minidom.parseString(xmlstr) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/minidom.py", line 1925, in parseString return expatbuilder.parseString(string) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 942, in parseString return builder.parseString(string) File "/usr/lib64/python2.4/site-packages/_xmlplus/dom/expatbuilder.py", line 223, in parseString parser.Parse(string, True) xml.parsers.expat.ExpatError: syntax error: line 1, column 0 Here's my system info: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.4 (Tikanga) Libsmbios version: 2.2.19 Product Name: PowerEdge 2800 Vendor: Dell Computer Corporation BIOS Version: A05 System ID: 0x016E Service Tag: GPP18B1 Express Service Code: 36382219597 Packages: yum-dellsysid-2.2.19-10.1.el5 dell_ie_rac_5-1.0.8-1 dell_ie_tape_tandberg-1.0.8-1 firmware-addon-dell-2.2.2-5.6.el5 dell_ie_bmc-1.0.8-1 dell_ft_ie_interface-1.0.8-1.6.el5 dell_ie_tape_ibm-1.0.8-1 dell_ie_bios-1.0.8-1 dell_ie_tape_prostor-1.0.8-1 dell-omsa-repository-2-5 dell_ie_sas-1.0.8-1 dell_ie_bp-1.0.8-1 dell_ie_zappa-1.0.8-1 dell_ft_install-1.0-1 dell_ie_imc-1.0.8-1 firmware-tools-2.1.9.d1-2.1.el5 dell_ie_rac_4-1.0.8-1 dell_ie_maser_inv_lcl-1.0.8-1 -- Dale Harris [email protected] [email protected] /.-) _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
