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Anaconda installer fails to start

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Hi, i'm trying to install from the Fedora 18 live cd. When i try to begin the installation, there is an error popup at the bottom of the screen that says anaconda failed to start. When trying to run anaconda from a terminal i get the following report...

Code:

** (anaconda:2855): WARNING **: Could not open X display
No protocol specified
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 923, in <module>
    setupDisplay(anaconda, opts)
  File "/usr/sbin/anaconda", line 585, in setupDisplay
    anaconda.initInterface()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/__init__.py", line 213, in initInterface
    from pyanaconda.ui.gui import GraphicalUserInterface
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/pyanaconda/ui/gui/__init__.py", line 22, in <module>
    import meh.ui.gui
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/meh/ui/gui.py", line 23, in <module>
    from gi.repository import Gtk
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gi/importer.py", line 76, in load_module
    dynamic_module._load()
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gi/module.py", line 244, in _load
    overrides_modules = __import__('gi.overrides', fromlist=[self._namespace])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/gi/overrides/Gtk.py", line 1624, in <module>
    raise RuntimeError("Gtk couldn't be initialized")
RuntimeError: Gtk couldn't be initialized



---------- Post added 21st March 2013 at 06:54 AM ---------- Previous post was 20th March 2013 at 09:29 PM ----------

This bug report looks very similar, although he was using a VM. I'll wait and see if it gets fixed.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893218

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