Bug 103353
| Summary: | Installation fails to start X when monitor ID contains Double Quote (") | ||
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| Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <linux> |
| Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Jeremy Katz <katzj> |
| Status: | CLOSED RAWHIDE | QA Contact: | Mike McLean <mikem> |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | 9 | CC: | j |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | FutureFeature |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | i386 | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Enhancement | |
| Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |
| Clone Of: | Environment: | ||
| Last Closed: | 2006-04-24 18:58:33 UTC | Type: | --- |
| Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- |
| Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |
| Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |
| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
| Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |
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Could you give me the entire model information on this monitor? I do not see it in our monitor database. Thanks. Sorry, I need to make a correction as I was working from memory, please substitute "Identifier" with "ModelName" in my bug report. The monitor in question is an "Optima CM712" this I believe is a rebadged Sampo KM712/CM712 Manufactured: 4/99 Manufacturer Code: SPT The lines in my XG86Config file read... Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "17" COLOR" (Before manual correction) Thanks. Thanks! Fixed. Many Thanks! Is there a simple way to make use of this fix for an existing installation? I just bought a pallet of cheap 17" LCD monitors from Daewoo (model F207) which identify themselves as: 17" LCD I can of course do things in text mode, but the helpers are all trained to use the graphical installer so if there's a quick fix I'd like to use it. Mass-closing lots of old bugs which are in MODIFIED (and thus presumed to be fixed). If any of these are still a problem, please reopen or file a new bug against the release which they're occurring in so they can be properly tracked. |
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows 98) Description of problem: The installer uses the ID of the monitor (in my case 17" COLOR) and places it in the XF86Config file under the section "Monitor" value "Identifier" as shown below... Section "Monitor" Identifier "17" COLOR" ... This breaks the rest of the config file and prevents X from starting up, Anaconda does not recover from this. I can manually edit the file to remove the double quote (") and it works fine. ie.. Identifier "17 COLOR" Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Get a monitor that has a double quote in the identifier 2. Install RH 9.0 3. Actual Results: Drops back to text screen repeatedly, eventually gives text logon prompt. Expected Results: Install completed without intervention so as not to upset the new user. Additional info: