Bug 14076
Summary: | Testing Voodoo3 config during install locks the machine | ||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | mchampig |
Component: | anaconda | Assignee: | Michael Fulbright <msf> |
Status: | CLOSED DUPLICATE | QA Contact: | |
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
Priority: | medium | ||
Version: | 7.3 | CC: | harri.haataja |
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Hardware: | alpha | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |
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Last Closed: | 2000-08-17 20:34:47 UTC | Type: | --- |
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Description
mchampig
2000-07-16 18:58:18 UTC
Update: I left the RAM unprobed and tested the configuration. This time I got a 640x480 screen and it returned to the Xconfigurator screen. I went forward into the custom configuration screen and was offered a single choice...640x480 at 8-bit depth!!!! I *thought* my Voodoo3 was more capable. :-) The console shows it recognized texture memory of 15.97M. (Weird number). Anyway, during the install screen the graphics are totally scrambled. The progress meter widgets are visible but are superimposed with the Red Hat logo pixmap. The button widgets have disappeared too! I think Voodoo3 configuration needs *lots* of work. anaconda doesn't use Xconfigurator in GUI mode... please file a separate bug on that. What did you mean by "left the RAM unproped" - did you just leave it at 256 kB? If so, that explains the 640x480 (and the texture memory is probably card memory - memory used for screen memory) Yes, that's correct. I left it checked at 256k so I suppose that explains the small window (though it doesn't explain the scrambed graphics during the install afterwards). Ultimately, it should probe correctly for 16MB and not lock when coming back from the test screen. Just to clarify...the problem is with anaconda. It is making very poor choices about default screen resolutions. I've verified this now with Voodoo3, S3/Virge, and Matrox Mystique cards. It usually gives either an interlaced screen mode or a huge viewport. Pressing the "Test Configuration" button is *very* risky. Note that I've hung a lot of installs that way or else the graphics are "frozen" but the install proceeds (I can tell by looking at the other consoles). All cards are very nicely configured by Xconfigurator once I've completed the install. So it's just a matter of selecting a text login the first time, configuring the cards, and starting at runlevel 7 for the next reboot. Please verify against beta 5 - we seem to have corrected this problem. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 14474 *** |