Bug 14555

Summary:	Gecko II GUI install fails
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Becky Miller <becky_miller>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Matt Wilson <msw>
Status:	CLOSED RAWHIDE	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	7.1	CC:	mark_rusk, matt_domsch
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Hardware:	i386
OS:	Linux
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Description Becky Miller 2000-07-24 20:50:05 UTC

GUI install fails on the Gecko II.

Probing for mouse type ...
Unknown card, falling back to VGA16
Traceback(innermost last):
File " /usr/lib/anaconda", line 256, in ?
result=xserver.startx()
File "/usr/lib/anaconda/xserver.py", line84, in startX
if not os.access(serverPath, os.x_ok);
TypeError: argument 1: expected string, None found
install exited abnormally.

Comment 1 Becky Miller 2000-07-25 13:41:56 UTC

hwconf info .....

class: VIDEO
bus: PCI
detached: 0
driver: unknown
desc: "ATI|Rage XL"
vendorId: 1002
deviceId: 4752
subVendorId: 1028
subDeviceId: 00ce
pciType: 1         

lspci info .....

00:00.0 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE (rev 06)
00:00.1 Host bridge: ServerWorks CNB20HE (rev 06)
00:02.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08)
00:0e.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27)
00:0f.0 ISA bridge: ServerWorks OSB4 (rev 50)
00:0f.1 IDE interface: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0211
00:0f.2 USB Controller: ServerWorks: Unknown device 0220 (rev 04)
01:02.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7899P (rev 01)
01:02.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7899P (rev 01)

Comment 2 Michael Fulbright 2000-07-25 14:08:02 UTC

Do you happen to know which server works with this video card?

Comment 3 Matt Wilson 2000-07-26 04:20:35 UTC

Please test with beta5, we've mapped this to a generic ATI card.

Comment 4 Becky Miller 2000-07-27 20:34:04 UTC

GUI install on Gecko II works in Beta 5!  Thank you!!

Comment 5 Glen Foster 2000-07-30 19:48:45 UTC

Marking defect as resolved (customer feedback)