Bug 173229

Summary:	anaconda crashes after choosing custom resolution
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Stefan Geuns <bitrain>
Component:	rhpxl	Assignee:	Chris Lumens <clumens>
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Description Stefan Geuns 2005-11-15 14:00:21 UTC

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Description of problem:
Boot the latest boot.iso with these commandline options:
linux graphical resolution=1400x1050

I get the error as shown below and the installer quits. 

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
anaconda-10.89.12-1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. boot boot.iso
2. type: linux graphical resolution=1400x1050
3. select http and wait until graphical part starts
  

Actual Results:  Installer crashed while starting

Expected Results:  Installer should have started in graphical mode.

Additional info:

File "/usr/bin/anaconda", line 963, in ?
runres_override
File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/rhpxl/xhwstate.py", line 154, in get_valid_resolution
xcfg = xhwstate.XF86.HardwareState(defcard=videohw, defmon=monitorhw)
NameError: Global name 'xhwstate' is not defined

I'm running in vmware 5.5 beta 2 (build 18007)
I made an IDE HD of 6 GB.
Videocard outside vmware is a ati x300 mobile and screen support resolution up to 1400x1050. vmware supports this too, because I had core 4 running before.
If I don't enter the resolution= part, then the installer starts as normal.

Comment 1 Chris Lumens 2005-11-15 15:17:57 UTC

Please try tomorrow and let me know if it works for you.

Comment 2 Stefan Geuns 2005-11-17 17:23:38 UTC

Works now. 
Would it be possible to enlarge the installation area instead of using the
brownish background?

Comment 3 Chris Lumens 2005-12-02 16:08:02 UTC

We only really have images that work at the regular resolution and the lowres
version, so it'd probably look pretty weird if we made the installation area larger.