Bug 216567

Summary: Graphical display managers does not start after firstboot
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Reporter: Dominic Duval <dduval>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-atiAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
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Version: 5.0CC: cbasquez, dkovalsk
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Description Dominic Duval 2006-11-21 04:02:03 UTC
Description of problem:

X not configured properly after installation

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

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 4.92 (Tikanga) - no updates

How reproducible:

Has occured once so far. Will test again latter.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RHEL4 Beta2 in graphical mode
2. Go through the firstboot questions.
3. Wait for the X display manager to come up.
  
Actual results:

Even though the graphical screen shows up correctly in the install and in
firstboot, the graphical display manager fails to come up properly. Text mode is
not available on a virutal console. A manual reboot is required for the
graphical display to come up properly.

Expected results:

Working graphical display manager right after firstboot has been executed.

Additional info:

hardware configuration:

        Manufacturer: IBM
        Product Name: 2373HU6
        Version: ThinkPad T41 

Video card:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon Mobility M7 LW
[Radeon Mobility 7500]

Comment 1 Dominic Duval 2006-11-21 04:44:01 UTC
Just installed this T41 for the second time. Exact same issue. 

Please note that the install disc was booted using "linux askmethod" and I did a
network (NFS) install. I can't see how this could affect the X configuration,
however. Everything else was very standard. 

Comment 2 David Kovalsky 2006-11-22 14:36:24 UTC
same problem, 2 different machines

After grub there is no output, until welcome screen comes up, also no output
after CTRL+ALT+F1

Installed from PXE. I can reboot as many times as I like with the same results.

Video Card:
01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV380 [Radeon X600]

Comment 3 Jeremy Katz 2006-11-28 18:08:45 UTC
Does it work the next reboot?  What if you remove rhgb from the boot command line?

Comment 4 David Kovalsky 2006-11-29 13:01:28 UTC
I'm not using rhgb (I usually remove it soon after intalation), as I stated
above, booted several times with the same results.