Bug 233133
Summary: | The installer forces text mode on a HP 6400 | ||||||
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Product: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Reporter: | David A. Houston <dhouston> | ||||
Component: | xorg-x11-drv-vesa | Assignee: | Adam Jackson <ajax> | ||||
Status: | CLOSED ERRATA | QA Contact: | |||||
Severity: | urgent | Docs Contact: | |||||
Priority: | urgent | ||||||
Version: | 5.0 | CC: | ajax, desktop-bugs, gewasiuk, johnsond, rpacheco, treilly, zcerza | ||||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||
Target Release: | --- | ||||||
Hardware: | i386 | ||||||
OS: | Linux | ||||||
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Fixed In Version: | RHBA-2007-0581 | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | ||||
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||
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Last Closed: | 2007-11-07 17:29:10 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||
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Description
David A. Houston
2007-03-20 16:13:25 UTC
We're not including monitor sections anymore on purpose - we're using X's autoconfiguration code to handle all this stuff for us. If you encounter a situation where adding a monitor section is required, then it's a problem with how X is setting itself up. Reassigning. This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux maintenance release. Product Management has requested further review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Update release for currently deployed products. This request is not yet committed for inclusion in an Update release. Ajax, Can you post the patch you created? Created attachment 152577 [details]
vesa-1.3.0-range-hack.patch
Backport from rawhide.
Zack, David Houston hs the alptp back. I trust that he can test the beta when it is made available. Zack, David Houston has the laptop back. I trust that he can test the beta when it is made available. Built xorg-x11-drv-vesa 1.3.0-8.1.el5. ->MODIFIED. This is essentially a backport of slightly-post-F7 vesa driver, but all changes between then and now are relevant to this bug. Does QA have this laptop somewhere? Tim, You'll have to ping Dave Houston and see if he can be off assistance. He has the only one that I am personally aware of. An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2007-0581.html |