Bug 236117

Summary: X won't start when using vesa driver
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Steven Usdansky <usdanskys>
Component: xorg-x11-drv-vesaAssignee: Adam Jackson <ajax>
Status: CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA QA Contact:
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: rawhideCC: mcepl, xgl-maint
Target Milestone: ---   
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2008-02-18 16:14:54 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Attachments:
Description Flags
xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log
none
Xorg log file from running X with no xorg.conf none

Description Steven Usdansky 2007-04-11 23:47:03 UTC 
Description of problem:
X won't start when using the vesa driver; I need to use the fbdev driver. The
vesa driver worked fine in FC6.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
xorg-x11-drv-vesa-1.3.0-5.fc7.i386

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. configure /etc/X11/xorg.conf to use vesa driver
2. startx
3.
  
Actual results:
X does not start

Expected results:
X starts normally

Additional info:
attached file contains copies of
  1. /etc/X11/xorg.conf
  2. /var/log/Xorg.).log
Comment 1 Steven Usdansky 2007-04-11 23:47:03 UTC 
Created attachment 152330 [details]
xorg.conf and Xorg.0.log
Comment 2 Matěj Cepl 2007-04-12 14:20:14 UTC 
Steven, could you try to restart Xorg without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf whatsoever?
What happens? COuld you attach /var/log/Xorg.*.log from this excercise, please?
Comment 3 Steven Usdansky 2007-04-12 19:09:24 UTC 
Created attachment 152500 [details]
Xorg log file from running X with no xorg.conf

the via driver has never worked for me; I've always used the vesa driver
Comment 4 Adam Jackson 2007-05-26 18:06:50 UTC 
Do you happen to have an X log from using the vesa driver in FC6?

The log file for running with the vesa driver shows no modes coming back from
the BIOS; I'm curious to know why that would have worked in FC6 but not now.
Comment 5 Adam Jackson 2008-02-18 16:14:54 UTC 
No word in nine months, closing.

I suspect this is due to x86emu triggering different behaviour than vm86 though.