Bug 63037

Summary: X fails after install
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Public Beta Reporter: Henrik Karlsson <z95kahe>
Component: XFree86Assignee: Mike A. Harris <mharris>
Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE QA Contact: Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version: skipjack-beta2   
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Hardware: i386   
OS: Linux   
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Logfile from XFree86
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Kickstart file created by anaconda with the autodetected hardware
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Description Henrik Karlsson 2002-04-09 15:30:16 UTC
Description of Problem:
X fails to start after install on a Dell OptiPlex Gn+ with with a "S3 Trio 
64V2/DX or /GX" graphics card.

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


How Reproducible:
Every install

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install RedHat skipjack2
2. reboot
3. 

Actual Results:
"INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes"

Expected Results:
A nice *dm login screen

Additional Information:

Comment 1 Henrik Karlsson 2002-04-09 15:33:57 UTC
Created attachment 52864 [details]
Logfile from XFree86

Comment 2 Henrik Karlsson 2002-04-09 15:35:42 UTC
Created attachment 52865 [details]
Kickstart file created by anaconda with the autodetected hardware

Comment 3 Michael Fulbright 2002-04-09 16:45:21 UTC
Could you please attach the XF86Config-4 file as well?

Comment 4 Henrik Karlsson 2002-04-10 09:09:07 UTC
Created attachment 53047 [details]
The XF86Config file generated by anaconda

Comment 5 Michael Fulbright 2002-04-10 20:33:49 UTC
This appears to be a X driver bug.

Comment 6 Mike A. Harris 2002-04-11 16:17:29 UTC
XFree86 4.2.0 does not support this card yet.  The Cards entry specified
the XFree86 4 "s3" driver, however it also lists "UNSUPPORTED" which should
force this to use the 3.3.6 server by default.

So, there are two possibilities I can think of:

1) XFree86 4.x was forced during install, in which case this is not a bug,
   because it is unsupported.

2) If anaconda did indeed configure this card to default to 4.x, then
   it is a bug in anaconda or Xconfigurator dependign on which was used
   during install.



Comment 7 Henrik Karlsson 2002-04-11 17:36:48 UTC
I don't remember that i used force to install XFree86 4.x. I can reinstall the
machine next week if it is needed.

Comment 8 Mike A. Harris 2002-04-13 11:46:06 UTC
The current releases of Xconfigurator, anaconda, hwdata should default
this card to using XFree86 3.3.6.  Jeremy Katz tested and confirmed this.