Bug 72088
Summary: | graphic install fails: Cannot open display: :1 | ||||||||||
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Product: | [Retired] Red Hat Linux | Reporter: | Need Real Name <grover> | ||||||||
Component: | XFree86 | Assignee: | Mike A. Harris <mharris> | ||||||||
Status: | CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE | QA Contact: | Brock Organ <borgan> | ||||||||
Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |||||||||
Priority: | medium | ||||||||||
Version: | 8.0 | ||||||||||
Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||||||
Target Release: | --- | ||||||||||
Hardware: | i386 | ||||||||||
OS: | Linux | ||||||||||
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Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | Bug Fix | |||||||||
Doc Text: | Story Points: | --- | |||||||||
Clone Of: | Environment: | ||||||||||
Last Closed: | 2004-01-10 16:30:40 UTC | Type: | --- | ||||||||
Regression: | --- | Mount Type: | --- | ||||||||
Documentation: | --- | CRM: | |||||||||
Verified Versions: | Category: | --- | |||||||||
oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |||||||||
Cloudforms Team: | --- | Target Upstream Version: | |||||||||
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Bug Depends On: | |||||||||||
Bug Blocks: | 79579, 82779, 100644 | ||||||||||
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Description
Need Real Name
2002-08-21 02:05:18 UTC
If you boot with 'linux nokill', what sort of error is in /tmp/X.log if you look from tty2 after the install dies? This was a bit of a pain to get, since >90% of the keyboard was nonfunctional after the installer crashed (even with the 'nokill' option). The only keys/key combinations that appeared to function were Alt-Fn, Ctl-Alt-Del and Shift-PageUp/PageDown. So I had to cat the log file in the short time between when the X server started and when it crashed. Anyway, here's the file (/tmp/X.log), I'm pretty sure it's complete: XFree86 Version 4.2.0 (RedHat Linux release: 4.2.0-65)/X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6600) Release Date: 23 January 2002 If the server is older that 6-12 months, or if your card is newer that the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/) Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.18-11smp I686 [ELF] Build Host: daffy.perf.redhat.com Module Loader present Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown. (++) Log file: "/dev/null/", Time: Wed Aug 21 20:38:59 2002 (++) using config file: "/tmp/XF86Config.test" (EE) Failed to load module "glx" (module does not exist, 0) IBM ITUX97E Color, Single, TFT (EE) R128(0): No valid modes found (EE) Screen(s) found, abut none have a usable configuration Fatal server error: no screens found When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the full server output, not just the last messages. This can be found in the log file "/dev/null". Please report problems to xfree86. Can you try booting with 'resolution=<mode>', where <mode> is the mode your LCD uses? For example, if it runs at 1024x768, try linux resolution=1024x768 My LCD screen is 1600x1200; I tried booting with: linux resolution=1600x1200 But the installer still failed with the same "could not open display" error. What model is the LCD? here's the answer to the problem: http://www.spinics.net/lists/xf-newbie/msg01639.html It appears the vertical refresh range being pegged at 60 is too narrow a range, and the driver wants to use a 65 Hz refresh rate. You could kludge this for now by manually using a wider VertRefresh range. Does this problem occur in the latest beta release (phoebe)? Alternatively, does it occur using the XFree86 from rawhide in 8.0? I've tried installing the 2 phoebe betas (8.0.92 and 8.0.93): beta 1 (8.0.92) -- graphic install worked if I used the "linux resolution=1600x1200" boot parameter beta 2 (8.0.93) -- graphic install fails, even with the "linux resolution=1600x1200" boot parameter. The install dies with these lines left on the console: Attempting to start native X server waiting for X server to start...log located in /tmp/X.log 1...2...3...4...5... X server started successfully XIO: fatal IO error 104 (Connection reset by peer) on X server ":1.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. install exited abnormally . . -snipped- . you may safely reboot your system. I just tried phoebe beta 3 on this laptop. I get the same result when I try the graphic install, it fails with "XIO: fatal IO error..." It's next to impossible for me to test problems reported with X in the installer. Can you do a text mode installation please, and then configure X post-install with redhat-config-xfree86 and report back what problems you have, with file attachments for your X server log and config file? Created attachment 90371 [details]
XFree86.setup.log
OK, I did a fresh text mode install of 8.0.94 (phoebe beta 3). I skipped the X configuration option during the install. After the install was over and following a reboot, I ran "redhat-config-xfree86", which failed, leaving these console messages: * ddcprobe returned bogus values: ID: None Name: None HorizSync: None VertSync: None Couldn't start X server, trying with a fresh configuration * ddcprobe returned bogus values: ID: None Name: None HorizSync: None VertSync: None Trying with card ATI rage 128 Mobility Error, cannot start X server. "redhat-config-xfree86" did not create an /etc/X11/F86config file. I am attaching my /var/log/XFree86.setup.log file. I copied over the XF86config file from an existing install of RH8.0 on the same laptop, and X will start with this file. I am attaching the RH8 XF86config and /var/log/XFree86.0.log file from the first run of X using this config file. Created attachment 90372 [details]
XFree86.0.log
Created attachment 90373 [details]
XF86Config from RH8.0
This problem is probably fixed in Fedora Core 1, although I can't test it personally. Please upgrade to Fedora Core 1, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, and if the problem persists, reopen the bug report and change the version number to reflect the OS release, and provide updated config/log data, etc. and I'll re-investigate. Red Hat Linux 8.0 and earlier OS releases are no longer supported by Red Hat. Closing as CURRENTRELEASE. |