Bug 74786

Summary:	Graphical installation fails on VMware guest install
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	Russell Steffen <rsteffen>
Component:	installer	Assignee:	Michael Fulbright <msf>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Brock Organ <borgan>
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Version:	8.0
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Description Russell Steffen 2002-10-01 17:13:49 UTC

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Description of problem:
Attempting to start a graphical install of Red Hat 8 as a guest
OS under VMware fails. The X server stops with the message:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

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


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Boot VMware into Red Hat 8 installer
2. Select graphical installation at the boot menu
3.
	

Actual Results:  X Server dies with error message after briefly blanking and
resizing
the VMware window. The error message left in /tmp/X.log is :

Fatal server error:
AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0

Expected Results:  Should have started the X server and continued on through the
installation.

Additional info:

The text install seems to work better under VMware, however the text installer
is missing important functionality (like LVM comfiguration).

Comment 1 Michael Fulbright 2002-10-01 18:41:43 UTC

We do not support installation of Red Hat Linux under vmware.