Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 103843
Xfree86 won't start in RH 9 but it does with RH 8.
Last modified: 2005-10-31 17:00:50 EST
From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5b) Gecko/20030827 Description of problem: On my Dell C800 which is a PIII 800 ATI M4 video controller, I can't configure Xfree86. The installer seems to work fine, but the options from RH 8 to RH 9 have changed. In RH 8, I could select Dell 1600x Laptop Display Panel during install. That option has disappeared in RH 9. As such, I can never get Xfree86 working at all with RH 9. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Go through regular install process with RH 9 2. Get to video configuration. 3. The Dell 1600x Laptop Display Panel that is an option with Generic Monitor in RH 8, no longer is an option in RH 9. Actual Results: Xfree86 can not start. Keeps getting fatal errors. Same result with new 9.093 beta too. Expected Results: Xfree86 should start Additional info:
File new bug report against XFree86 for the X server failures, as we require one bug per report. Attach your X server log and config file to the XFree86 bug report, along with complete details, and cut and pasted error messages that occur, etc. If the box totally hard locks, disable DRI and see if that makes a difference or not and indicate that in the report. Also attach /var/log/messages. Attach all of those files as individual uncompressed text files to bugzilla using the file attachment feature in your XFree86 bug report. I do not have ATI Mobility laptop for testing however I have an ATI engineering sample AGP card with a Mobility M4 on it. The card never worked before for me but I have 2 newer systems I can at least test it in now to try and reproduce using a CRT monitor - although I have no LCD or flatpanel, so may not be able to reproduce anything. I may be able to try at least now.
The "Generic Laptop Dispaly Panel 1600x1200" that was available in RHL 8 is still there in RHL 9. I will attach a screenshot.
Created attachment 95144 [details] screenshot of Generic 1600x1200 LCD panel screenshot of Generic 1600x1200 LCD panel