Description of problem: Anaconda (?, the installer that is loaded by Fedora Install Disk 1) correctly identifies my NVIDIA Geforce 2 MX and my Gateway CM751 monitor (same as Hitachi CM751). The graphical installer fails with: XIO: fatal IO error 104 I can install with linux text mode, and set up X later on, so we know X can handle the setup. A similar install with Redhat 9 works just fine in graphical mode. This is not a show stopper, of course, but it might upset newbie users. Rather than a cryptic XIO error message, how about a user friendly (that is, usable and self-explanatory) message, or better yet using the same code as the X configuration later in the setup? Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): anaconda 9.0.95 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Load Fedora Test 3 (0.95) Install Disk 1 2. Default graphical install Actual Results: 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" install exited abnormally sending termination signals...done [and so forth] Expected Results: good: an understandable error message better: drop back into text install best: drop back to real X setup as Additional info: Fedora Test 3 Install Disk 1 NVIDIA GeForce 2 MX Gateway CM751 (same as Hitachi CM751)
Created attachment 106829 [details] patch to fix bz108777 for RHEL3 Kristian Høgsbergs' patch to fix this problem - this has already been fixed in fedora, and Dell is requesting we apply the same fix to RHEL3
Commited targeting for U5 builds
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2005-191.html