Bug 14890 - Install fails on noname mb on xf86_vga
Summary: Install fails on noname mb on xf86_vga
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Status: CLOSED DEFERRED
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: installer
Version: 6.2
Hardware: alpha
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Matt Wilson
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2000-07-31 15:44 UTC by Need Real Name
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:27 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2000-10-04 19:28:42 UTC
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Description Need Real Name 2000-07-31 15:44:24 UTC 
Trying to install from CD on a noname motherboard.  Boot from SRM:
boot dka500 -fi /kernels/generic.gz -fl /dev/scd0

Boot goes along fine, finds the CD, linux is booting up, then consistently
get the error message:
/usr/X11R6/bin/xf86_vga16 missing falling back vga16
traceback /usr/bin/anaconda line 215 in ?
file /usr/lib/anaconda/xserver.py line 192 in StartX
osexecv(serverPath, args)
OSError: [Errorno 2] no such file or directory

From official RH6.2 for Alpha disk install.
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