Description of problem: I can cause my PC to freeze when I switch between the terminals during an install of rawhide. I downloaded todays boot.iso and booted from it. I started the install, selected the packages I wanted, and clicked next. I then switched to the F5 terminal, then F4, then F3, then F2, then F1, then F2, then F3, then F4, then F5, then F7, and freeze. I have a Number Nine Revolution IV video card with 32MB ram and a SGI 1600SW LCD monitor. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): todays boot.iso How reproducible: switch windows many times. Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Additional info:
The freeze seems to happen becuase of the XConfig.test file that generates is not right. I will attach three files to this bug. One will be a file that when used will cause the PC to freeze. The other will be a file that when used will not cause the PC to freeze but is unusable (the screen goes black with white lines every quarter of an inch). The third file is a xorg.conf that works great.
Created attachment 124755 [details] this config causes the PC to freeze
Created attachment 124756 [details] this config does not cause the PC to freeze but is unusable
Created attachment 124757 [details] perfect working xorg.conf
the file in Comment 2 is what is generated by the system. the file in Comment 3 is what is generated by the system if I boot from the boot.iso CD and type in linux resolution=1600x1024. The installer starts X but is unusable (black screen with white lines).
The file attachments are unreadable when I click on them. Perhaps you didn't attach them as type text/plain? If so, you can change that in the edit menu. Thanks in advance.
Created attachment 124892 [details] causes PC to freeze
Created attachment 124893 [details] does not cause PC to freeze but is not usable
Created attachment 124894 [details] perfect working xorg.conf
I have reattached the files. Can you view these files?
Our config tools have been updated to detect SGI 1600SW and our X server has the custom mode lines for this monitor now built into it. We do not have this hardware or any way of directly testing it however, but hopefully it will work in FC5 final now.