Bug 184013 - After text-mode install, system is configured for runlevel 5, rhgb
Summary: After text-mode install, system is configured for runlevel 5, rhgb
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: anaconda
Version: 5
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Anaconda Maintenance Team
QA Contact: Mike McLean
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2006-03-05 00:31 UTC by Alex Stewart
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2006-03-06 16:51:47 UTC
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Description Alex Stewart 2006-03-05 00:31:38 UTC
Description of problem:

Due to driver compatibility issues with my video card, I had to perform a text-
mode install of FC5test3.  However, after successfully installing the system, 
whenever I attempted to boot it, it would go through some of the usual startup 
and then show me a screen full of garbage.  This appears to be because it was 
configured for runlevel 5, with rhgb and the GUI post-install screen, none of 
which work on my system because the X server does not work with my card (which 
is why I was doing a text install in the first place).

As it seems reasonable to assume that if somebody has chosen a text-mode 
installation it is because for some reason or other the GUI mode installer (and 
thus presumably X) does not work on their system, it seems rather dumb to 
configure things to require a GUI mode X session on first boot.  At the very 
least the text-mode installer should ask what mode things should be configured 
for before finishing the install and rebooting.

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How reproducible:

  Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Perform a text-mode install of FC5test3
2.  Reboot
3.
  
Actual results:

  (on my system) a screen full of garbage

Expected results:

  A bootable Fedora Core system.

Additional info:

Comment 1 David Cantrell 2006-03-06 16:51:47 UTC
Fixed in rawhide CVS.


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