Description of problem: This is regards to Update 2 of RHEL ES4 and X with the IA64 ATI Radeon 7000 graphics card. The system halts once a graphical mode is loaded unless you adjust the xorg.conf with the supported resolution and also frequency. A fix is given through X's website but does redhat hold a fix for this issue listed below? ----------------- XFree86 Support for Itanium Systems The XFree86.4.1.0-44 package available with this release provides a fix for Itanium (IA64) systems (related bugs: 74404, 79855, and 79909). Previous XFree86 packages for Itanium systems removed the int10 module (which provides video card BIOS support to the X Server) from the XFree86 module list. Hewlett-Packard IA64/ZX1 systems are not tolerant of some of the bus accesses that occur when the int10 module attempts to execute the video BIOS found on the card. During X Server initialization, an HP IA64/ZX1 system will typically machine check (hard system failure requiring reboot). However, other Itanium systems can correctly execute video card BIOS. Because some graphic card drivers require the int10 module to be present and to execute correctly the int10 module has been returned to the set of modules in Red Hat Linux Advanced Server 2.1 for the Itanium Processor. If at run-time it is determined the host is an HP IA64/ZX1 system, execution of int10 is disabled; otherwise, the int10 module is loaded and executed. For the set of supported graphics cards on HP IA64/ZX1 systems (ATI Radeon VE) this load failure does not create a problem as the driver selects an alternate method to initialize itself. ---------------- OS Minimum Resolution Refresh Rate Maximum Resolution Refresh Rate HP-UX 1024x768 75 Hz 1920x1200 75 Hz Linux 1024x768 75 Hz 1920x1200 75 Hz Windows 640x480 75 Hz 1600x1200 75 Hz OpenVMS 640x480 60 Hz 1920x1200 75 Hz
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