Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 215164
FC6 X server startup fails during installation
Last modified: 2007-11-30 17:11:48 EST
Description of problem: The FC6 Graphical installer fails to start due to a X server failure. Apparently X is unable to find a usable resolution on this machine. I'm trying to install on a Dell Latitude D620. Please see the attached X server log file for more information. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): xorg-x11-server 1.1.1-47.fc6 How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. boot FC6 CD 1 2. 3. Actual results: Graphical installer fails to start Expected results: Installer should start Additional info:
Created attachment 140969 [details] X server log file
Thanks for the bug report. We have reviewed the information you have provided above, and there is some additional information we require that will be helpful in our diagnosis of this issue. Please attach your X server config file (/etc/X11/xorg.conf) to the bug report as individual uncompressed file attachment using the bugzilla file attachment link below. Could you please also try to run without any /etc/X11/xorg.conf whatsoever and let X11 autodetect your display and video card. Attach to this bug /var/log/Xorg.0.log from this attempt as well, please. We will review this issue again once you've had a chance to attach this information. Thanks in advance.
unfortunately, i don't have neither the FC6 installation nor a free partition for a reinstallation anymore so i can't provide you with the requested info. i don't know if this helps but i did notice exactly the same symptoms while trying to install Ubuntu 6.10 (it seems to have the same version of X11 as FC6). i filed a bug report with Ubuntu bug tracker (https://launchpad.net/bugs/62002) for this and that report also includes the X server config file. also, i was able to install openSUSE 10.2 on the machine without problems. that distribution uses xorg-x11 v7.2.
same here: geforce 6600 gs card detected, result is a messy screen which is unreadable. Same result with ubuntu, centos 4.4 installs without problems, same is valid for suse 10.1. This card is an AGP-card on an AMD X2 3800+ with VIA chipset.
concerning comment 3 -- sorry, of course, it was silly to ask you for stuff from FC6, when you cannot install it.
There is unfortunately nothing to be done about the i810 driver not working on that hardware. The video BIOS lists no modes for anything above 8bpp, so there's just nothing we can do. F7 and later should use the new 'intel' driver on that chipset, so this problem should not manifest there. Please try F7, and file a new bug if X fails to load there. Thanks for the report!