7.1 RC2

hardware:
- Dell Latitude CPx (8MB Rage Mobility)
- externel Dell 19in monitor

problem:
X works great when the PC is not connected to an external monitor; when
connected to the monitor it refuses to start and complains about a lack of
valid screens. This problem did not exist under RHL7. X works when the
external monitor is not attached.

background:
install was done using pcmcia.img and NFS. The machine was connected to the
external monitor at the time via a docking station. The graphical
installation (default) was chosen and worked well. I noticed, however,
during the X configuration phase that it detected the flat panel instead of
the attached Dell monitor. The X test failed (or more properly the screen
blanked and then returned to the X configuration screen).

Post-install "startx" failed with an error about a lack of valid screens.

I then ran Xconfigurator. Xconfigurator detected the attached Dell monitor.
I selected for possible resolutions 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480, all at
8bpp, 16bpp, and 24bpp. The test failed.

Exiting Xconfigurator "startx" failed again with a similar error.

Attachments (to be included):
- XFree86.0.log-orig [the log from the original "startx" attempt post-install]
- XFree86.9.log-Xconfigurator [the log generated during the Xconfigurator
attempt post-install]
- XFree86.0.log-postXconfigurator [the log from the "startx" attempt
post-Xconfigurator]
- XF86Config-4.orig [the original XF86Config-4 file generated by anaconda]
- XF86Config-4.xconfigurator-monitor [the XF86Config-4 file generated by
Xconfigurator]

Notes:
- the XF86Config-4 file generated by Xconfigurator has some problems with
it (it added 1600x1200 as a possible resolution for 24 and 16bpp, but not
8bpp--this resolution was not chosen)