Description of Problem: I've an old server with a CL-GD5420 video card (512 KB video ram - it's really old ...) (an onboard chip in a Compaq Proliant 1500 server). anaconda doesn't seem to find the card and therefore fails, leaving a nice traceback. This happens in both GUI and TUI install modes. ############################################################# GUI install: Probing for video card: Probing for mouse typ0e: Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/lib/anaconda", line 397, in ? mousehw) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/.xserver.py", lin 87 in startX probedServer = video.primaryCard().getXServer() AttributeError: 'None' object has no attribute 'getXServer' ########################################################### TUI install (after package selection): Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/lib/anaconda", line 561 in ? intf.run(id, dispatch) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/text.py", line 365 in run rc = apply(win, (self.screen, ) + args) File "/usr/lib/anaconda/textw/xconfig.text.py", line 506, in __call__ self.xconfig.filterModesbyMemory() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/xf86config.py", line 742, in fiterModesByMemory self.modes = self.availableModes() File "/usr/lib/anaconda/xf86config.py", line 700, in availableModes vidRam = self.video.primaryCard().getVideoRam() Attribute Error: 'None' object has no attribute 'getVideoRam' How Reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. get yourself some old video cards ... ;) Actual Results: installer crashes Expected Results: well, a server doesn't need a nice GUI. So why bother? GUI installation should fall back to TUI installation. Additional Information: It's hard to write down those tracebacks if saving them doesn't work ... ;))
Known issue we're working on for beta 3.
This defect considered MUST-FIX for Fairfax gold-release.
should be fixed in updates disk posted to testers-list