Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 5774
X-install does not detect videocard, and no options given
Last modified: 2008-05-01 11:37:52 EDT
The X-install does not successfully detect the S3Trio3d or the S3trio64/GX video adapter. When you get to the X setup screen within the graphic install you are not presented with any options on specifying your x-server or what video adapter you have. You can only specify your monitor type. You are forced to skip the x install and create a custom XF86config file to successfully get X working.
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*** Bug 5779 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** The installer detects a Spectra 2500 TNT as a Riva 128 which causes X to fail to start. Suggestion: At install time, let the user change the detected card, especially under a "custom" install. If this was possible, it would permit a workaround that would lower the severity of this bug.
*** Bug 5957 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** During the X setup, I don't see an option to change the amount of video memory my card has. I have a Permedia 2 based board with 8MB of memory, but the graphical installer only sees 512kb of video ram, meaning I can't choose any of the higher resolutions until I install it and rerun xconfigurator. Thanks, Jake Williams Software Engineer MaxVision Corporation
*** Bug 5988 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** My graphics card (with 8Mb memory) was detected correctly enough for the (graphical)installer to choose the correct X server (the 3dlabs one), but the memory was detected to be only 512kb. Thus I could only choose between 800x600 and 640x480 in 16 or 256 colors. Annoying. Here's the output from my (now correctly configured) X server: XFree86 Version 3.3.5 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300) Release Date: August 23 1999 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.5-22smp i686 [ELF] Configured drivers: GLINT: accelerated server for 3DLabs GLINT graphics adapters (Patchlevel 0) (using VT number 7) XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values (**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86" (**) XKB: types: "default" (**) XKB: compat: "default" (**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)" (**) XKB: geometry: "pc" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) XKB: model: "pc105" (**) XKB: layout: "se" (**) Mouse: type: PS/2, device: /dev/mouse, resolution: 100 (**) Mouse: buttons: 3, 3 button emulation (timeout: 50ms) (**) GLINT: Graphics device ID: "Primary Card" (**) GLINT: Monitor ID: "Primary Monitor" (**) FontPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" (--) GLINT: found TI chip GLINT Permedia 2 at card #0 func #0 with base 0xf4200000 (--) GLINT: Framebuffer address at 0xf4800000 (--) GLINT: videoram : 8192k (--) GLINT: Using builtin RAMDAC of Permedia 2 chip (--) GLINT: Fitted Memory type is : SGRAM (--) GLINT: VGA core is : Enabled (--) GLINT: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 110.000 MHz (**) GLINT: Mode "1152x864": mode clock = 92.000 (**) GLINT: Mode "1024x768": mode clock = 85.000 (--) GLINT: Using XAA (XFree86 Acceleration Architecture) (--) GLINT: XAA: Solid filled rectangles (--) GLINT: XAA: Screen-to-screen copy (--) GLINT: XAA: Using 9 128x128 areas for pixmap caching (--) GLINT: XAA: Caching tiles and non-transparent stipples (--) GLINT: XAA: Horizontal and vertical lines and segments
*** Bug 6423 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 6403 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 6384 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
During installation the X server failed to startup for Graphical installation. S3 Virge chipset 4MB on a Diamond Card. Custom setup did allow for X to be installed and worked fine once rebooted.
Issue is resolved in the latest installer available in beta.