From Bugzilla Helper: User-Agent: Mozilla/4.79 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-4-may2002 i686) Description of problem: Installation process of Red Hat 7.3 goes well on Compaq Proliant 1600 until start of anaconda. Then following messages appear on screen and system freezes forever. Running anaconda - please wait... Probing for video card: Cirrus Logic GD544x Probing for monitor type: Unable to probe (system freezes here) I belive it has something do with Cirrus Logic GD544x video card, because I have succesfully loaded Red Hat 7.3 on other Compaq Proliant servers with ATI graphics card. Please also note that installation of Red Hat 7.2 did not cause any problems on this same machine which now has a problem. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): How reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start machine. 2. Put Red Hat 7.3 CD 1 on CD-ROM drive. 3. Wait until installation starts. 4. System freezes just before GUI should appear. Actual Results: System freezes. Expected Results: I should have seen installation GUI. Additional info: It's quite unfunny that your system tries to start anaconda, even if I select at startup that installation should be done in text mode. Textmode installation that needs graphics mode is quite odd and totaly useless if graphics mode doesn't work.
How did you try to invoke the text-only installation?
Just like it's instructed. Writing "text" on boot: prompt (and yes, without those quotes.) The problem is not between keyboard and chair. ;) I also tried all the other possible boot options. None of them worked.
Have you tried 'nofb text'? By default the installer tries to go into framebuffer mode, which appears to be an issue here.
It didn't help, it jams just like before.
Well, this reported bug is the same as the one I reported: bug 64827. Just wanted to point this out. Werner (still hoping for a solution)
Should this bug be closed and marked that it duplicate of #64827? I marked that depends on 64827 resolution now. msf: You should decide.
I'll keep these all open for now - I'm trying to get a machine to test this with.
Please notify me when this is fixed.
this maybe a stupid suggestion but it might work: use the installation bootdisk of RHL 7.2 (if you have it) (hey - don't throw tomatoes at me ok ? :D)
I have the same Cirrus Logic GD544x video card in my Proliant 1600 server and received the same error when trying to do the graphical installation. However, it did allow me to do the text installation which seemed to go OK. I am now having a problem where many of the applications are larger then the monitor which makes it very difficult to do any work. I have been in contact with support who recommended that I add to this existing bug report.
I realy hope that this bug is fixed in the next release of Red Hat Linux. Can you please promise that?
I've added the ability to tell anaconda to skip the ddc probe.