Bug 876787 - Fresh F18 (beta) install won't launch fbdev X display
Summary: Fresh F18 (beta) install won't launch fbdev X display
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: xorg-x11
Version: 18
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: X/OpenGL Maintenance List
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2012-11-15 00:11 UTC by G.Wolfe Woodbury
Modified: 2013-01-10 11:48 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-01-10 11:48:47 UTC
Type: Bug
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Xorg.0.log from initial reboot after install (7.68 KB, text/x-log)
2012-11-15 00:11 UTC, G.Wolfe Woodbury 		no flags Details
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Description G.Wolfe Woodbury 2012-11-15 00:11:32 UTC 
Created attachment 645257 [details]
Xorg.0.log from initial reboot after install

Description of problem:
 Fresh install of F18 Beta in virtual EFI guest (VirtualBox) doesn't launch Xorg server in fbdev mode, causing failure of firstboot initialization

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
  F18-Beta-Smoke18

How reproducible:
 always

Steps to Reproduce:
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Actual results:
  X startup fails due to configuration error (Xorg.0.log attached)


Expected results:
  should accept/use the 800x600 screen provided by the VirtualBox environment
  (VirtualBox 4.2.4_gentoo)


Additional info:
Comment 1 G.Wolfe Woodbury 2013-01-10 11:48:47 UTC 
Closing - fixed in final F18 RC4
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