X hangs on FC 1 install

[Mike A. Harris]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003, Mark Heslep wrote:

>This appears to be  dual head radeon related problem:
>
>Attempted a clean FC 1 install via NFS.  Using a dual head card w/ two 
>LCD panels attached.   Install gets through the Anaconda probes for the 
>video card (ATI Fire GL X1), monitor (LCD NEC 1860 ) and USB mouse  and 
>then hangs when  the Graphical Installer starts X  (killing the sync to 
>the monitor).  A retry with a 'linux text' install works just fine.  
>Same thing then happens w/ a subsequently running system when starting X 
>using the stock config file.  SSH into the box shows the kernel still 
>spinning and X, gdm-binary, greeter still running.  The XFree log shows 
>no problems  (EEs).   Fix:  I had the 2nd NEC 1860 attached to the Fire 
>GL during all this and the X log shows probing for it  though obviously 
>there was no dual head configuration in the XF86Config file at the 
>install point.  I unplugged the 2nd monitor from the Card and all is 
>well;  X starts w/ out any trouble.

This problem is specific to the X1, and possibly a few other high
end cards.  I have an X1, and hope to look into this problem
within the next month.  Problem is, this hardware is AGP Pro, so 
I hope this problem is reproduceable on Itanium, as the only 
other AGP Pro mobo I have is my main workstation, and I hate 
hijacking my workstation as a Franken-test-box.  ;o)


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OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat