[Bug 939] wrote:
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=939Re: booting to command prompt, startx fails:
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Valid for 9.1 beta 2
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description: 9.1 beta 2 - At Summary step of installation, video **NOT** configured so I
attempted to do it manually. Found monitor (Dell P991), found adapter (GEForce
DDR2), selected XFree 4.whatever. Configuration complains: "Server SVGA is not
available. (should be in /mnt/usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86)
I don't know if this is due to installer not starting network, or excessively
tight security. (I'm seeing messages from lpinfo bitching about unable to
connect to server: connection refused.)
Booting to command line prompt, startx command fails....
Confirm existence, BUT, add this: booting into x by calling gdm works, ie I left X running (it was up, though in radically a wrong video mode with a"live" mouse cursor but no input accepted as a CLI entry would give with a failsafe after clicking on the console area), and just invoked gdm. A kdm call failed also, must have been an x-kdm related problem and not a pure X start problem. So, with a gdm call following a reboot after install first time session without telling the boot config wizard to boot into.
Prelim primary drilldown hypothesis, kdm or linking to kdm from X broken as to video settings, kdm not coming up in 1024x768(as set by installer) and therefore not interacting right to the input, or not failsafe mode delineation for kdm's linkings that it will use.
Lesser prob. possibility-- Geforce card was linked to default nv11 driver, possible that new kdm is optuned for the nVidia mfr drivers(kdm breaking against scripting and/or driver itself).
I cannot drill further without comparison data.
Data needed: Is anyone who is NOT using an nVidia card experiencing this???
John.
