[23951] in Athena Bugs
linux 9.2: installer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (andrew m. boardman)
Sat Sep 6 19:03:34 2003
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2003 19:03:33 -0400
Message-Id: <200309062303.h86N3XdM026393@pothole.mit.edu>
From: "andrew m. boardman" <amb@MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
Athena cluster gx110's fail to have a working X configuration after a
native 9.2 non-custom install. The problem is that redhat-config-xfree86
assumes that the first card it finds is what it should configure for,
which is the i810 built-in video, while our gx110's also have an AGP
NVidia card which disables the i810 video.
A workaround is to run "redhat-config-xfree86 --reconfig" after boot;
when used interactively, it actually tests the config and will correctly
fall back to (in the gx110 case) the NVidia driver.
An installer fix specific to our gx110 hardware is trivial and should be
released within the week. I'll also pursue the larger issue upstream.
