Issue 2123 - Intsallation Hangs
Summary: Intsallation Hangs
Status: CLOSED WONT_FIX
Alias: None
Product: gsl
Classification: Code
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: current
Hardware: PC Other OS
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: christof.pintaske
QA Contact: issues@gsl
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Reported: 2001-11-05 20:52 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2003-03-11 18:16 UTC (History)
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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Unknown 2001-11-05 20:52:04 UTC 
Toshiba Tecra 8100
S3 Savage MX video
Linux 2.4.7 and 2.4.9
Red Hat 7.1 and 7.2 Standard Gnome Install
Ximian Gnome Install

The installation of 638c Hangs the system and begins to slowly fill the screen
with garbage, until you have to exit to an alternative tty and kill the X session.

This is the only problem that appears with this application
Comment 1 lsuarezpotts 2001-11-05 21:13:54 UTC 
Hi, reassigning to sander.
Comment 2 Unknown 2001-11-05 21:32:50 UTC 
I just tested the install on the machine next to me (desktop machine
with an ATI Rage 128 RL) and it works just fine.

It appears to be an issue with the video card (linux identifies it as
an   S3 Savage MX/IX) and the animated icons used on the inital screen
of the install -- sliding OpenOffice logo, etc.

Works under Win2K on the same laptop.

Let me know if I can provide more info, but it strikes me as a driver
problem with this card, not with your code.

Stephen
Comment 3 Olaf Felka 2001-11-06 09:03:25 UTC 
Andrew wrote in 2108:
Looks like the graphics chipset was the key! From the related Redhat case 31879:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31879 Setting SAL_DO_NOT_USE_INVERT50=true "fixes" the problem. Thanks!  Hopefully others will benefit from this in the archives.
I think this could help.
Comment 4 sander_traveling 2001-11-06 14:11:25 UTC 
reassigning to owner of gsl compnent
Comment 5 Unknown 2001-11-06 16:08:09 UTC 
Ok, I have two words for the team:

YOU ROCK!

Setting environment variable immediately resolve the issue with the S#
Savage MX chipset.

Just FYI, I am using the new XFree86 4.1.0-3 from RedHat that
supposedly has the "fixed" S3 driver.

As you say, may be a good thing to add to a pre-installation readme file.

Thanks again,
Stephen
Comment 6 christof.pintaske 2001-11-07 08:23:48 UTC 
I'll request to add this issue to the README. As it is a bug in the
XServer I can't fix it.
Comment 7 michael.bemmer 2003-03-11 18:08:34 UTC 
As mentioned on the qa dev list on March 5th I will close all resolved duplicate
issues. Please see this posting for details. First step in IssueZilla is
unfortunately to set them to verified.
Comment 8 michael.bemmer 2003-03-11 18:16:27 UTC 
As mentioned on the qa dev list on March 5th I will close all resolved
<wontfix/duplicate/worksforme/invalid> issues. Please see this posting for details.