Bug 153003

Summary:	sax2 aborts when probing card in vmware
Product:	[openSUSE] SUSE Linux 10.1	Reporter:	John R Johansen <jjohansen>
Component:	SaX2	Assignee:	Marcus Schaefer <ms>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE	QA Contact:	E-mail List <qa-bugs>
Severity:	Normal
Priority:	P5 - None	CC:	suse-beta
Version:	Beta 4
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	i386
OS:	SuSE Linux 10.1
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Description John R Johansen 2006-02-23 01:37:09 UTC

sax2 aborts when attempting to configure video setup in a SL10.1 beta 4, installed in vmware 5.5 with vmware tools installed.

During install the X server setup failed.  From a shell vmware tools were installed and a working xorg.conf was copied from a SL10.1 beta 1 install (also done in vmware).  Rebooted and X and gnome desktop come up fine.

running sax2 from the command line gives the following:

dhcp-250:/home/jj # sax2
SaX: initializing please wait...
SaX: your current configuration will not be read in

SaX: access to your display has been granted
SaX: ups lost card during probing... abort at /usr/share/sax/init.pl line 618.

the vmware window will resize and the xserver starts (hashed background, X cursor) and then it dies and drops back to the desktop.

note: sax2 appears to work fine in the SL10.1 beta 1 test install I have (same machine, same vmware, same vm settings).  I haven't tested with beta 2 or 3 yet.

Comment 1 Marcus Schaefer 2006-02-23 10:28:43 UTC

I need to login to the machine, could you manage that ?
Thanks

Comment 2 Christian Boltz 2006-02-23 23:42:57 UTC

I had this problem with VMware 4.5 also.

Workaround:   sax2 -m 0=vesa   (found in Bug 148211) and   init 6   (don't ask why, but it was necessary to make X working)

Comment 3 John R Johansen 2006-02-24 00:10:49 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 147566 ***