Bug 153003 - sax2 aborts when probing card in vmware
Summary: sax2 aborts when probing card in vmware
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 147566
Alias: None
Product: SUSE Linux 10.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: SaX2 (show other bugs)
Version: Beta 4
Hardware: i386 SuSE Linux 10.1
: P5 - None : Normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Marcus Schaefer
QA Contact: E-mail List
URL:
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2006-02-23 01:37 UTC by John R Johansen
Modified: 2006-02-24 00:10 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

See Also:
Found By: Other
Services Priority:
Business Priority:
Blocker: ---
Marketing QA Status: ---
IT Deployment: ---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
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 ***