Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (542 mails)

[Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>]

David Bolt <bcrafhfr-rqtr@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, Stefan Dirsch <sndirsch@xxxxxxx> wrote:-
>
>
>>* X11 configuration during installation is totally broken in Beta5 due
>>  to a bug in package manager. Instead of the native X11 driver fbdev or
>>  even vesa driver will be configured. In order to create a valid X11
>>  configuration stop xdm ("rcxdm stop") and use SaX2 for configuration
>>  ("sax2 -r"). ATI users should update the radeon driver first before
>>  executing SaX2. Otherwise the result will likely be a blank
>>  screen. Driver RPMs for i386/x86_64 are attached to Bug 153367.
>>
>>Meanwhile I've added this information to
>>http://en.opensuse.org/Bugs:Most_Annoying_Bugs
>
> Apparently, I managed to miss that bug due to performing an update from
> beta 3, rather than doing a fresh install. Running "sax2 -r" under
> runlevel 3 also worked. This was on an Acer Aspire 3002 notebook using
> an SiS 660 chip-set.
>
> However, I did fall foul of another when the package manager decided it
> was going to install packages from the default selection even I told it
> not to bother adding them. Deselecting the games that would normally be
> installed during the update didn't appear to stop the package manager
> from installing them.

Please create a bugreport with complete log files!

Thanks,
Andreas
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