Bug 467228 - Install hangs when starting X
Summary: Install hangs when starting X
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 463288
Alias: None
Product: openSUSE 11.1
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Installation (show other bugs)
Version: RC 2
Hardware: x86 openSUSE 11.1
: P5 - None : Major (vote)
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Assignee: E-mail List
QA Contact: Jiri Srain
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Reported: 2009-01-19 04:50 UTC by Bob Bevill
Modified: 2009-01-19 19:13 UTC (History)
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Description Bob Bevill 2009-01-19 04:50:00 UTC 
User-Agent:       Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 1.1.4322)

The X package attempts to find the proper driver to start X.  Install hangs after third attempt.

Using a Dell Optiplex GX260 with embedded Intel 845 Extreme Graphics

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.whether starting in fail-safe or normal
2.whether changes graphics mode to any setting
3.
Comment 1 Stefan Dirsch 2009-01-19 18:08:41 UTC 
Known issue.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 463288 ***
Comment 2 Bob Bevill 2009-01-19 18:32:41 UTC 
Thank you. 

So how do you pass the -br option to sax2 in the boot options on a brand new install?
Comment 3 Stefan Dirsch 2009-01-19 19:13:38 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Thank you. 
> 
> So how do you pass the -br option to sax2 in the boot options on a brand new
> install?

You can't. :-(