[virt-tools-list] Installin RHEL6b2 as domU on RHEL5.5

Andrew Jones drjones at redhat.com
Mon Jul 12 17:49:48 UTC 2010


On 07/09/2010 05:35 PM, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 01:11:31AM -0700, Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
>> On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 06:19:20PM -0700, Ray Van Dolson wrote:
>>> Tried to install RHEL 6.0b2 x86_64 on a RHEL5.5 machine.  Everything
>>> works OK up until Anaconda tries to enter the graphical installer.
>>> Then I just get a black window and have to reboot.
>>>
>>> If I pass the "text" option, I'm able to do the install via VNC and
>>> everything works fine.
>>>
>>> Didn't find anything similar in bugzilla but thought I'd check here
>>> first before filing a new bug.
>>
>> Yes, beta 2 was (ahem) somewhat buggy.  I found and filed about 6 bugs
>> already.  If you have useful log information (eg. Xorg.log) and/or can
>> easily reproduce this, then it would be helpful to file a bug.
>>
>> Was this Xen or KVM?
>>
>> Rich.
> 
> This was Xen.  I haven't done much Xen troubleshooting before, but I'll
> look up a few of the bugs you filed and figure out what information I
> need to try to yank out.
> 

I think this is fixed with the later composes (at least the latest is
working for me). If you have access to a latest compose, then please try
installing it. If the problem persists, then please open a bug with as
much info as possible (maybe check all the virtual terms for anaconda
debug output, etc.).

Thanks,
Andrew




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