Bug#493901: xserver-xorg-core: X fails to start in a Xen DomU (using Xen Framebuffer)
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 21:32:03 +0200, Olivier Tétard wrote:
> Xen kernel could be compiled with framebuffer support
> (CONFIG_XEN_FRAMEBUFFER) which was introduced in Xen 3.0.4. Then, DomU
> should supports framebuffer output and should be able to get X running
> in it.
>
> I tried this but it fails with this error:
>
> ,----[ /var/log/Xorg.0.log ]
> | [...]
> | (EE) FBDEV(0): FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO succeeded but modified mode
> | (EE) FBDEV(0): mode initialization failed
> |
> | Fatal server error:
> | AddScreen/ScreenInit failed for driver 0
> `----
>
> I found a way to solves this problem by patching the xorg-server
> package with this patch[1] which comes from Novel's bugtracker[2].
>
> 1. <https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=161573>
> 2. <https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=285523>
>
This is supposed to be addressed by patch 47_fbdevhw_magic_numbers.diff.
Figures.
Cheers,
Julien
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