OEL 5.4 won't display install GUI although 4.x does

9984 Dec 13, 2009 8:55 PM

I have a Dell desktop that I had OEL 4.x installed on, and I recently installed RHEL 5 on it. However, in trying to install OEL 5.4 I see where on the startup it probes the integrated display and tries to start the X server and then the screen goes blank. The same DVD will load fine on my laptop. It appears that Oracle made some X changes or something relating to the display mechanism from OEL 4.x to 5.x. Arrrrgh. One of the real aggravations in the Linux world.

Any suggestions other than adding a non-integrated video adapter? This machine has loaded XP and Windows 7 fine, as well as RHEL 5 with no problems.

Any reason I would not want to stay with OEL 4 using 11g?

Thanks.
Bob

1. Re: OEL 5.4 won't display install GUI although 4.x does

TommyReynolds-Oracle Dec 13, 2009 9:38 PM (in response to 9984)
Did you scrape'n install or just upgrade from 4.X to 5.X?

Try deleting this:
# /sbin/telinit 3 # /bin/sleep 10 # /bin/cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf-save # /usr/bin/system-config-display # /usr/bin/startx
and if it fails, check the log message (the location will be on the screen).
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2. Re: OEL 5.4 won't display install GUI although 4.x does

9984 Dec 13, 2009 11:24 PM (in response to TommyReynolds-Oracle)

Thanks. I started to do what you suggested and it hit me when the main install screen came up, just before it attempting to start X, that I could just do the text installation. It's installing now and it will be interesting to see when that completes. I'll let you kinow.
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3. Re: OEL 5.4 won't display install GUI although 4.x does

9984 Dec 14, 2009 12:22 AM (in response to TommyReynolds-Oracle)

Looks like I'm out of luck. Running /usr/bin/system-config-display blanks the screen and doesn't come back. It does not modify the xorg.conf. I tried to direct output from the above command but the file is empty.

However, in looking at /var/log/Xorg.setup.log I see things like this:

- intel: No matching Device section for instance (BusID PCI:0:2:1) found

- Fatal Server Error:
Caught signal 11. Server aborting

Since the works fine with RHEL 5 and OEL 4 I imagine that Oracle changed something in OEL 5 that affects this particular machine at least.
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