RHEL 5.9 guest X server error 11 under Fedora 19 virt

[Michael Brown]

Have Fedora 19 x86_64 installed, up-to-date with updates.  Also have
Virtualization installed.

I have downloaded both RHEL 6.4 x86_64 and RHEL 5.9 x86_64 directly from
RHN.

RHEL 6.4 installs fine.  After install, the install boots into the normal
gnome interface

RHEL 5.9 does not.  First hint of issue is during install when it reports
an X Server failure to start, and the full graphical install does not
load.  A more limited graphical install proceeds.  When the install
finishes, and after reboot, it boots into init 3.  When I attempt to
perform an init 5, X fails to start and it reports an error 11, which I
believe to be a segmentation fault.

Previously the RHEL 5 guest install worked under Fedora 16, 17, and 18 virt.

Has anyone seen the above, and know how to resolve in Fedora 19?

[Michael Brown]

Answering my own question...

After further testing, the issue appears to be a spice related issue when
running a RHEL 5.9 guest.  Once I set display to vnc, X server starts.



On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Michael Brown <mrb137(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Have Fedora 19 x86_64 installed, up-to-date with updates.  Also have
>  Virtualization installed.
>
>  I have downloaded both RHEL 6.4 x86_64 and RHEL 5.9 x86_64 directly from
>  RHN.
>
>  RHEL 6.4 installs fine.  After install, the install boots into the normal
>  gnome interface
>
>  RHEL 5.9 does not.  First hint of issue is during install when it reports
>  an X Server failure to start, and the full graphical install does not
>  load.  A more limited graphical install proceeds.  When the install
>  finishes, and after reboot, it boots into init 3.  When I attempt to
>  perform an init 5, X fails to start and it reports an error 11, which I
>  believe to be a segmentation fault.
>
>  Previously the RHEL 5 guest install worked under Fedora 16, 17, and 18
>  virt.
>
>  Has anyone seen the above, and know how to resolve in Fedora 19?
>

[Cole Robinson]

On 07/18/2013 06:15 AM, Michael Brown wrote:
>  Answering my own question...
>  
>  After further testing, the issue appears to be a spice related issue when
>  running a RHEL 5.9 guest.  Once I set display to vnc, X server starts.
>  
>   
I can reproduce. There's a bug open about it that I dumped some more info,
please follow progress there:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987097

>  
>  On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Michael Brown <mrb137(a)gmail.com
>  <mailto:[e-mail]>> wrote:
>  
>      Have Fedora 19 x86_64 installed, up-to-date with updates.  Also have
>      Virtualization installed.
>  
>      I have downloaded both RHEL 6.4 x86_64 and RHEL 5.9 x86_64 directly from RHN.
>  
>      RHEL 6.4 installs fine.  After install, the install boots into the normal
>      gnome interface
>  
>      RHEL 5.9 does not.  First hint of issue is during install when it reports
>      an X Server failure to start, and the full graphical install does not
>      load.  A more limited graphical install proceeds.  When the install
>      finishes, and after reboot, it boots into init 3.  When I attempt to
>      perform an init 5, X fails to start and it reports an error 11, which I
>      believe to be a segmentation fault.
>  
>      Previously the RHEL 5 guest install worked under Fedora 16, 17, and 18 virt.
>  
>      Has anyone seen the above, and know how to resolve in Fedora 19?
>