[fedora-virt] RHEL 5.9 guest X server error 11 under Fedora 19 virt

[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 at gmail.com> 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?
>
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