Sorry if I seem a bit dumb in this question, but are these virtual servers going to be used in a production environment or are they test servers? Also, in my experience, using a GUI on a server is not really necessary, as everything can be done from the command line. Yes it may be easier to do it with a GUI, but if you know what you are doing and what to do it professionally, stick to using the command line and give the idea of using a desktop the flick. Regards, Christopher Hawker On 10/13/11, Bob Hoffman <bob at bobhoffman.com> wrote: > One of the mods requested some data, here ya go..think it is a video > issue... > > I think I am narrowing it down to choking on my ATI ES1000 > controller..which might be causing some issues. > > When I did a full desktop, everything worked okay though, but command > line only or with x windows system video is a complete no go. > although I can pull up text things like system-config-network, x will > choke on config/hal: couldn't initialize context: (null) and pop right > out. Display cannot open. > > Its make sense because now and then my ipmi card just gets a blurry > video image and I have to reset the card. > Also, it just shuts off (loses connection/video) sometimes and I must > login again. Thought it was the card...but... > it only happens when I am installing linux or it is installed. If > playing in bios it has never happened. > > Tried the nomodeset thing, no change. > SELinux: Starting in permissive mode > > > dmesg of insterest, command line, install with package 'virtual host' > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > ACPI Warning for \_SB_._OSC: Return type mismatch - found Integer, > expected Buffer (20090903/nspredef-1006) > \_SB_:_OSC evaluation returned wrong type > _OSC request data:1 7 > ACPI Warning: Incorrect checksum in table [OEMB] - 96, should be 8B > (20090903/tbutils-314) > > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control (this was between pci > hotplug stuff) > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control > Firmware did not grant requested _OSC control > > composite sync not supported (with gnome installed there was a ton of these) > composite sync not supported > fbcon: radeondrmfb (fb0) is primary device > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x08 0x30 write failed > > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x09 0x00 write failed > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x0a 0x90 write failed > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x0c 0x89 write failed > [drm:radeon_i2c_sw_put_byte] *ERROR* i2c 0x08 0x3b write failed > Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 > fb0: radeondrmfb frame buffer device > drm: registered panic notifier > > [drm] Initialized radeon 2.1.0 20080528 for 0000:01:01.0 on minor 0 > > composite sync not supported ( a couple more of these just appeared a > few lines lower than the previous line) > composite sync not supported > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ----------------------------------- > below is a whole section that seems to have dealt with the video card, > and all seems okay for this (earlier in the boot up than errors above) > ----------------------------------- > [drm] Initialized drm 1.1.0 20060810 > [drm] radeon defaulting to kernel modesetting. > [drm] radeon kernel modesetting enabled. > radeon 0000:01:01.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > [drm] initializing kernel modesetting (RV100 0x1002:0x515E). > [drm] register mmio base: 0xFBAD0000 > [drm] register mmio size: 65536 > radeon 0000:01:01.0: VRAM: 64M 0xD8000000 - 0xDBFFFFFF (32M used) > radeon 0000:01:01.0: GTT: 512M 0xB8000000 - 0xD7FFFFFF > [drm] radeon: irq initialized. > [drm] Detected VRAM RAM=64M, BAR=128M > [drm] RAM width 16bits DDR > [TTM] Zone kernel: Available graphics memory: 12299360 kiB. > [TTM] Zone dma32: Available graphics memory: 2097152 kiB. > [drm] radeon: 32M of VRAM memory ready > [drm] radeon: 512M of GTT memory ready. > [drm] GART: num cpu pages 131072, num gpu pages 131072 > [drm] Loading R100 Microcode > platform radeon_cp.0: firmware: requesting radeon/R100_cp.bin > [drm] radeon: ring at 0x00000000B8000000 > [drm] ring test succeeded in 1 usecs > [drm] radeon: ib pool ready. > [drm] ib test succeeded in 0 usecs > [drm] No TV DAC info found in BIOS > [drm] No valid Ext TMDS info found in BIOS > [drm] Radeon Display Connectors > [drm] Connector 0: > [drm] VGA > [drm] DDC: 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 0x60 > [drm] Encoders: > [drm] CRT1: INTERNAL_DAC1 > [drm] Connector 1: > [drm] DVI-I > [drm] HPD2 > [drm] DDC: 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c 0x6c > [drm] Encoders: > [drm] CRT2: INTERNAL_DAC2 > [drm] DFP2: INTERNAL_DVO1 > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -- If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call me on +61 478 241 896. Regards, Christopher Hawker